Covid-19

292 Nigerians repatriated from Saudi Arabia arrive in Abuja

Ihesiulo Grace 20 May 2020 0

No fewer than 292 evacuated Nigerians have arrived in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, from Saudi Arabia, the Punch reports. It was gathered that the flight arrived late on Tuesday at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, confirmed

News

Saudi king earmarks $2.4bn to pay private-sector workers- state news agency

Ihesiulo Grace 3 April 2020 0

Riyadh – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has ordered up to 9 billion riyals (2.4 billion dollars) to be disbursed to pay part of the wages of private-sector workers to deter companies from laying off staff, the state-run Saudi Press Agency reported on Friday. The latest measure to tackle the fallout from the coronavirus outbreak followed […]

Foreign

Air strikes on Yemen kill 31 civilians after Saudi jet crash

Ihesiulo Grace 16 February 2020 0

Thirty-one people were killed in air strikes on Yemen Saturday, the United Nations said, the victims of an apparent Saudi-led retaliation after Iran-backed Huthi rebels claimed to have shot down one of its jets. The Tornado aircraft came down Friday in northern Al-Jawf province during an operation to support government forces, a rare shooting down […]

Business

Refinery: Expert commends Buhari on Saudi, Russia deal

Ihesiulo Grace 3 November 2019 0

Abuja – Mr Chinedu Onyeizu has commended the Federal Government for signing a government backed partnership with Russia to revamp the nation’s refinery. Onyeizu gave the commendation in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday. The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mr Mele Kyari, at the […]

World

Saudi Women Can Now Drive Cars

Ihesiulo Grace 27 September 2017 0

Perhaps you are not aware that women in the rich kingdom of Saudi Arabia do not drive cars. The royal decree ordered the formation of a ministerial body to give advice within 30 days and then implement the order by June 24, 2018. Their religious law forbids them from driving cars. But that is about […]

Headlines World

US, Saudi agree to ceasefire in Yemen fighting

Ihesiulo Grace 8 May 2015 0

U.S. and Saudi officials have agreed to pursue a hu manitarian pause in Yemen, where fighting by Shi’ite Houthi rebels has forced thousands of pe ople to flee the country. At a news conference in Riyadh Thursday, Secretary of State John Kerry and his Saudi counterpart, Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubier, said efforts were underway to […]

News

Saudi-Led Air Strikes Hit Yemen

Ihesiulo Grace 22 April 2015 0

The Saudi-led coalition has reportedly conducted fresh air strikes on Yemen, just hours after it said it had ended a four-week air campaign against Houthi fighters. The deputy governor of Aden, Nayef al-Bakri, told the press that an air raid targeted tanks used by the Houthis and their allied forces in the southern port city. […]