Business

Nigeria, Morocco, others sign MoU to fast track $25bn gas project

Ihesiulo Grace 19 June 2023 0

By Joy Obakeye Nigeria has signed four Memoranda of Understanding to construct a gas pipeline from the country to Morocco and possibly to Europe. The agreements were signed at the headquarters of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Abuja, according to a statement signed by

Sports

Coup d’etat: Caf postpones Guinea vs Morocco World Cup Qualifying game

Ihesiulo Grace 6 September 2021 0

Caf has announced the postponement of the 2022 Fifa World Cup qualification match between Guinea and Morocco. The game was billed to take place on Monday, September 6 – however, it has been moved to a yet to be announced date due to security concerns in Conakry, where gunfire has been heard against the backdrop […]

Headlines

Nigeria, Morocco sign MOUs on hydrocarbons, agriculture

Ihesiulo Grace 8 March 2021 0

The Federal Government and the Kingdom of Morocco have signed five strategic Memorandum of Understandings (MOUs) that would foster bilateral collaboration andpromote the development of hydrocarbons, agriculture, and commercein both countries. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva led the Nigerian delegation to the agreement signing ceremony at

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Morocco arrests Libyan national over alleged links with drug trafficking

Ihesiulo Grace 5 October 2019 0

Moroccan authorities arrested on Friday a Libyan national for alleged links to international drug trafficking network at Casablanca’s Mohammed V International Airport. The suspect, aged 33, is directly involved in an international drug trafficking operation dismantled in Guelmim, 650 kilometres southern Moroccan capital Rabat, after the seizure of 8.8 tons of cannabis,

Banking Business News

Afreximbank’s 20th Trade Finance seminar, workshop open for registrations

Ihesiulo Grace 17 September 2019 0

Motolani Oseni The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced the opening of registration for its 20th Afreximbank Trade Finance Seminar and Workshop, which will take place in Durban, South Africa, from 4 to 7 November 2019. The Seminar and Workshop series, formerly known as the Structured Trade Finance Seminar and Workshop, is being organized this […]

Sports Tennis

Aruna Quadri retains Nigeria Open title, may miss African Games

Ihesiulo Grace 14 August 2019 0

Africa’s highest-ranked table tennis player, Aruna Quadri, has retained the Nigeria Open Men’s Singles title after defeating Austria’s Gardos Robert 4-2 on Sunday in Lagos. Quadri, ranked number 22 in the world, went on a thrilling six games decider (15-13, 11-3, 8-11, 11-6, 10-12, 11-1) to defeat world ranked number 64, Gardos, at the Molade […]

Football Sports

AAG: Flying Eagles have no reason to fail in Morocco – coach

Ihesiulo Grace 14 August 2019 0

Flying Eagles coach Paul Aigbogun has told newsmen in a chat that he and his boys have no reason not to make Nigeria proud in the men’s football event of the 12th All Africa Games in Morocco given their good preparation and motivation the players feel. Flying Eagles have undergone an intensive preparation in Abuja […]

Sports

African Games: AFN planning for jamboree – Brown Ebewele

Ihesiulo Grace 9 August 2019 0

A board member of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Brown Ebewele, says the country is risking its chances of winning the forthcoming African Games following the choice of athletes by the federation to represent the country. Newsmen report that the Games is scheduled to hold in Rabat, Morocco, from Aug. 16 to Aug. 30. […]

Football Sports

All Africa Games: Falconets Abuja camp bubbles, training starts

Ihesiulo Grace 10 July 2019 0

No fewer than fifteen players of the national U-20 women’s football squad have arrived at Team Nigeria’s camp. A visit to the Agura hotel, Abuja camp of Team Nigeria revealed that most of the invited players have either arrived or are on the way coming to Abuja. Amongst the players who were sighted at Agura […]

News

AFCON 2019 official mascot ‘Tutankhamun’ unveiled

Ihesiulo Grace 21 May 2019

Ahead of the 2019 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Egypt, the official mascot of the tournament has been unveiled by the Local Organizing Committee and it is called The child “Tut”. The mascot is named after the Pharaoh King Tutankhamun. The AFCON 2019 tournament holds from June 21 to July 19, 2019. This is […]

Entertainment

Del-York Academy set to revolutionalize Nigeria’s creative industry…Partners with Hollywood instructors

Ihesiulo Grace 18 May 2019

Mutiat Alli – Lagos Del-York Creative Academy is partnering with award winning instructors from Hollywood, bringing them to Nigeria to lead an intensive month-long workshop. According to the Chief Executive Officer of the Academy, Linus Idahosa is part of its commitment to spur educational reform, thereby transforming the country’s creative education classroom theory

News

Super Eagles tipped for AFCON glory

Ihesiulo Grace 30 April 2019

The organiser of Nigeria Pitch Awards, Shina Phillips, has joined other optimists, tipping the Super Eagles to lift the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Egypt. Phillips gave the hope in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) while speaking on the chances of the Gernot Rohr-tutored team in Africa’s biggest football event. […]

Sports

Lobi Stars off to South Africa for crucial Champions League clash against Sundowns

Ihesiulo Grace 8 March 2019 0

Lobi Stars flew out from the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja on Wednesday for Saturday’s crucial CAF Champions League Group B clash against Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa billed for the Lucas Moripe Stadium Pretoria. I8 players and other officials made the Lobi Stars’ trip to South Africa for the make or mar encounter. The Makurdi […]

Africa News

Thousands protest in Morocco over jailed Rif activists

Ihesiulo Grace 16 July 2018 0

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Morocco’s capital Rabat on Sunday to demonstrate against the jailing of leaders of a protest movement in the predominantly Berber region of Rif. Carrying pictures of the detained activists and waving Berber blue, green, yellow and red flags, demonstrators chanted “Freedom, dignity and social justice”, […]

Sports

#WorldCup 2026: Does FIFA Have To Lower Their Standards?

Ihesiulo Grace 17 June 2018 0

The Morocco 2026 FIFA World Cup bid was Morocco’s unsuccessful bid to host the FIFA World Cup . It competed with the for hosting rights for the 2026 World Cup. Morocco 2026 has claimed it is the safer option in the race for the FIFA World Cup owing to a “very low gun circulation” as the joint North American […]

Sports

List Of Countries That Refused To Vote For Morocco To Host 2026 #WorldCup

Ihesiulo Grace 15 June 2018 0

At least 11 African countries did not vote for Morocco to host the 2026 World Cup. They are: Benin, Guinea, Liberia, Mozambique, Namibia, Sierra Leone, South Africa and Zimbabwe. Botswana, Cape Verde and Lesotho are the other countries. Instead they opted for a joint bid of the United States of America (USA), Mexico and Canada, […]

News

ECOWAS leaders keep mute on Morroco’s membership

Ihesiulo Grace 18 December 2017 0

The 52nd Ordinary Session of the Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and government came to an end on Saturday in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital with no mention of the status of the request sent by Morocco to join the region. In a Statement released by ECOWAS Commission on the eve […]

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SEC Signs MoU with Morocco to boost market development

Ihesiulo Grace 6 December 2016 0

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with its Moroccan counterpart, Autorite Marocaine Du Marche Des Capitaux (AMMC). This is the first step towards achieving an effective cross border market policing between the two jurisdictions and enhanced market development through leveraging mutual comparative advantages. The

News

King of Morocco visits Nigeria; sign 21 agreements

Ihesiulo Grace 4 December 2016 0

Twenty-one bilateral agreements were signed by Nigeria and Kingdom of Morocco during the three-day official visit of the Moroccan King Mohammed VI to Nigeria. The agreements included, the Memorandum of Understanding Relating to Potential Collaboration Between Heirs Holdings and Banque Centrale Populaire and Memorandum of Understanding between United Bank for Africa Plc and

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Spanish Caver Rescued in Morocco's Atlas Mountains

Ihesiulo Grace 7 April 2015 0

The sole survivor among three Spanish cavers trapped for days at the bottom of a deep ravine in Morocco’s High Atlas mountains was freed on Sunday after a complicated rescue operation, officials said. Twenty-seven-year-old policeman Juan Bolivar, the only man to leave the ordeal alive, was admitted to the private Chifa clinic in Ouarzazate, southern […]