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Nigeria has officially reopened its embassy in Kuwait after a year closure. The new ambassador was received by His Highness the Amir as he submitted his credentials to the Kuwaiti government.
President Isaias Afwerki, who is participating in the UN Conference on Development Funding in Doha, yesterday held talks with the Emir of Qatar, Sheik Hamed Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, on enhancing bilateral relations.
The Emir of Qatar, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani, has declared that his country is interested in investing in Mozambique, particularly in tourism, agro-processing, energy and infrastructures.
THE going proved tough for the Cheetahs when they lost all the three Group A matches at the International Rugby Board Dubai leg of the Sevens series yesterday.
The global financial crisis raises threats to developing economies in Africa and elsewhere as well as to those in the developed world. Writing ahead of a major international meeting on development finance this weekend, Pascal Lamy, director-general of the World Trade Organization, says the times demand that world leaders show by their deeds that they remain committed to helping developing ...
Representatives from states bordering the Red Sea met in Cairo last week to forge a common policy against the threat of maritime piracy. But some local commentators say recent deployments of foreign naval forces to the area to combat Somali corsairs could constitute an even greater threat.
If you wake up early in the morning and your chicken starts chasing you threatening to bite, be weary. It might have growned teeth overnight.
The Government of Liberia and Lebanon have vowed to further strengthen and cement the cordial ties subsisting between the two countries.
PRESIDENT Mugabe left Harare last night for Doha, Qatar, to attend the United Nations International Conference on Financing for Development to review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus.
President Isaias Afwerki today received and held talks with Saudi Prince Al-Welid Bin Telal Bin Abdel-Aziz.
DUBAI-based telecoms advisory firm Delta Partners has boosted plans to invest in SA by launching an $80m equity fund.
Nigeria and Pakistan are projected to have 7.6 and 3.7 million children respectively, one third of at least 29 million children, around the world who, will still be out of school in 2015.
NO pregnant woman was permitted to travel for this year's Hajj, Federal authorities have confirmed. Disclosing this to Good Health Weekly recently in Lagos, Chief Nursing Officer of Port Health and Hajj Operations, Alhaja Safurat Dabiri attributed the development to the 36 unprecedented childbirths recorded in Saudi Arabia during the last Hajj.
On the occasion of the observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali addressed a message to the international community.
Surrounded by eight beauty queens from around the world, FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke on Saturday evening announced South Africa would play against Asian champions Iraq in the opening match of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.
The Skypower Aviation Handling Company Limited (SAHCOL) has won the contracts to handle more than 93% of this year's Hajj operations.
As parts of efforts to develop sports in Kano State and Nigeria, Gwarzo Local Government is set to sponsor the state U-17 football team for a friendly tie in Dubai according to the local govern-ment Caretaker Chairman, Alhaji Abbas Sani Abbas.
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has stated that initial delay from the onset of airlift for pilgrimage is normal.
Owing to the hiccups being encountered in this year's hajj airlift to the Holy Land, a prominent businessman in Katsina State, Alhaji Dahiru Mangal has brought into the country, three aircraft to ease the dificulty.
The head of the Protocol Department of the Jordanian Foreign Ministry, Faris Al-Qatarneh, Sunday in Amman considered as excellent the bilateral relations between his country and Angola.
Five hundred pilgrims from Kano State were yesterday airlifted to Saudi Arabia from the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) by Kabo Air for this year's hajj. The pilgrims were drawn from four local governments of Wudil, Bichi, Bebeji and Garun-Malam. Some officials of medical and Islamic preachers' teams were also among those airlifted.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the establishment of an Aviation College in Kwara State is to be signed today at Government House, Ilorin. A statement from Akintoba Fatigun, the S.A. Communication & Strategy said the MoU, which is expected to be signed between the Kwara State Government and Horizon Aviation Academy of Dubai would formally seal the document on the proposed International ...
OVER 5,000 Ugandans working as security guards in Iraq risk losing their jobs following a business rivalry among recruiting agencies.
No fewer than 21,000 Muslims have been airlifted to Saudi Arabia in the on-going airlift of pilgrims which began early in the month.
Impressed with the availability of facilities and theorganisation of this year's hajj operations. Speaker, House of Representatives and National Amirul-Hajj, Hon.Dimeji Bankole, has declared Kaduna State the best in terms of readiness of facilities and organisation of its Hajj transit camp.
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