Theresa May pledged support for East Africa’s fight against Islamist militancy on Thursday during the first trip by a British prime minister to Kenya in 30 years. In Nairobi, the last stop on her three-country Africa trip, May was also at pains to assure the region’s biggest economy that KenyaContinue Reading
By Bosede Olufunmi The Kano State Fire Service on Thursday morning rescued 52-year-old man, Malam Mohammed Zakiru, from a collapsed duplex at Kofar Na’isa Quarters in Kano. Alhaji Saidu Mohammed, the service Public Relations Officer, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano that Zakiru was trapped in aContinue Reading
By Temitope Ponle The UK Government has announced a new £70million programme to create 100,000 jobs in Nigeria says the Minister of State for Africa, Harriett Baldwin. Baldwin said this during a business event as part of the activities for Prime Minister Theresa May’s visit to Nigeria on Wednesday. Baldwin,Continue Reading
The Chairman of Victims Support Fund (VSF) Gen TY Danjuma commissioned public buildings reconstructed by VSF in Buni Yadi, Gujba Local Government Area Yobe State on 30th August 2018. This project was executed in partnership with the Yobe State Government with full funding from VSF. The entire project which cost overContinue Reading
Ace musician, David Adeleke (Davido), was among 2152 Batch “B”, Stream 2 corps members sworn-in at the Lagos State NYSC Orientation Camp, Ipaja on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that security personnel had a hard time controlling fellow corps members and NYSC staff rushing to take aContinue Reading
The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, on Thursday declared his intention to run for the presidency of the country in the 2019 general elections. Saraki made the declaration at a dialogue with youths and young aspirants in Abuja on Thursday, and promised an inclusive government for all Nigerians,Continue Reading
By Ebere Agozie The National Parks Service, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Federal University, Wukari, Taraba State to collaborate in ecotourism, research and conservation education. The MOU was signed by Alhaji Ibrahim Goni, the Conservator-General of the service and Prof. Abubakar Kundiri, the Vice Chancellor ofContinue Reading
The Consul-General of China in Lagos, Mr Chao Xiaoliang, on Thursday said the volume of trade between China and Africa from January to July this year now stand at about N4.17 trillion ($116 billion). Chao, in an article entitled, “Working Together to Write a New Chapter in China-Africa Relations’’, alsoContinue Reading
(Xinhua/NAN)Burkina Faso will strengthen cooperation with China in all areas as Africa-China relations develop for mutual benefit, President Roch Kabore said. Kabore, whose country resumed diplomatic ties with Beijing in late May, will pay a state visit to China from Thursday to Sept. 5, during which he will also attendContinue Reading
