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Canadian ambassador’s wife, Mrs Grendel Alvarado, has commended the Founder, Nike Art Gallery, Mrs Nike Okundaye, for promoting Nigeria’s arts and culture. Alvarado said this on Saturday at the Capacity Workshop on Painting and Tying and Dyeing for Ambassadors’ Wives in Nigeria, organised by Nike Art Gallery in Abuja. She...

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) says it will provide emergency food and nutrition to 2.1 million people affected by conflict and in dire need of humanitarian assistance.  This is contained in a statement released on Saturday in Abuja by Chi Lael, Head of Communications, Advicacy and Marketing of the programme in Nigeria....

The Chairperson of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, visited the President-elect, Bola Tinubu at his residence in Abuja. Dabiri-Erewa shared photos from the meeting via her Twitter handle on Thursday night. Captioning the photos, she wrote, “With ourPresident-elect ⁦#officialABAT⁩ and HRM Emir Ado Bayero at the residence of our...

Prof. Kevin Urama, Chief Economist and Vice President, Economic Governance and Knowledge Management, African Development Bank(AfDB) Group, says Nigeria ranks fourth among African countries with large numbers of diasporans outside the continent. Urama disclosed this in Abuja while speaking on“ Diaspora Funding for Africa’s Development” at the Global African Diaspora...

L-R: Mr Steven Hill, Executive Secretary IIJ. Ms Francesca Santoro, Head of Department Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, retired Rear Adm. Yaminu Musa , Coordinator National Counter Terrorism Centre at the Global Counter Terrorism Forum (GCTF) 7th Plenary Meeting in Malta. Nigeria and Italy have reaffirmed their...

The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Action Campaigner, Ms Marina Ponti, has urged activists striving to achieve a more just equitable future for all people and planets to apply for a UN Action Awards. Ponti, who made the call in a statement on Thursday, said activists should apply for the...

UN Population Division has said India is about to surpass China as the world’s most populous nation in the coming days. UN Population Division Director, John Wilmoth, said this at a news conference on Monday at UN headquarters in New York. Wilmoth said the main driver of this trend was...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) signed grant agreements worth 1.3 million euros with 15 training centres to build capacity on agroecology in member states. In a statement on the website of the ECOWAS, President of the commission, Dr Omar Alieu Touray, signed the grant agreements. The capacity...

Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with his Gabonese counterpart Ali Bongo Ondimba in Beijing on Wednesday.

It was a horrifying moment as a fanatic shooter walked up to a politician and his brother in India and shot them in the head. In the shocking scenes from the state of Uttar Pradesh, Atiq Ahmad, was shot dead live on TV as he stopped to speak to journalists....