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War: Nigeria’s Relations with Russia, Still Intact – FG

April 28, 2022 6:22 pm

The Federal Government of Nigeria has revealed that the country has not severed relations with Russia over its invasion of Ukraine in February.

The Government of Nigeria further added that her relationships with Russia and with Ukraine have remained largely unshaken, despite the ongoing the war between the two EU countries.

The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Alhaji Zubairu Dada made this known in Abuja on Thursday while responding to questions from newsmen at the weekly ministerial briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team.

Dada maintained that the ongoing war between the two neighbouring countries had not in any …

29 Persons Quarantined In Anambra, Awaiting COVID-19 Test

April 13, 2020 1:56 pm

29 persons consisting of health workers, relations and business partners of the COVID-19 index case in Anambra State have been quarantined and are waiting to be tested, the state Commissioner for Health, Dr Vincent Okpala has revealed.

Okpala who spoke to journalists in Awka gave details of how the COVID-19 response team in the state searched for the index case from 8 pm to 3 am, after National Centre for Disease Control contacted the government to reveal that a case has been registered in Anambra.

The Commissioner for Health Said, “I went with the team to places I ordinarily would

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Cuba-US Relations Backslide Five Years After Landmark Thaw

December 15, 2019 3:07 pm

Five years ago this week, Washington and Havana surprised the world when they agreed to reopen diplomatic ties severed in 1961, but relations have since slid downhill as if on a fresh layer of Cold War ice.

United States President Donald Trump has regularly assailed Cuba on Twitter and tightened sanctions over the Communist-run island’s human rights record and its support for Venezuela’s socialist regime.

President Miguel Diaz-Canel, who assumed power last year amid high hopes of reform, has in turn cracked down on dissidents.

Relations are at “a very low point” the top Cuban diplomat with responsibility for relations …

Russia – Nigeria Relations Will Come Alive More – Buhari

October 24, 2019 1:57 pm

President Muhammadu Buhari says fresh energy will be injected into Nigeria-Russia relations to bolster an age-long relationship that has been mutually rewarding and promising.

The Presidential aide, Malam Garba Shehu, quoted Buhari as saying this at the second plenary of the Russia-Africa, where more than 40 leaders are participating, at Sochi, Russia, on Thursday.

The President called for a stronger partnership that is humane, inclusive and diversified.

Buhari said the initial warm and harmony enjoyed with the former USSR after Nigeria’s independence in 1960 should be revitalized, so that citizens of both countries could benefit from soci0-cultural, educational, technological and

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