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OPEN// Nigeria Health Watch, others call for improved maternal health
Date: 2025-03-29 19:13:11 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:46 - ID:11120346
ABUJA, March 29 (MENA) - The Managing Director of Nigeria Health Watch, Mrs Vivianne Ihekweazu, has called for improved action to enhance maternal health in Nigeria. Ihekweazu made the call in Abuja during the organisation’s 2025 edition of ....
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China, Republic of Congo pledge to promote development of China-Africa cooperation
Date: 2025-03-28 20:24:49 GMT - China - Africa - SN:43 - ID:11119423
BEIJING, March 28 (MENA) - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Foreign Minister of the Republic of Congo Jean-Claude Gakosso on Friday in Beijing, pledging to jointly promote the high-quality development of China-Africa cooperation, Xinhua ....
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Niger’s junta leader sworn in as president for 5-year transition period under new law
Date: 2025-03-26 17:21:00 GMT - Niger - Africa - SN:41 - ID:11116970
NIAMEY, March 26 (MENA) - Niger’s military junta leader, Abdourahamane Tchiani, was on Wednesday sworn in as the country’s president for a transition period of five years under a new charter that replaces the West African nation’s constitution, The ....
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OPEN// Nigeria's agency solicits lawmakers’ support for natural medicine roadmap
Date: 2025-03-25 20:28:34 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:57 - ID:11115791
ABUJA, March 25 (MENA) - The Nigeria Natural Medicines Development Agency (NNMDA) has urged the country's House of Representatives to have budgetary allocation for the implementation of its 36-month roadmap on prioritizing natural medicines in the ....
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OPEN// Nigeria’s SEC warns capital market violators they have no place to hide
Date: 2025-03-23 22:24:23 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:64 - ID:11113238
ABUJA, March 23 (MENA) - Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says there is no hiding place for violators in the country’s capital market. The Director-General of SEC, Dr Emomotimi Agama, gave the warning in a notice to operators ....
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OPEN// Nigeria, Estonia pledge to deepen diplomatic ties, advance digital economy
Date: 2025-03-22 19:18:35 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:50 - ID:11111941
ABUJA, March 22 (MENA) – Nigeria and Estonia have reaffirmed commitment to strengthening bilateral ties and advancing their digital economic growth, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar and ....
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FT: Bet on Nigerian recovery draws investors seeking to dodge trade wars
Date: 2025-03-21 09:24:33 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:15 - ID:11110448
ABUJA, March 21 (MENA) - Foreign investors have flocked to Nigeria’s markets in recent months, as the threat of a US trade war with larger developing economies has sent portfolio managers looking for cover in former crisis-hit frontier markets now ....
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OPEN// Commission calls for inclusion of PwDs in Nigeria’s renewable energy initiative
Date: 2025-03-21 07:30:16 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:9 - ID:11110388
ABUJA, March 21 (MENA) - Ayuba Gufwan, Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD), has urged stakeholders to include Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) in Nigeria’s renewable energy initiatives. Gufwan made ....
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OPEN// Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry elected as first woman, African IOC president
Date: 2025-03-20 19:53:22 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:52 - ID:11110210
ABUJA, March 20 (MENA) - Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe has been elected president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), making her the first woman and the first African to hold the top job in world sports, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) ....
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OPEN// Africa’s contributions crucial in shaping global shipping policies – Nigerian minister
Date: 2025-03-18 21:50:28 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:82 - ID:11107660
ABUJA, March 18 (MENA) - Nigeria's Minister of Marine and Blue Economy Adegboyega Oyetola said on Tuesday that Africa’s contributions are crucial in shaping global shipping policies, with 90 percent of the continent’s trade being ....
