China has reaffirmed its traditional friendly relations with Iran, saying Beijing’s ties with Tehran and its relations with the member states of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) do not target any third party. “China and Iran enjoy traditional friendship. The GCC countries and Iran are all China’s friends, andContinue Reading
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has promised to meet the demand of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to pay their backlog of salaries if he is elected president. Though the union embarked on an eight-month strike which ended in October, it hasContinue Reading
Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak says the global crude market is currently in a much better shape than it was two months ago, but many uncertainties remain. Novak made the remarks in an interview with the Rossiya-24 television channel on Sunday, after the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting CountriesContinue Reading
The association said the average medical and dental consultant is not only a clinician but also doubles as a teacher for medical students and doctors in specialist (residency) training. The Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) has said not less than 500 of its members left the countryContinue Reading
Faith Abiodun Uwaifo Billionaire Ned Nwoko has attributed the high level of prostitution to Southerners shunning polygamy In an interview with Guardian on Saturday, Nwoko said a man with multiple wives focuses more on them as opposed to a monogamous man who lavishes money on girlfriends. He also madeContinue Reading
By Ovwe Medeme The former Nigerian lawmaker, Ned Nwoko, may not be vocal about social issues, but he does have some controversial opinions. The lawyer and philanthropist, who is married to Nollywood actress Regina Daniels, has expressed concerns about moral decadence in Nigerian society. In an interview with TheContinue Reading
Russia will keep looking for buyers for its oil despite a “dangerous” attempt by the West to introduce a $60 price cap on Russian oil amid a pressure campaign against Moscow over the war in Ukraine, the Russian embassy in the United States says. The price cap was agreed upon byContinue Reading
By TOI STAFF Iran has reportedly been developing large cruise missiles that could potentially “eliminate many of the obstacles” toward delivering a nuclear bomb. Citing several US intelligence and security sources and experts, The New York Times reported Thursday that Tehran has moved closer toward achieving weapons-grade enrichment and could soon possessContinue Reading
The Nigerian media industry has adopted the new co-regulation and code of ethics to address ethical and professional concerns in the industry. The decision was reached at the end of a media roundtable organised on Monday, November 14 by the Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN) in conjunction with theContinue Reading