A total of nine people were on board the aircraft that crashed in a mountainous region of the country on Sunday. Nigerian president Bola Tinubu has joined other world leaders to pay tributes following the fatal helicopter crash that killed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the country’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. A total of nine […]
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Pilgrims from Kebbi State of Nigeria who were scheduled for the first flight to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have left for the 2024 Hajj exercise. This is coming as the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has launched 15 comprehensive guides in Hausa language. The guide, according to the Ministry, is aimed at […]
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The United Kingdom (UK) says only international students coming in for their Doctor of Philosophy.(PhD) studies are eligible to bring in dependents to the country. Dr. Richard Montgomery, the British High Commissioner to Nigeria made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. He said that, […]
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Dubai announced on Sunday that work had begun on a new terminal at Al Maktoum International Airport, which the Gulf emirate’s ruler said will become… Dubai announced on Sunday that work had begun on a new terminal at Al Maktoum International Airport, which the Gulf emirate’s ruler said will become “the world’s largest” at a […]
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At least 155 people have died in Tanzania as torrential rains linked to El Nino triggered flooding and landslides, Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said Thursday. Tanzania and other countries in East Africa – a region highly vulnerable to climate change – have been pounded by heavier than usual rainfall during the current rainy season, with […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian government has said it would repatriate no fewer than 6000 Nigerian refugees from Chad and Cameroon. The country’s Federal Commissioner of the National Commission for Refugee, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), Tijani Ahmed, disclosed this in Abuja at the end of a Technical Working Group (TWG) meeting on the voluntary repatriation […]
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The Qatari government has disclosed that over 1,000 orphans resulting from the Boko Haram insurgency in Borno State will be supported while laying the foundation stone for constructing a new primary school. Making the announcement in Maiduguri during a meeting with the governor of Borno State, Babagana Umara Zulum, at the Government House, the Qatari […]
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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Embassy in Nigeria on Friday donated 50 tonnes of dates to the federal government. The donation was presented by the Saudi ambassador to Nigeria, Faisal Alghamdi. Murtala Jimoh, the deputy director of the Middle East and Gulf Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), received it on behalf of the Nigerian […]
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The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar has met with Nigerian professionals in the Netherlands ahead of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s participation at the Nigeria-Dutch Business and Investment Forum. According to a statement by Alkasim Abdulkadir Special Assistant on Media and Communications Strategy to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the event, which […]
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Nigeria has announced the appointment of five new Chargé D’affaires and 12 Consuls General to the country’s mission to some countries across the world. Foreign Affairs Minister Yusuf Tuggar charged them to be good ambassadors of Nigeria in a statement on Tuesday by Alkasim Abdulkadir, his Special Assistant on Media and Communications Strategy. While asserting […]
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