Tag: China
UN official commends U.S., China on Paris Climate Agreement
UN Environment Programme Head Erik Solheim says the agreement of China and the United States (U.S.) to ratify Paris Climate…
54 Nigerian students get scholarship to study in China
No fewer than 54 students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, have been awarded scholarship to study in China. Prof. Joseph…
China to open World’s largest bridge
The World’s longest and highest glass bridge would open to visitors on Saturday in Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province, central China, officials…
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Heavy rain kills 87, millions evacuated in China
Heavy rain in China has killed at least 87 people and forced 16 million from their homes, state media reported…
Digital Switch Over Project: We welcome China’s support – Minister
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has welcomed China’s decision to support Nigeria in its quest to…
Landslides bury 8 villagers in Tibet
Eight villagers were buried by landslides in China’s Tibet Autonomous Region on Friday, local publicity department said Saturday night. Nine…
In Pictures: Chinese woman turns car boot into ‘barbecue pot’
A Chinese woman in the East China city of Jinan has turned the boot of a car into a ‘carbecue’,…
Dead doctor’s organs save 6 lives
The organs of a doctor who died from a sudden illness were on Thursday donated by his relatives and they…
Ramadan: China bans civil servants, students from fasting
Chinese officials have restricted civil servants, students and children in a mainly Muslim region from fasting during Ramadan, government websites…
5 journalists jailed for blackmail in China
A court in central China’s Hunan Province on Monday, handed five journalists of a newspaper and its website, prison terms…
Six dead in China coal mine explosion
A report on Wednesday in Beijing has confirmed the death of six miners that were trapped in a coal mine…
Buhari returns from China with billions
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed satisfaction with the outcome of his working visit to China which he said yielded additional…
Don’t give Buhari any loan, Fayose writes China
Eromosele Ebhomele Governor Ayodele Fayose has written the Chinese government asking for the stoppage of the $2 billion loan being…
Nigeria/China Forex Deal: An aide or a bondage?
By Maxwell Adeyemi Adeleye In the words of Tomi Adetomiwa (2016), development is a culture and not a product. We…
Buhari pledges speedy completion of Mambilla Power project
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Beijing pledged that his administration would honour all agreements concluded between Nigeria and China…
Buhari wants Nigeria, China trade imbalance reduced
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Beijing called on the Nigerian and Chinese business communities to work harder to reduce the…
Dangote signs $2bn Chinese bank loan for two cement plants
Dangote Group, the company owned by Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote, signed a deal on Tuesday for a $2 billion…
PICTURES: Buhari wows in China
President Muhammadu Buhari, on 12 April 2016, attended the official opening ceremony of Business Forum on China/Nigeria Production Capacity Cooperation…
China: CBN, ICBC agree deal on yuan
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd (ICBC) , the world’s biggest lender, and Nigeria’s central bank on Tuesday signed…
Buhari to sign loan deal from China
President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria will sign a loan deal with China during a visit next week, his spokesman said…
Valencia to appoint Mourinho as Balotelli heads to China
Valencia want to make former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, 53, their next boss after sacking Gary Neville, 41. (Sun) Liverpool…
China, Nigeria trade hits $101bn
China and Nigeria have recorded a total bilateral trade volume of 101 billion dollars from 2004 to 2015. Economic and…
China seeks more crude oil export from Nigeria
China has said it seeks more crude oil exports from Nigeria in spite of the recent changes in oil prices.…
World’s major problem: Too many young people
New York Times: At no point in recorded history has our world been so demographically lopsided, with old people concentrated…
Man Utd contact Mourinho, as Balotelli is set for China
Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has lost the confidence of several of the club’s senior players and former Chelsea…
Wayne Rooney to earn £500k a week in China
Manchester United are considering selling striker and captain Wayne Rooney in the summer after receiving a bid for the…
I’m off to China, Obafemi Martins tells Sounders fans
martins Former Inter Milan striker Obafemi Martins is leaving Major League Soccer’s Seattle Sounders for China’s Shanghai Shenhua, according to…
Mourinho turns down Italy, China jobs, waits for Man Utd
Here are the latest transfer news from across Europe: Jose Mourinho, 53, has turned down offers from Italy and China…
Obafemi Martins close to China deal
Seattle Sounders’ forward, Obafemi Martins is set to be the latest star footballer to join the Chinese league. ESPN’s Jeff…
Netflix in Nigeria, most countries except China, Syria, N.Korea
Netflix Inc’s video-streaming service went live in more than 130 countries including Nigeria on Wednesday, covering almost the entire globe…