Headlines

President Tinubu meets Chinese leader, Xi Jinping as Nigeria, China elevate ties

Ihesiulo Grace 4 September 2024 0

President Bola Tinubu and Chinese President, Xi Jinping, on Tuesday in Beijing, China, announced the elevation of Nigeria-China ties to that of comprehensive strategic partnership. The leaders also agreed to build a high-level Nigeria-China community with a shared future. This was the outcome

Foreign

A boat capsizes and eight Chinese refugees are discovered dead on a beach near Mexico

Ihesiulo Grace 1 April 2024 0

According to authorities, eight Chinese migrants were discovered dead on the southern Mexican coast after their boat overturned on a well-traveled but dangerous path used to enter the country illegally. According to a statement from the state’s prosecutor’s office, the bodies of the seven women and one man were found on a beach in San […]

Crime

Police Arrest 21, Including 3 Chinese Nationals, in Illegal Mining Bust

Ihesiulo Grace 29 March 2024 0

In a significant crackdown on illegal mining operations, the Federal Capital Territory Police Command has apprehended 21 individuals, including three Chinese nationals, in Azam village near Nasarawa State. The arrests, including that of a community leader, came as part of a concerted effort by security agencies to combat various criminal activities such as kidnapping and

News

Illegal mining: Chinese Govt in last minute talk with Niger over litigation

Ihesiulo Grace 26 May 2023 0

BY SAKA BOLAJI The Chinese Government is in talks with Niger State Government in a last minute effort to avert possible litigation over activities of illegal mining perpetrated by some of its expatriate companies across the state, and especially at Zuma Rock. At the end of the meeting, the Governor-elect, Umar Mohammed Bago, who spoke […]

News

Benin receives a batch of Sinovac vaccine

Ihesiulo Grace 22 March 2021 0

A batch of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine developed by the Chinese pharmaceutical company, Sinovac has arrived in Cotonou, the economic capital of Benin. Benjamin Hounkpatin, the country’s Health Minister, confirmed on Monday that he received the vaccines at Cardinal Bernadin Gantin International Airport on Sunday. “I salute the Chinese government which, through the

Economy News

Is China transport infrastructure devt loan beneficial to Nigeria?

Ihesiulo Grace 14 August 2020 0

By Taiye Elebiyo-Edeni Nigerian transportation industry which comprises aviation, land (road and rail) and maritime subsectors has faced challenges of infrastructure deficit since independence and successive administrations have taken steps to address these challenges. Since assuming office on May 29, 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari has taken giant strides to address

News

Man exposes Chinese company in Abia that dehumanises Nigerian staffs

Ihesiulo Grace 12 August 2020 0

A Nigerian man in an expository tweet called out a Chinese-owned company in Abia State, Inner Galaxy Group, for dehumanising Nigerian staffs. READ ALSO: Chinese man dismembers wife body, flush remains down the toilet Daily Times reports that Inner Galaxy Group which deals in high-tech manufacturing and servicing was established in Nigeria in 2008. He […]

News

Air Peace evacuates 301 Chinese from Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 29 May 2020 0

Air Peace has evacuated 301 Chinese from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, China’s most populous, commercial city. Mr Stanley Olisa, Spokesman of the airline, said in a statement on Friday that the evacuation which took place on Thursday was arranged by the Chinese government. Olisa said that the […]

Opinion

Nigeria and the Chinese debt empire

Ihesiulo Grace 21 May 2020 0

Could COVID-19 liberate Nigerians from the Chinese Debt Empire? That is the question on the minds of some members of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, which is now up in arms over demands for the cancellation of some Chinese loans to Nigeria because of the pandemic. Some of our legislators insist that the COVID-19 outbreak fits […]

News

Chinese Medical Teams Working in Our Isolation Centers – Lai Mohammed Reveals

Ihesiulo Grace 5 May 2020 0

Lai Mohammed, minister of information, says the Chinese doctors who came to Nigeria over a month ago are working at “our isolation centres.” The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) had earlier kicked against the involvement of Chinese medical experts in the fight against coronavirus but the federal government allayed their fears, assuring them that the medical […]

News

If you quarantined Chinese doctors why are you insisting persons coming into Rivers must enter without checks, Wike asks FG

Ihesiulo Grace 11 April 2020 0

The Rivers State Government has said that the government of the state under Mr. Nyesom Ezenwo Wike is not contending (Exclusive List) landing permits to airlines, nor the control of the air space with the Federal government but that the focus of the State Government is to ensure that nobody under the guise of transporting […]

Headlines News

Lagos allays fears of COVID-19, says isolated Chinese not infected

Ihesiulo Grace 28 February 2020 0

The Lagos state government has said that the Chinese citizen who was admitted at the Reddington Hospital, Ikeja on Wednesday and suspected to have been infected with the coronavirus has tested negative to the virus. Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, who made this known through a press statement on Thursday, noted that the likelihood […]

News

Chinese embassy provides 25,000 masks to virus-hit Daegu

Ihesiulo Grace 27 February 2020 0

The Chinese Embassy in South Korea on Thursday provided 25,000 masks to the south-eastern city of Daegu amid a spike in the number of the new coronavirus cases in the city. The embassy said the provision was an expression of gratitude to South Koreans over the friendship and support they showed to China, which is […]

Opinion

Solidarity with the Chinese on the Coronavirus frontline

Ihesiulo Grace 24 February 2020 0

Li Wenliang, 34, was an ophthalmologist at Wuhan Central Hospital, China. In December 2019, he noticed seven cases of a virus he thought looked like SARS. The victims were said to have come from the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan. Then he slowly realised that this virus was a strange one. On December 30, he […]

News

Russia names exceptions from Chinese entry ban on coronavirus fears

Ihesiulo Grace 19 February 2020 0

The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that it would continue to allow Chinese citizens to enter the country if they have an official, business, humanitarian or transit visa, . Other Chinese citizens with a private, work, study or tourist visa will be banned from entering Russia as of Thursday to prevent the spread of […]

Business

Lekki seaport: Chinese investor injects $629m to complete project

Ihesiulo Grace 24 October 2019 0

…Sanwo-Olu Witnesses Agreement Signing, Says Development A Major Milestone In 30 months, Nigeria’s first deep seaport will be delivered in Lekki – a coastal community in the nation’s commercial nerve-centre – Lagos State. Buhari approves appointment of new DG for NCAA On Wednesday, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu witnessed the signing of four agreements with China

News

2000 Nigerians in Chinese prison exaggerated – Dabiri

Ihesiulo Grace 3 November 2017 0

The senior Special Assistant to the President Buhari on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora , Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said on Thursday that there were about 500 Nigerians in Chinese prisons detained for various offences. Dabiri-Erewa made this known on the side line of an international seminar on Nigeria-China relations in Abuja. She also refuted claims that there […]

Crime

2 Chinese arrested in Nigeria for importing over N5 billion worth of substandard tyres

Ihesiulo Grace 27 February 2017 0

Two Chinese, Tanlong Shen and Xu Jing Yao, have been arrested by the Standard Organisation of Nigeria, SON, for importing substandard tyres believed to be worth over N5billion. This was made known by the SON Director General, Osita Aboloma, as he led journalists on a tour of the warehouse in Satellite Town, Lagos, where two […]

Tech

FG to collaborate with Chinese affiliates for space mission

Ihesiulo Grace 12 April 2016 0

Nigeria’s Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) said that it has geared up for its bid to collaborate with its Chinese affiliates and spearhead this monumental initiative to launch its first manned mission into space as early as 2030. Nigeria’s plans will mark the country as the first ever manned excursion into outer space by […]