More Nigerians get US envoy’s small grants
U.S. Ambassador Terence P. McCulley presented small grants to 45 Nigerian self-help organizations for projects benefitting communities around the country under the Special Self-Help, Ambassador’s Small Grants, and PEPFAR Small Grants Program. The grants totaling about 338,000 dollars are for programs designed by community-based organizations working More...
Somalia cases of killing, maiming, abuse of children halved – UN
The number of children killed, maimed, abused and recruited to fight in Somalia dropped by more than half in the first quarter of 2013 due to less fighting between Islamist al-Shabaab militants and government forces, More...
The U.S. believes in you – Ambassador McCulley tells Nigeria’s women entrepreneurs
Stories by Abdulkadir Isa The official launch of Nigeria Chapter of the African Women’s Entrepreneurship Program, AWEP Nigeria, on May 9th highlights the importance of Nigeria’s women contributions to nation More...
Sweden to partner Africa on development
Stories by Abdulkadir Isa Sweden will partner Africa to help consolidate its development strides, the Swedish Finance minister has said. Mr Anders Borg made this commitment yesterday as the leader of the Swedish More...
Canadian arraigned for fraud, forgery
Aa Canadian, Jim Mansfield, was arraigned at a Wuse Zone 2 Senior Magistrates’ Court for allegedly duplicitousact against one HajiyaBintaMuktar amounting to N15 million. The prosecutor, Tope Falode, told More...
Malian rebels fund and equip Boko Haram – Ihejirika
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Azuibuke Ihejirika, has attributed the rising wave of terrorism in the country to, among other factors, the affiliation of the Boko Haram sect to Mali rebels More...
ECOWAS unanimously backs Nigeria’s UN Security Council bid, says Minister
Stories by Abdulkadir Isa The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador OlugbengaAshiru, yesterday, summoned all African heads of diplomatic mission in Nigeria on the need to back Nigeria for the candidature of the More...
U.S. Consulate General celebrates Black History Month
In celebration of Black History Month, the U.S. Consulate General has partnered with the National Mirror to showcase a daily note entitled This Day in Black History. The note will commemorate prominent black figures More...
Nigeria-Serbia relations gains momentum
Last September, Nigeria re-opened its embassy in Belgrade, capital of the Republic of Serbia after almost a decade when the country’s mission in the Balkan’s diplomatic hub was closed down. However, More...
British Council 2013 Education UK Exhibition opens in Lagos
The British Council annual education exhibition in Nigeria was formally opened yesterday in Lagos. The 2013 event which is the 10th to hold, gives Nigerians the opportunity to get first-hand information about the More...
