Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is meeting with Nigerian leaders, youth, and partners on Wednesday to foster ways of addressing health challenges, spearheading innovation, and boosting nutrition in Africa. The foundation said it is part of their ongoing commitment to Africa’s development. News gathered that Gates will meet with national…
The state visit of President Bola Tinubu to China will culminate in the strengthening of bilateral relations between China and Nigeria. Amb. Bolaji Akinremi, Director, Economic, Trade and Investment, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. Akinremi spoke against the backdrop of the…
Nigeria and Bulgaria recorded a huge leap in bilateral trade in the first five months of 2024, Yanko Yoldarnov, Bulgaria’s envoy to Nigeria, has disclosed. According to him, Bulgaria’s exports to Nigeria grew by 122 per cent and imports from the largest West African economy to Bulgaria – by 188 per cent, compared with the…
The U.S. government said on Wednesday that it would work closely with Nigeria to lead a conversation on the implementation of a Chemical Weapons Convention for ECOWAS. Mallory Stewart, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Arms Control, Deterrence, and Stability (ADS), said this during a media roundtable with select journalists in Abuja. The News…
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has lifted the visa ban placed on Nigerian travellers after almost one year. This follows a historic agreement between President Bola Tinubu and President of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Monday, according to a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and…
Prof. Babafemi Adesina Badejo, a former head of political affairs at the United Nations-African Union (UN-AU) Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), has advised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to abandon plans for restructuring Nigeria and instead advocate for a return to the country’s pre-civil war confederal system of government. Badejo believes that a confederal system would…
Mr Tein Jack-Rich, the President and CEO of Belema Oil, has appealed for admission of Nigeria into the G-20 economic group. Jack-Rich made the appeal during the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit which was held in Washington DC. The frontline politician and philanthropist, who noted that the inclusion of Nigeria and the African…
In their quest towards championing good governance in Nigeria, a group of like minded individuals, have come together to float a group known as Celebrities Forum of Nigeria. The group is a forum of celebrities from different works of life, for the purpose of influencing common cause for the betterment of the Nigerian…
Seven Chinese Nationals kidnapped in Kaduna State, North Western Nigeria and held hostage by terrorists have been rescued. The expatriates were kidnapped in Kaduna State, an area ravaged by insecurity where human beings are being mined even in their houses on a daily basis. Kaduna, Niger, Katsina, Zamfara, Sokoto, Kebbi and other…
