Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi on Sunday visited a pro-democracy activist in a Baghdad hospital two days after the campaigner, critical of pro-Iran armed factions operating in the country, had been abducted and assaulted. Ali al-Mikdam, a young Iraqi journalist, activist and researcher, had disappeared on Friday, sparking widespread concern from his friends and supporters,…
China has said it will take “necessary measures” to respond to the blacklisting of Chinese companies by the United States over their alleged role in abuses of Uighur people and other Muslim ethnic minorities. The Commerce Ministry said the US move constituted an “unreasonable suppression of Chinese enterprises and a serious breach of international economic…
Australia has announced its first coronavirus-related death of the year as authorities in the state of New South Wales struggle to contain an outbreak of the highly infectious Delta variant. The woman in her 90s died hours after testing positive for COVID-19, officials said on Sunday. Hers is the first death from a locally acquired…
The leaders of North Korea and China have exchanged messages pledging to strengthen cooperation on the 60th anniversary of the signing of their Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance. In a message to Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said their relationship was vital in the face of…
By Ruth Oketunde The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) Abuja and District Society, on Saturday in Abuja, inaugurated its new executive committee with Alhaji Abdulrasheed Balogun emerging as its 11th Chairman. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 14-member committee is expected to lead the society from 2021 to 2022. Speaking…
The Federal Government approved the ratification of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement in November 2020, and deposited the instrument of ratification on Dec/ 15, 2020, thus becoming the 34th State Party to ratify the treaty. AfCFTA is projected to benefit the country by creating larger market access, free movement of labour, goods,…
By Ismail AbdulazizRelief came to communities in Kogi State as the Transport Division of the Dangote Cement Plc rolled out a plethora of community intervention activities to mark its ‘Sustainability Function’ for 2021. Dangote Cement had doled out billions of Naira in its ‘highly structured’ community relations schemes over the years, one of which is…
By Chinyere Joel-Nwokeoma The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, says his ministry is working with ministries of finance, budget and national planning to lower interest and lending rates to reduce housing deficit in the country. Fashola made the assertion at the third edition of Lafarge Africa Plc Quarterly webinar – Concrete Ideas….
The Bishop, Diocese of Nnewi, Anglican Communion, Rt. Rev. Ndubisi Obi, has lamented the plight of Nigerians, stressing that people in the Southeast have suffered unbearable harassment under the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. Addressing reporters, yesterday, at the forthcoming Diocese of Nnewi Synod at the Bishop’s Court, Nnewi, Obi, expressed worry over the high…