Rabat: The Managing Director of the Sierra Leone News Agency (SLENA), Mrs. Lolo Thompson-Oguamah, has urged African news agencies to leverage their platforms to achieve public health sovereignty in their countries. She made these remarks at the 8th General Assembly of the Atlantic Federation of African Press Agencies (FAAPA) in Rabat, Morocco, focusing on the […]
Month: January 2025
TY Danjuma Inaugurates NAS Museum, Library in His Honour
Abuja: Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (Rtd) has inaugurated the Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS) museum and science library named in his honour in the FCT. Located at Wasa District Cadastral Zone, Apo FCT, the science and museum complex occupies 4.18 hectares. The architectural plan of the complex consisted of a pierce, science museum and library complex, […]
U.S. Peace Institute Advises on Combating Insurgency
Abuja: The United States Institutes of Peace (USIP) has urged the Nigerian military to explore non-kinetic community-based approaches to fight the war against insurgency in the country. Dr. Chris Kwaja, the Country Director of the Institute, conveyed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday. According to News Agency of […]
Shettima Reaffirms Nigeria’s Resolve to Champion AfCFTA
Davos: Vice-President Kashim Shettima says Nigeria is ready to spearhead the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Shettima made this announcement at a forum of Friends of AfCFTA on the sidelines of the ongoing 2025 World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. Addressing the forum tagged, ‘Forum Friends of AfCFTA: Turning Digital Trade into a […]
UK Minister Reaffirms Strong Defence Partnership with Nigeria in Fight Against Terrorism
Maiduguri: UK Minister of State for Defence, Lord Vernon Coaker, has reaffirmed the longstanding defence partnership between the United Kingdom and Nigeria in the fight against terrorism and counter-insurgency operations in the North-East. Coaker, who is on a working visit to Nigeria, made these remarks at the Headquarters of the Joint Task Force Operation Hadin […]