By our Correspondent The Chinese Embassy in Nigeria on Wednesday held a reception in Abuja to commemorate the 77th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Nigeria. Speaking at the occasion, theContinue Reading
By Our Correspondent The Federal Government has intensified its partnership with leading Chinese engineering and financial institutions to expand Nigeria’s electricity generation and transmission capacity and strengthen the reliability of the national power system. Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, led a Nigerian delegation to Beijing for strategic engagements withContinue Reading
By our Correspondent China and Nigeria have called for the deepening of relations through people-to-people engagement, cultural diplomacy, and culinary exchange. The call was made by Zhou Hongyou, Chargé d’Affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Nigeria, on Thursday in Abuja at the Nigeria-China Food Festival, organised to showcase theContinue Reading
By our Correspondent The Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Yu Dunhai, has identified investment in infrastructure, education, and healthcare as vital to eradicating poverty, citing China’s model of addressing root causes. Speaking at a strategic stakeholders’ workshop organized by the Diplomatic Correspondents’ Association of Nigeria in Abuja, the country’s capital,Continue Reading
By our Correspondent China has pledged the sum of RMB 200 million (N40 billion) in grant assistance to Nigeria to support the implementation of development projects jointly agreed upon by the two governments, further underscoring the deepening China-Nigeria Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Yu Dunhai, disclosed thisContinue Reading
By our Correspondent Nigeria and China have signed a strategic cooperation agreement aimed at expanding collaboration in film, broadcasting, digital media and the creative economy, in a move the two countries described as a major step towards strengthening cultural diplomacy and people-to-people exchanges. The cooperation agreement was signed betweenContinue Reading
By our Correspondent Construction has officially commenced on the Collector Road CO1 project, a major infrastructure development set to unlock new connectivity within Abuja’s emerging Institutional Research District. The project, being executed by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) Nigeria, marks a significant step forward in the Federal CapitalContinue Reading
By Lawal Sale Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina State has led a high-level delegation to China to strengthen partnerships on artificial intelligence, smart governance and agricultural mechanisation. Radda said the strategic technology and industrial partnership mission was aimed at advancing his administration’s “Building Your Future” agenda through practical technologyContinue Reading
By our Correspondent Minister of Defence, General Christopher Gwabin Musa (rtd), has led a high-level delegation to the People’s Republic of China, aimed at deepening bilateral defence cooperation, accelerating the modernisation of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, and advancing local military production through strategic technology transfer. In a statementContinue Reading
By Lawal Sale Nigeria’s Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, Lt Gen Abdulrahman Dambazau, today received the Honourable Minister of Defence, General Christopher Gwabin Musa (Rtd), and his delegation at the Nigerian Embassy in Beijing during a courtesy visit. In a statement issued on Tuesday by the mediaContinue Reading
