Fatemeh Mohajerani Iranian government spokesperson on Wednesday said Iranian’s livelihoods will not be affected by the U.S. elections after Donald Trump claimed victory in the presidential vote. Arab and Western officials have told Reuters Trump may reimpose his “maximum pressure policy’’ through heightened sanctions on Iran’s oil industry and empower Israel to strike its nuclear…
Military-technical cooperation between Russia and Mongolia includes supply of weapons to Ulaanbaatar and the training of military personnel; currently Russia has trained 340 Mongolian soldiers. Russian Deputy Defence Minister, Alexander Fomin said on Tuesday. “The supply of weapons and military equipment, repair, maintenance, modernisation,’’ Fomin outlined the areas of cooperation. He added that “we are…
The United Nations Resident Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr Mohammed Fall, has called for universities’ stakeholders to collaborate with governments to accelerate efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals 2030. Fall made this call at the second national conference of the Lagos State University’s Centre for the Actualisation of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals…
For the third consecutive year, the number of Nigerian universities listed in the Times Higher Education (THE) world university rankings has declined, with only Covenant University from Ogun State making the top 1,000. In the 2024 rankings, Covenant University and the University of Ibadan were recognised among the top 1,000 institutions. The previous year, in…
Myanmar has deported over 50,000 illegal foreigners from October 2023 to August 2024, the state-run media the Mirror reported on Wednesday. During this period, a total of 54,433 individuals from 28 countries and regions were expelled under established procedures, the report said. The remark was made during an event to mark the 60th anniversary of…
Former UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya knows there’s a lot on the line ahead of UFC 287. Adesanya will face Alex Pereira in an immediate middleweight title rematch at UFC 287 on April 8th. He’s looking to avenge his loss to Pereira at UFC 281 when he was minutes away from likely winning a…
The Director, Public Health, Edo Ministry of Health, Dr Stephenson Ojeifo, has said that the state recorded two deaths from Diphtheria disease between January and August. Ojeifo disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin on Monday. He said that the two deaths were from the six confirmed cases…
From August 19 to 21, 2024, Mallory Stewart, the Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Arms Control, Deterrence, and Stability (ADS), will be visiting Nigeria. This visit marks a significant step in the ongoing diplomatic engagement initiated by the ADS Bureau in December 2023, aimed at strengthening ties and addressing pressing security challenges…
With the Liberian presidential election fast approaching on October 10, President George Manneh Weah has officially launched his reelection campaign, drawing massive crowds of enthusiastic supporters. On September 7, the campaign kickoff took place in Monrovia, where thousands gathered to witness the event. Simultaneously, campaign rallies were held in all 15 subdivisions of Liberia, as…
Cameroon’s government is taking measures to prevent France’s LGBT+ rights ambassador from visiting the country, citing the violation of its anti-gay laws. Jean-Marc Berthon, the representative of the French government on global LGBT+ rights, is scheduled to attend an event organized by the French Institute in Cameroon’s capital, Yaounde, from 27th June to 1st July….
