Saudi Arabia says it has extended flight and travel bans over coronavirus fears to include the European Union and 12 other countries after announcing 24 new cases overnight to bring its total to 45. The state media reported on Thursday. READ ALSO: Greece reports first coronavirus death, a 66-year-old man Citizens and residents in the […]
Saudi Arabia says it has extended flight and travel bans over coronavirus fears to include the European Union and 12 other countries after announcing 24 new cases overnight to bring its total to 45. The state media reported on Thursday. WHO declares Coronavirus outbreak global pandemic Citizens and residents in the affected jurisdictions have 72 […]
Saudi Arabia, on Monday suspended flights to and from nine countries as a precautionary measure to control and curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, the official Saudi Press Agency reported. According to an official source with the Interior Ministry, the countries include: UAE, Egypt, Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, South Korea and Italy. Egypt […]
Gusau – Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has dispatched a high powered delegation to Saudi Arabia to save the life of an indigene of the state facing death sentence in Saudi Arabia. The delegation comprised government delegation and a team of lawyers. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Zailani Bappa, the Special […]
Saudi Arabia has suspended travel to China for both citizens and non-Saudi residents of the kingdom, State News Agency (SPA) said on Thursday. Citizens, who break the suspension would be held accountable, SPA sai, while foreign residents would not be allowed back into the country if they traveled to China. Meanwhile, Chinese authorities said the death […]
Saudi Arabia has suspended travel to China for both citizens and non-Saudi residents of the kingdom, State News Agency (SPA) said on Thursday. Citizens, who break the suspension would be held accountable, SPA sai, while foreign residents would not be allowed back into the country if they traveled to China. Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Nigeria, […]
Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) – Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos scored directly from a corner kick as his side booked their place in the final of the revamped Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. They won 3-1 by outclassing Valencia in the competition’s semi-final match. Isco and Luka Modric scored either side of half-time […]
Vienna – Oil producing countries on Friday discussed further reducing their output limit in 2020, with Saudi Energy Minister Abdulaziz bin Salman stressing that success depends on everyone sticking to the deal. The 14-member Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and 10 additional countries led by Russia met at OPEC’s Vienna headquarters to discuss […]
President Muhammadu Buhari’s four-day visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia came to an end on Saturday. The President participated in the Future Investment Initiative, which was christened “Davos in the Desert”. Apart from attending the summit, which had a debating format for global leaders, investors and innovators to compare notes and share ideas, President […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met behind closed doors with Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting, being held onthe sidelines of the second day of the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Summit, is one of […]
The Presidency says President Muhammadu Buhari will be embarking on a private visit to London after attending the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Summit holding in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, confirmed this development in a statement in Abuja on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]
The former president of Benin Republic, Nicephore Soglo , has revealed that friends from Qatar and Saudi Arabia are responsible for the funding of Boko Haram. Soglo, disclosed this in a statement at the constitutional term limits summit, covered by TheCable, in Naimey, Niger Republic. Soglo said, “Boko Haram is funded by our friends from […]
Jamal Khashoggi’s friends, rights activists and press freedom groups will hold a memorial in Istanbul on Wednesday outside Riyadh’s consulate, where the Saudi journalist was murdered. The event on the first anniversary of his death will begin at 1:14 pm (1014 GMT), the exact time Khashoggi walked into his country’s diplomatic mission to get documents […]
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince warned that oil prices could spike to “unimaginably high numbers” if the world does not come together to deter Iran, but said he would prefer a political solution to a military one. Speaking to the CBS program “60 Minutes,” Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom’s de facto ruler, also denied that he […]
The United States has revealed that the assaults on Saudi Arabia’s oil refinery in the early hours of Saturday has been traced to Iran as the Cruise missiles and drones used to carry out the attacks were launched from the Iranian soil. The drone attack on Saturday was reported to have destroyed a 5.7 million […]
Micheal Ajayi Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), through the Group Managing Director (GMD), Mr. Mele Kyari, has said that the corporation is about to reach an agreement in securing a $2.5billion gas pipeline financing with China. Kyari made this known while speaking with the Bloomberg in the World Energy Conference in Abu Dabhi in Saudi […]
Philip Clement – Abuja The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed, has dismissed any insinuation that Nigeria will adjust her crude oil price projections in the 2020 budget. Following the bombings on oil installations in Saudi Arabia, crude oil prices had surged to its highest of about $70 bar barrel. However, […]
Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo Following misleading headlines/reports tantamount to ‘de-marketing, the management of Med-View Airline Plc has clarified that it has not suspended its operations as a result of planes maintenance. The airline operator made this known to the newsmen in Lagos on Tuesday in Lagos, where it advised stakeholders, and the general public to disregard the […]
The Bauchi State Muslims Pilgrims Welfare Board has said that the commission will not approve the application of anybody wishing to partake in future hajj operation in the Holy city of Saudi Arabia if he or she failed to produce a surety best on the requirements of the commission. The Executive Secretary of the Hajj […]
A civil society organization, Independent Hajj Reporters (IHR), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to appeal to Saudi Arabia to waive the SR2,000 tax imposed on visa for Umrah and Hajj pilgrims for Nigeria pilgrims. The waiver, if granted, can enable more Nigerian Muslims to perform Hajj/Umrah with ease. The new visa rule was released […]