Two-time silver medallists Nigeria lost by the odd goal to Mexico in an entertaining encounter in Bogota on Monday evening, which served as their final test before the 11th FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup finals kicking off on Saturday. The Mexicans scored the only goal of the match in the 20th minute, but had to […]
Five workers have been killed in a fire on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, the state oil company Pemex said. Six people were injured and two others missing, Pemex said in a statement. The fire broke out on Sunday during planned maintenance work at the Ku-Maloob-Zaap oil production facility, some 100 kilometres […]
By Nneka Nwogwugwu The Federal Government of Nigeria has received priceless artifacts intercepted in Mexico City, Mexico. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, received the artifacts in Abuja on Thursday. While receiving the artifact from the Charge de Affaires of the Nigerian Mission in Mexico, Dr. Yakubu Dadu, Onyeama stated that the government remains […]
Scores of Mexicans are dying from drinking adulterated liquor, a consequence of the shortage of mainstream alcoholic beverages during the coronavirus pandemic, authorities say. The first of at least 138 deaths in recent weeks occurred at the end of April in the western state of Jalisco, a month after the government declared a health emergency […]
The U.S. will cut oil production in coordination with Mexican oil reductions, in a bid to help the southern neighbour contribute to a global deal, President Donald Trump confirmed Friday. In response to a reporter’s question, Trump confirmed a number floated earlier by Mexico, that the U.S. would cut by 250,000 barrels per day, with […]
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) announced on Friday that a webinar meeting between global energy ministers, with the exemption of Mexico, had resulted in an agreement to reduce oil production to stabilize the market. In a meeting that stretched late into Thursday evening, members of the OPEC+ cartel outlined a plan to […]
Some 80,000 people joined a largely-peaceful International Women’s Day march in Mexico City in an act of protest against the rising rate of gender-based killings in the country. An average of 10 women is murdered each day. READ ALSO: International women’s day: ActionAid task government to accelerate reality on gender equality Women carried banners reading […]
Microsoft (MSFT.O) Chief Executive Satya Nadella said the technology giant will invest 1.1 billion dollars in Mexico over the next five years, the Mexican government said on Thursday. According to Nadella, the investment is focused on expanding access to digital technology for people and organizations across the country. Microsoft will build a new data centre […]
Mexico, on Thursday said it would ban the import of electronic cigarettes by presidential decree.The Mexican Health Ministry disclosed this in a statement in Mexico. According to the statement, the ban was part of actions taken by the government to protect the health of Mexicans as well as to protect the population, especially young people, […]
La Parka, known for wrestling while wearing intricate costumes and masks, died Saturday at 54, Lucha Libre AAA announced. The wrestling legend, whose real name was Jesús Alfonso Huerta Escoboza, died from injuries sustained in a fall during a wrestling event in October. READ ALSO: Kimia Alizadeh, Iran’s only female Olympic medalist defects On Friday, Huerta […]
Motolani Oseni At the end of the first four months in 2019, Nigeria has recorded a total sum of $6.5 billion in total direct remittances, against $2.42 billion reported during the corresponding period in 2018, the latest data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revealed. The Apex bank international payment data, however, showed […]
There have been protests in Mexico over the dangers that exist for Central American migrants Police in Mexico have rescued more than 100 migrants kidnapped by a human trafficking gang near the capital. Reports said some of the migrants had been held hostage for five weeks in a house in Mexico State. Most of the victims were […]
Emiliano Zapata, a leader of peasants and indigenous people during the Mexican Revolution, was ambushed and shot to death in Morelos by government forces. Born a peasant in 1879, Zapata was forced into the Mexican army in 1908 following his attempt to recover village lands taken over by a rancher. After the revolution began in […]
Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexico’s ruling party’s presidential candidate, was gunned down during a campaign rally in the northern border town of Tijuana. As a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), the political party that held power in Mexico for most of the 20th century, Colosio became the protÝgÝ of future Mexican president Carlos Salinas […]