The U.S has “no right” to interfere in Chinese cooperation with Germany, China’s foreign ministry said on Thursday, after Washington cautioned against Beijing getting a controlling stake in Hamburg’s port terminal. U.S. interference is symptomatic of its practice of coercive diplomacy, foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters at a daily briefing in Beijing. “Pragmatic cooperation between China and Germany is a matter for the two sovereign countries, the United States should not attack it without reason and has no right to meddle and interfere,” Zhao said a day before German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz was due in Beijing for a…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Nigerian government has endorsed a white paper on the global climate change concerns and Nigeria’s interests to be presented at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt. This is contained in a statement signed by the PUTTRU Founder, Mrs Monica Maduekwe, made available to newsmen on Thursday in Lagos. PUTTRU is a business facilitation online platform that connects African energy companies to financiers from all over the world. The white paper, led by PUTTRU is a collaborative efforts with the Federal Ministry of Environment, Power, Trade and Investment, Energy Commission of Nigeria and the Office of the…
A women’s Nations League will begin next year, European football governing body UEFA announced on Thursday. The competition, which will link into qualification for the European Championship and the World Cup, will start in autumn 2023, it said. As with the men’s UEFA Nations League, countries will be divided into leagues based on their ranking, with promotion and relegation between the leagues. UEFA confirmed there would be three tiers with teams playing in groups of three or four within those tiers. “I said this summer that we will continue to invest in women’s football, and we are,” UEFA president Aleksander…
The death toll from floods and landslides caused by a tropical storm in the Philippines has hit 150, with no fewer than 36 people still missing, the National Disaster Agency said Thursday. A total of 128 were injured, the agency said. Nearly four million people have been affected by the calamity which also left over 1.2 million displaced. Sixty-three of the dead were from the southern province of Maguindanao, the worst hit by floods and landslides, while 33 were killed in the provinces of Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon. Another 29 people died amid floods, landslides and collapsing structures…
The air pollution level in the Indian capital region Delhi on Thursday became severe, officials said. According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the overall air quality index (AQI) remained in the severe category at 442. The air quality was severe and prominent pollutants were PM 2.5 and PM 10, said the CPCB. The information has been received from monitoring stations set up across Delhi. Experts said PM 2.5 were fine particles that were 2.5 microns or less in diameter and can travel deep into the respiratory tract, reaching the lungs and entering the bloodstream. Health officials have advised…
By Justina Auta The National Centre for Women Development (NCWD), on Tuesday, identified gender gaps across various sectors of economy, political power and decision making in Osun and Gombe states. The Director-General of the centre, Dr Asabe Vilita-Bashir, said this at the presentation of the report and unveiling of an inspirational book — “Growing Right” as part of activities to mark the 2022 International Day of the Girl-child in Abuja. Vilita-Bashir, represented by Mr Emmanuel Onilearo, the centre’s Director of Planning, Research and Statistics, said the report would push for interventions to bridge the gender gaps and protect women’ rights.…
By Justina Auta The West African Feminist (WFF) says it decries the “shrinkage of civil spaces and regression in women’s rights advocacy in West Africa.” The group made its position known on the sidelines of a two-day West African Feminist Conference with the theme “Feminism as Practice: Movement Building and the Rise of Fundamentalisms” in Abuja on Monday. The conference was organised by Alliance for Africa, in collaboration with African Women’s Development (AWDF) and the African Feminist Forum (AFF). Ms Abena Benewa-Fosu representing Ghana, said salient points raised from the conference included the need for self-identified feminists to tackle emerging…
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has called on candidates for political parties in the 2023 general elections, to declare their assets publicly. The Centre also urged candidates to ensure full compliance with CCB rules, which would promote integrity in public service. The Executive Director of CISLAC, Auwal Musa Rafsanjani made the call when he paid courtesy visit to the chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) in Abuja on Friday. “As we are going into the 2023 General elections, The Executive Director CISLAC said the visit focuses on three objectives, the first objective, which will focus on…
By Abdallah el-Kurebe, reporting from Accra, Ghana The African Union Development Agency of the New Partnerships for African Development (AUDA–NEPAD) on Monday in Accra, Ghana began a two-day training workshop for African journalists and communicators. Participants are members of the African Biosafety Communication Network drawn from Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, E-Swatini, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sudan, Togo, Uganda and Zambia. Guided by its implementation drive of the Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy for Africa 2024 (STISA 2024), AUDA-NEPAD has been “engaged in building the pre-requisites for the safe adoption and application of new and emerging technologies such as…
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice in Nigeria, Abubakar Malami has debunked media reports that the Court of Appeal in Abuja on Thursday, discharged and acquitted the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. A statement by his media assistant, Dr Umar Gwandu on Thursday, said Kanu was only discharged and not acquitted. “The Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice has received the news of the decision of the Court of Appeal concerning the trial of Nnamdi Kanu. For the avoidance of doubt and by the verdict…