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King Mohammed VI was represented at the inauguration ceremony of the new president of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, by Head of Government, Aziz Akhannouch, represented, on Monday in Abuja, His Majesty The inauguration ceremony of Nigerian president Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima took place this Monday at Eagle Square in capital Abuja, before […]
Nigeria on Monday (22 May) commissioned the Dangote Refinery billed as Africa’s largest oil refinery, amid hopes of transforming the West African country into a net exporter of petroleum products, though doubts persist that securing crude supplies could delay achieving full production this year. The new refinery, owned by Africa’s riches man Aliko Dangote, was […]
The Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) elected Tuesday Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, the President of the Transition Military Council of Chad, as its new Chairman in replacement of Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari. The commission gathered in Abuja at the 16th Summit of the Heads of State and Government. Buhari, reports say, before handing the baton […]
The Nigerian Electoral Commission (INEC) has said its local office was burnt down on Sunday in the southeastern state of Ebony, the third incident in November three months ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections. “Our Izzi local government office in Iboko was burnt down,” INEC spokesman Festus Okoye said in a statement on Sunday. Okoye […]
Markets will be re-opened and schools re-built along the shared border between Cameroon and Nigeria after the area was declared free of Boko Haram militants — this is the latest plan presented by governors from both countries. Governor of Nigeria’s Borno state, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Thursday (25 August) said President Muhammadu Buhari instructed governors […]
The Nigerian Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Wednesday announced incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari winner of Feb. 23 presidential and parliamentary elections, while the opposition calls for a rerun over vote irregularities. INEC chairman Mahmood Yakubu said Buhari from All Progressives Congress (APC) won the Sunday presidential vote with 15,191,847 votes against 11,262,978 for his main […]
Morocco and Nigeria are moving forwards with their gas pipeline agreed upon in December 2016 during a visit by King Mohammed VI to Abuja. The project featured prominently at a ceremony co-chaired Sunday by King Mohammed VI and Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, arrived earlier in Rabat on a two-day working and friendship visit to Morocco. […]
Moroccan-Nigerian cooperation has gained momentum during the past couple of years, prompting an upbeat outlook of the business community over the two countries’ economic partnership. Morocco and Nigeria are two regional powers. They are aware of their huge potentials and untapped resources. Their economies are complementary, not competitive. The North African Kingdom has the world’s […]
Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, will pay an official visit to Morocco on June 10 at the invitation of King Mohammed VI, Moroccan media said. Three leading Moroccan news outlets, Le360, Telquel and Media24, reported the news citing authorized sources that preferred not to be named. Relations between the two countries have improved significantly following the […]
The President of the Economic Commission for West African States (ECOWAS), Marcel Alain De Souza, met on Thursday in Abuja, Moha Ou Ali Tagma, who handed him his credentials as Morocco’s Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to the sub-regional organization. Morocco, which has an observer status in the ECOWAS and is bound by strong relations with […]