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Tuggar Appoints New Special Assistant On Diplomacy And Foreign Relations The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, has appointed Ambassador Ahmed Sule as Special Assistant on Diplomacy and Foreign Relations. Sule is a Political Science graduate from Bayero University, Kano, and a retired Career Diplomat with over 30 years of experience. Before he retired…
FFS Adverted Another Inferno, Twenty-Four Hours After Major Fire Claim Lives What could have been another major fire disaster was averted on Thursday by officers of the Federal Fire Service. Twenty-four hours earlier, at the same spot at Karu Bridge on the Abuja-Keffi Expressway, a CNG tanker tumbled, causing a major conflagration that claimed ten…
AI Should Only be Allowed if Human Dignity is Elevated The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked that Artificial Intelligence (AI) be embraced only if it elevates human dignity. Speaking at a conference with theme: “Human Rights Dimensions of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Governance and UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Challenges and…
Africa Must Unite Against Environmental Threats, NESREA DG Urges The Director General of the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), Dr Innocent Barikor, has urged African countries to work together and speak with one voice against environmental challenges threatening the continent. Barikor made this request in Abuja while speaking at the International Conference…
FG Announces Arrest Of Interpol, Releases Over 4,082 Inmates, Saves N1Billion The federal government has announced the arrest of two wanted suspects on Interpol’s red list in the country. The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, announced the arrest during the 5th edition of the Ministerial Press Briefing in Abuja on Thursday. Tunji-Ojo while stating…
CHRICED: Tinubu’s Actions in Rivers Show Endorsement of Military Rule, at Variance with His Position on Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger More criticisms continue to be thrown at President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State. The Resource Centre for Human Rights and Civic Education (CHRICED) on Thursday unequivocally denounced the move…
Odumegwu-Ojukwu Decries Women Marginalization in Politics Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has decried the poor representation of women in politics and called for the education of the female child. Odumegwu-Ojukwu made the call at the United Nations headquarters in New York, United States of America, on the sidelines of the just-held…
Tuggar: Nigeria Signs 10 MoUs, Attracts $14B Investment, Pulls €250m For Nigerian Businesses The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, has said the nation has attracted investment worth $14 billion from India across multiple sectors through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’s instrumentality. He said this was beside another €250 million pulled for Nigerian businesses….
Civil Society Situation Room Says Rivers State Of Emergency Unconstitutional, Assault On Democracy The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room (Situation Room) has strongly condemned President Bola Tinubu’s actions in declaring a State of Emergency in Rivers State, removing the duly elected Governor and Deputy Governor from office, and suspending the State House of Assembly for…
Nigeria, Venezuela Celebrates 6 Decades of Diplomatic Ties…Renew Commitment to Strengthening Bilateral Relations Sixty years after establishing diplomatic ties, Nigeria and Venezuela have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening their economic and diplomatic ties. The two oil-rich nations, both members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), pledged to expand cooperation beyond the energy sector…