Vice-President Kashim Shettima has assured that no Nigerian intending pilgrim will miss the 2025 Hajj pilgrimage in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Shettima gave the assurance on Monday during a meeting with the Management and Board of National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) held in his office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency…
President Bola Tinubu on Monday congratulated Dr Olajide Idris, the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on his 70th birthday. The President commended Idris for his contributions to strengthening Nigeria’s public healthcare system and improving the country’s pandemic response efforts. As a former commissioner for health in Lagos State, Idris was pivotal…
A German court on Monday deliver verdict in the trial of a couple who killed a Ukrainian refugee and her mother in March 2024 to steal a newborn baby. The German couple admitted to killing the 27-year-old Ukrainian woman and her 51-year-old mother in order to abduct the younger woman’s five-week-old baby at first day…
Amid ongoing conflict, the Sudanese government has called on the African Union, United Nations, and Arab League to support its roadmap for restoring peace and stability in the country. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sudan made the call in a statement issued on Monday. The statement outlined a post-war roadmap proposed by the Sudanese…
Following the release of three more Israeli hostages held by the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip, harrowing details about the conditions of their captivity have come to light. The brother of Or Levy reported that the 34-year-old had been “hungry, barefoot, and in constant fear’’ for 16 months. Levy was released on…
Hannatu Musawa, Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy(FMACTCE), says Motherland Festival, a new initiative, would serve as a platform to connect Nigerians in diaspora with their homeland and culture. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the minister stated this during a news conference to unveil plans and programme for the…
The daughter of the Swedish royal couple Sofia and Prince Carl Philip, who was born on Friday, has been named as Ines Marie Lilian Silvia. The Court announced on Monday that the princess would be known by her first name, Ines, and will have the title Duchess of Västerbotten. The little princess has three big…
After months of negotiations, unions and producers in Germany had agreed on collective bargaining rules for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in film and television production. The agreement was announced by the German producers’ alliance, the services union Verdi, and the actors’ union BFFS on Monday. The Verdi union said that the new regulation…
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is scheduled to visit the United Kingdom, Ireland and Germany in February where he will take part in the Munich Security Conference. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said “member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi will visit the U.K….
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has rejected U.S. plans to relocate Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and instead calls on Israel to rebuild the extensively destroyed coastal area. “From our perspective, the proposals aiming to displace the Palestinians from the land they have lived on for thousands of years are not to be taken seriously.’’…
