The 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 China General Chamber of Commerce in Nigeria has reacted to the allegations that the Chinese supermarket within the premises of the Royal Choice Estate, Airport Road, Abuja, barred Nigerians from entering. A video hit social media on Sunday revealing that the Chinese supermarket officials denied access to Nigerians seeking to purchase groceries, generating a […]
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THE Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Yemi Cardoso says the apex bank’s FX reforms have made the naira the best-performing currency globally. Nigeria’s currency lost massively against major currencies in the past few months. But Cardoso who spoke on Saturday in a briefing on the sidelines of the just-ended World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings […]
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The Bulgarian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Yanko Yordanov, joined hundreds of others at the Sallah durbar held at the Old Government House in Katsina. The event, known as Hawan Bariki in Katsina tradition, is held on the second day of Sallah, where the emir visits the governor at the Old Government House, a custom […]
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In a statement on Sunday, spokesperson for Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Francisca Omayuli, said, “The Federal Government of Nigeria joins other members of the international community to call on Iran and Israel to exercise restraint, as diplomatic efforts are ongoing to ease tension and avoid a wider conflict in the Middle East. […]
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Norway will open an embassy in Dakar in the autumn of 2024. The mission will also be responsible for several other countries in West Africa. This is the first time Norway has established an embassy in Senegal. In addition to Senegal the new Embassy will be responsible for Norway’s diplomatic relations with Burkina Faso, Mali, […]
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The number of Nigerians given Permanent Residency (PR) in Canada dropped for the first time in three years in 2023, according to the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).The latest data from IRCC shows that the number of new PRs granted to Nigerians in Canada fell by 21.1 percent to 17,450 from 22,130 in 2022. […]
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UAE Air carrier, Emirates, is slated to restart its flights to Nigeria in mid-year, the Nigerian government has announced. The airline suspended flights operations to Nigeria two years ago over issues bothering on trapped funds. Emirates had stop flights from Nigeria with effect from September 1, 2022 over inability to repatriate funds. “Emirates has tried […]
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