By Godwin Anyebe A Moroccan minister has said that Nigeria and Morocco have agreed to unveil a joint venture to manage a long-planned $25 billion pipeline, which will ship gas to Europe. Morocco’s minister of energy transition and sustainable development, Leila Benali, told Morocco’s parliament that a floating gas storage terminal would also be installed […]
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 the Chief Corporate Communications Officer, NNPC Limited, […]
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 […]
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 Marrakech,Morocco, while the Chief […]
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, said Moroccan Police […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 with a […]
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. […]
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 […]
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”, […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 MoU, signed on the […]
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 Attijari Wafa […]