CONCRETE barriers are being built along a stretch of the South Africa-Mozambique border to prevent people crossing over to steal and smuggle vehicles. South African authorities have budgeted close to $2.7m (£2.1m) to build the wall. It’s made up of three sections: Building works on the Tembe Elephant Park section “are currently underway,” according to […]
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The National Commission for Refugees Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) said on Friday over 6.1 million Nigerians were displaced by insecurity and natural disasters in the country. The NCFRMI Federal Commissioner, Alhaji Tijjani Aliyu, disclosed this when he visited the Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda at the Government House in Katsina. He said: “Today, I can […]
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Rwanda’s ruling party on Saturday picked President Paul Kagame as its candidate for the July election, teeing up a contest widely expected to return the longtime leader to office for a fourth seven-year term. The 66-year-old has ruled over the landlocked African nation with an iron fist for decades and won the presidency in elections […]
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The Nigeria’s Federal Government has suspended the implementation of the recently enacted Expatriate Employment Levy by the Federal Ministry of Interior, as administered by the Nigerian Immigration Service. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the National President, the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture, Dele Kelvin Oye, on Friday. […]
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The military-ruled West African states of Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso plan to set up a joint force to fight Islamist terrorist groups. The force should be “ready for action as soon as possible,” Niger’s Chief of Staff, Gen. Moussa Salaou Barmou said during a televised address on Wednesday night. The aim was to work […]
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Nigeria is to begin the formal export of locally produced commodities to South Africa, Rwanda, Cameroon and Kenya from next month under the Guided Trade Initiative of the African Continental Free Trade Area, the national centre of AfCFTA announced on Thursday. Although some businesses in Nigeria currently export products to these countries, they make such […]
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Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, reiterated Nigeria’s commitment to strengthening diplomatic and bilateral relations with Russia. The Minister of Foreign Affairs stated this during his working visit to Russia on March 6, 2024, where he met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Mr. Sergey Lavrov In […]
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Li Xuda, cultural counsellor of the Chinese Embassy, has spoken of the need to harness the capacity of youths to strengthen the tourism relations between China and Nigeria. Mr Li, also the director of the China Cultural Centre in Nigeria, made the call during a Tourism and Culture seminar in Abuja. Mr Li, also the […]
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Nigeria has been ranked eighth in the list of most happy countries in Africa according to the 2023 World Happiness Report. As of March 2023, Finland is the happiest country in the world for the sixth consecutive time. In Africa, Mauritius emerges as the happiest country on the continent, boasting a happiness score of 5.902. […]
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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has announced the donation of 25,000 tons of wheat from the Government of Ukraine that will help provide emergency food assistance to 1.3 million crisis-affected people in northeast Nigeria. This contribution – part of Ukraine’s humanitarian “Grain from Ukraine” initiative launched by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy – arrives as […]
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