Mali has accepted Russia’s proposal to hold a meeting on the expansion of bilateral cooperation in April, Malian Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop said on Wednesday. “We want to further boost our cooperation and that is why we accept Russia’s proposal to hold a meeting in April to expand our cooperation, to deepen this cooperation,” Diop […]
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Nigeria’s Vice President, Sen. Kashim Shettima has inaugurated the newly constituted board of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) with a call on the new management to introduce innovations in hajj operations in Nigeria. Speaking during the inauguration of the new board at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Wednesday, the Vice President urged […]
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The Federal Government, in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), successfully repatriated another batch of 147 irregular Nigerian migrants stranded in Libya. Amb. Kabiru Musa, Charge d’Affaires En Titre of the Nigerian Mission in Libya, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. Musa said the evacuees who departed Tripoli International Airport on […]
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However, data obtained from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) indicated that the country which imports most of its fuels from Belgium, The Netherlands, Norway and India, ranging between 1.4 billion litres and 2.5 billion litres per month, massively slashed import to 1 billion litres in August. With zero local production of petrol […]
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Nigerian Workers’ Group Suspends Protest The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on Tuesday night directed its members to suspend the second day nationwide protest, saying it has achieved success on the first day. The NLC President, Joe Ajaero, who gave the directive SOON after an emergency National Executive Council meeting of the Congress said the street […]
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Nigeria and five other countries in Africa are expected to benefit from the rehabilitation and restoration of Lake Chad Basin that would improve the development and management of their water resources. According to a statement obtained from the African Development Bank (AfDB), the multilateral institution has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to rehabilitate […]
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NIGER has not reopened its border with Benin two days after a West African bloc lifted coup-linked sanctions on the landlocked nation, including border closures, local officials said Monday. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Saturday said it was lifting sanctions imposed after last year’s military coup, including a no-fly zone, border […]
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Nigeria’s Defence headquarters has refuted media publication that the Presidential Guards Brigade has been put on high alert following suspicious movements around the seat of power, indicating fears of coup plot. A statement by the Acting Director of Defence Information, Brigadier Gen Tukur Gusau said, “The attention of the Defence Headquarters has been drawn to […]
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The Nigerian Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has condemned the Israeli security forces for their “flagrant violations of press freedom and human rights” in the ongoing conflict in Palestine, where journalists have faced harassment, violence, and death. Idris who spoke at the Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Conference of Information Ministers in […]
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The death toll from Zambia’s cholera outbreak has risen to almost 700, says the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). It is the largest ever recorded in the country. It began in the capital, Lusaka, in October and has since spread to all of Zambia’s provinces infecting more 19,000 people. MSF says cholera is […]
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