National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu is on a 3 day assessment visit to Edo State, to ascertain the commission’s readiness for the September 21 Governorship off-cycle election.
Professor M…
Beijing: The following are the indices of major stock markets worldwide on Wednesday.
IN THE UNITED STATES
The S&P 500 Index opened at 5,496.42 points, up 0.90 points, or 0.02 percent.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average opened at …
Juba: Nearly 800,000 refugees who have fled conflict in Sudan are facing hunger and diseases in South Sudan amid a lack of humanitarian funding and soaring cost of food, a global charity warned Wednesday.
Save the Children said about 794,000 refugees…
The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has commenced a two-day policy dialogue in North-East Nigeria, focusing on social budgeting for child-sensitive sectors.
The event brings together key stakeholders from the six states in the region to disc…
Kabul: The major projects under the cooperation of Afghanistan and Turkmenistan will strengthen bilateral relations between the two neighbors, Acting Afghan Prime Minister Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund told an inauguration ceremony for the projects on…
Geneva: As part of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Public Forum 2024, the Center for China and Globalization (CCG) held a seminar here on Tuesday, which focused on leveraging China’s green transition for global climate mitigation.
The session titl…
Xi’an: Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has stressed developing a sense of reverence and affection for Chinese civilization and called for passing on fine traditional Chinese culture from generation to g…
Beirut: A Hezbollah official was killed and another member severely injured on Wednesday afternoon during an Israeli raid in southeastern Lebanon’s Mays al-Jabal village, Lebanese sources told Xinhua.
Military sources, who spoke anonymously, said an …