Tag: nigeria

• Saturday, January 18th 2025 - 10:38 UTC

  Nigeria becomes new BRICS full member

  

  The Brazilian Government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in charge of the rotating presidency of the BRICS bloc, announced Friday that Nigeria, Africa's fourth-largest economy, was joining the alliance as a full member. “The Brazilian government announces today, January 17, 2025, the official accession of Nigeria as a partner country of the group,” a statement from Itamaraty read.

• Monday, June 20th 2022 - 10:15 UTC

  WHO lifts “endemic” distinctions regarding monkeypox

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) has decided to suppress all distinctions between endemic and non-endemic countries regarding monkeypox, it was announced Saturday. The move seeks to facilitate the development of a “unified response” to the virus.

• Monday, June 6th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  Shooting massacre leaves at least 50 Catholic parishioners dead in Nigeria

  

  Over 50 Catholic worshippers -including several children- were killed Sunday in a shooting massacre inside and outside a church in southwestern Nigeria. The only ones to survive the attack were the Bishop and the priests, it was reported. The identity and motive of the attackers were not immediately clear.

• Tuesday, May 17th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  Monkeypox in UK, apparently from Nigeria: extensive contact tracing in Britain

  

  On 7 May 2022, WHO was informed of a confirmed case of monkeypox in an individual who travelled from the United Kingdom to Nigeria. The case developed a rash on 29 April 2022 and returned to the United Kingdom on 4 May. Monkeypox was suspected and the case was immediately isolated.

• Monday, June 7th 2021 - 08:05 UTC

  Nigerian Boko Haram guerrilla leader kills himself in fight against rival factions

  

  The leader of Nigeria's jihadist Boko Haram guerrillas Abubakar Shekau was involved in a firefight at his home during which he took his own life, it was reported Sunday, two weeks after the alleged incident.

• Friday, October 30th 2020 - 08:34 UTC

  US rejects Nigerian candidate as next WTO director-general, further paralyzing the global trade watchdog

  

  The World Trade Organization's (WTO) bid to select a new leader was plunged into uncertainty this Wednesday after the United States rejected the Nigerian woman proposed as the global trade watchdog's next director-general.

• Friday, October 9th 2020 - 08:56 UTC

  A woman will lead WTO for the first time: South Korean and Nigerian ministers in the final round

  

  The World Trade Organization (WTO) announced on Thursday that South Korea’s trade minister and a Harvard-trained former Nigerian finance minister have qualified as the two finalists to become the next director-general, ensuring a woman in the top job for the first time.

• Wednesday, February 5th 2020 - 08:31 UTC

  Nigeria recovers US$ 308 million under a deal between the US and the island of Jersey

  

  Nigeria is set to receive around US$308 million seized from former military dictator Sani Abacha under a deal backed by the United States and the island of Jersey, US prosecutors said.

• Tuesday, October 16th 2018 - 18:41 UTC

  Hauwa murdered by her captors in Nigeria despite ICRC efforts

  

  The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) sadly confirmed the killing in Nigeria of midwife Hauwa Mohammed Liman by her captors “in a despicable act of cruelty.”

• Sunday, October 14th 2018 - 23:34 UTC

  Nigeria: Abducted ICRC health care workers' execution imminent

  

  The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Sunday made a public appeal to the Nigerian Government in a last attempt to save the lives of Hauwa and Alice, two health care workers abducted in March by ISWAP (Islamic State's West African province group).