As the 11th edition of Art Dubai, in UAE came to a close, art from Africa made impressive business outing, adding to the unprecedented patronage at the fair. Held at its usual venue, Madinat Jumeirah, the 2017 edition, recorded 28,000 visitors throughout the week. Among the 94 galleries from 43 countries were four diaspora representatives […]
A BBC journalist invited to Qatar to examine the living conditions of workers building infrastructure for the 2022 football World Cup was detained for more than 24 hours, the broadcaster reported on Monday. Mark Lobel, a BBC business correspondent based in Dubai, said he and three colleagues were arrested in the capital Doha as […]
More than 20 tonnes of medicines and medical supplies have been flown from the World Health Organisation’s humanitarian hub in Dubai to Djibouti, where they will be loaded on a UN vessel departing for Hodeida today. The shipment contains international emergency health kits, trauma kits, surgical supply kits, emergency diarrhoeal disease kits, and water, […]
Arik Air, has announced that its executive board had decided to temporarily suspend its Dubai service operations. Its Communications Officer, ChigozieOkereke, said the challenging wider economic environment in Nigeria, as well as increasingly stringent travel regulation controls in the United Arabs Emirates (UAE) had contributed to the decision to suspend the service. “Arik […]
Team Nigeria Para-athletics contingent came back from Tunisia, recently, with their heads high, after winning 13 gold, two silver and a bronze medal to place third behind Tunisia and Algeria at the 9th International Paralympics , Para-athletics Grand Prix in Tunisia, despite going with only eight male athletes. The Nigerian contingent had to be pruned, […]