(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
By Idris Abdulrahman A pilgrim from Niger was on Wednesday feared dead in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, after mistakenly falling into the pit of an elevator under repair. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the deceased stepped on the system without knowing it was under repair and immediately sunkContinue Reading
Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, former Sokoto governor on Wednesday, obtained the nomination form from the headquarters of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to run for President. Bafarawa is the first to pick the nomination form among many other PDP gladiators who are interested in the position. Speaking after picking the form,Continue Reading
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Niger says its 2018 Batch B stream II members will take their orientation in Kaduna State. It said that this was based on directives to hold the orientation in cluster in 19 States due to the limited number of corps members in theContinue Reading
By Racheal Ishaya The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has imposed a N5.87 billion fine on Standard Chartered Bank, Stanbic-IBTC, Citibank, and Diamond Bank over alleged illegal remittance of foreign exchange to offshore investors of MTN Nigeria Communications Limited. This is even as the CBN has directed MTN to refundContinue Reading
A non-governmental organisation, Healthy Sense Initiative (HSI), says Nigerians, especially youths, who fail to vote in 2019 will lack the grounds to complain of bad leadership. “Politics has always been a game of numbers, which is domiciled in the youth as they are more than a half of Nigeria’s population,’’Continue Reading
Denmark will presently have to get used to being a net oil importer according to figures released by Denmark’s energy agency Energistyrelsen. It said that 2017 was the last year when more oil was produced than was used on the Danish domestic front. At least the gas scene looks aContinue Reading
Hundreds of migrants have been relocated from government-run detention centres in Libya’s capital, Tripoli, after getting trapped by clashes between rival groups, UN and aid sources said on Thursday. The migrants had been abandoned after their guards fled fighting pitting rival groups vying for power and state funds, a recurringContinue Reading
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Jigawa Command, has arrested a 25-year-old man over alleged forgery and sale of fake employment letters to unsuspecting job seekers in the state. The corps’ spokesperson in the state, Mr Adamu Shehu, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)Continue Reading
