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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AIRTEL Africa has announced the purchase of ordinary shares to the value of US$157 000 from Citigroup Global Markets Limited on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). This is pursuant to the authority granted by its shareholders as part of its share buy-back programme, details of which were announced on March 1. Airtel Africa, in a […]
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Nigeria will prioritize its national interests and will not succumb to external pressure from the West regarding cooperation with Russia, Nigeria’s Foreign Minister, Yusuf Tuggar, said. Tuggar said this in an interview with Sputnik in the course of his three-day working visit to Russia from March 5-7. “You have to understand one thing. Nigeria […]
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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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Yusuf Tuggar Minister of Foreign Affairs has said that Nigeria is presently making moves to join BRICS and would not given up on its ambition of becoming a permanent member of the Security Council of the United Nations. BRICS, an intergovernmental organization comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and the United […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’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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UN Women estimated that Israeli forces have reportedly killed 9,000 women since the war erupted nearly five months ago. However, the figure is likely to be higher as many more are reported dead under the rubble. The UN agency, in a statement ahead of the International Women’s Day celebrated on March 8, stated that the […]
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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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