By our Correspondent Nigeria and China have reaffirmed their enduring strategic partnership following a meeting between the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dunoma Umar Ahmed, and the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Nigeria, Yu Dunhai, at the Ministry in Abuja. During the meeting,Continue Reading
By our Correspondent Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Ministry has announced the successful participation of Nigeria in the Seminar on Industrial Cooperation and New Industrialisation under the Global Development Initiative, organized by the Academy for International Business Officials (AIBO) in Beijing, People’s Republic of China, from March 19 to April 1,Continue Reading
By Lawal Sale The Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) and the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance institutional cooperation, academic exchange and joint research. The signing followed a joint forum organised by both institutes with the theme: “NigeriaContinue Reading
On April 3, 2026, a meeting was held in Moscow between the Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Nurlan Yermekbayev, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov. According a statement from the SCO Secretariat, the parties held a substantive and engaged exchange of viewsContinue Reading
A handover ceremony for China’s emergency food aid to Togo was held on Thursday in Lome, the capital of Togo. Afou Salifou Ousmane, secretary-general of Togo’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation, African Integration and Togolese Abroad, and Wang Min, Chinese ambassador to Togo, attended the event. Speaking on behalfContinue Reading
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said Thursday it has targeted and destroyed Amazon’s cloud computing operation center in Bahrain in its first action against U.S. and Israeli “espionage” firms in the region in retaliation for the “assassinations” of Iranians. In a statement on its official news outlet SepahContinue Reading
In an effort to strengthen the bilateral relations in health sector, the government of Lesotho and the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China have welcomed the 20th batch of the Chinese Medical Team. The event which concurrently bid farewell to the 19th batch of the team which hasContinue Reading
Austria has rejected “several” requests from the United States to use its airspace for military operations against Iran, the Austrian news agency APA reported on Thursday. A spokesperson for Austria’s Defense Ministry said the requests were denied in line with the country’s neutrality law. The spokesperson did not specifyContinue Reading
By Lawal Sale China and Pakistan have jointly proposed five key initiatives aimed at easing tensions and de-escalating the ongoing military conflict in the Gulf and broader Middle East region. According to a statement from the Chinese Foreign Ministry, China’s Foreign Minister and Member of the Political Bureau ofContinue Reading
The number of children and women abductions and human trafficking crimes in China has shown a significant decline, with a 77.95 percent drop in 2025 compared to the peak in 2012, the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) said on Thursday. This indicates that such crimes have been effectively curbed, theContinue Reading
