The Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, is currently in Niger Republic for a meeting with the Nigerien Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Mousa Barmo. The Acting Director of Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Tukur Gusau, made this known to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja. The photographs released by Gusau on the visit revealed…
Emergency services were searching for two people who went missing amid flooding and landslides in the southern Italian region of Campania, the fire brigade said late on Tuesday. The fire brigade said that a woman in her 70s and her son in his 40s went missing from the area of San Felice a Cancello, near…
The central parity rate of the Chinese currency, renminbi, or the yuan, strengthened 33 pips to 7.1216 against the dollar on Wednesday. This is according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System. In China’s spot foreign exchange market, the yuan is allowed to rise or fall by two per cent from the central parity rate…
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, has called on Japan to join Africa in advocating for reform of the UN Security Council to ensure fair and equitable representation for the continent. Tuggar disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja by Alkasim Abdulkadir, Special Assistant on Media and Communications Strategy to the…
The National Policy Advocacy Centre (NPAC) of the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) is partnering with the European Union (EU) Delegation to drive green technology and digital innovation. The ACCI, which said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said that both organisations would drive the partnership by conducting a comprehensive desk study…
The Government of the United States of America has donated 10,000 doses of the Jynneos vaccine to Nigeria, for protection against mpox. Speaking during the official handover of the mpox vaccine on Tuesday in Abuja, the coordinating minister of health and social welfare, Prof Muhammad Pate, said the vaccine will be of great help to…
President Bola Tinubu will depart for Beijing, China, in the first week of September, during which he will sign several MOUs with President Xi Jinping, his Chinese counterpart. The President’s Spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, said this while briefing State House correspondents on Tuesday. He said the President would also visit two major Chinese corporations, Huawei Technologies,…
Sweden’s heir to the throne Crown Princess Victoria and her husband, Prince Daniel plan to travel to the wedding of Norwegian Princess Märtha Louise. Victoria’s brother Prince Carl Philip and his wife Princess Sofia would also attend the wedding in Geiranger in western Norway, a spokeswoman for the Swedish royal family said on Tuesday. To…
Sri Lanka has commenced the formulation of its first climate-smart agriculture (CSA) investment plan, in a bid to combat the escalating challenges posed by climate change. This is according to a statement from the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) as released on Tuesday. The initiative is funded by the Green Climate…
Russia has attacked Ukraine for the second consecutive night with heavy airstrikes involving various weapon types, initial reports from Ukrainian authorities said on Monday morning. At least five people were killed, two due to a rocket strike on a hotel in Kryvyi Rih and three others due to drone attacks on Zaporizhzhya, they said. According…
