Nigeria

Nigerian president calls on UN to solve conflicts

Published on: September 21, 2022
14:13

By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte

United Nations, Sep 21 (Prensa Latina) Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday called to peacefully resolve conflicts worldwide, reform the United Nations and reduce the effects of climate change.

Nigeria confiscates record drug cache

Published on: September 20, 2022
09:38

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Abuja, Sep 20 (Prensa Latina) The Nigerian anti-drug agency announced the confiscation in this capital of a cocaine stash that it described as a historic record.

Some 25,000 people reported missing in Nigeria

Published on: August 30, 2022
08:55

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Abuja, Aug 30 (Prensa Latina) Humanitarian organizations reported that some 25,000 people, including 14,000 children, are missing in Nigeria, the digital portal Punch reported.

Unknown assailants kill police chief in Nigerian city

Published on: August 25, 2022
09:52

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Lagos, Nigeria, Aug 25 (Prensa Latina) The police command in this southeastern city, the most populated in Nigeria, is investigating the shooting death hours ago of one of its inspectors while he was riding a public transport tricycle in the metropolitan area.

Venezuela and Nigeria strengthen cooperation ties

Published on: August 5, 2022
15:25

By: Ana Luisa Brown

Caracas, Aug 5 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan Foreign Minister Carlos Faria and Nigerian Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama today inaugurated the First Meeting of the Joint Commission with the aim of deepening bilateral cooperation in strategic areas.

Violence claims lives of seven civilians in Nigeria

Published on: August 1, 2022
11:08

By: Ana Ibis Falcón Lamoth

Abuja, Aug 1 (Prensa Latina) Gunmen, allegedly herdsmen, killed seven people in the central Nigerian state of Plateau, confirming the increase in violence in that territory, authorities said today.

Preachers deny kidnapping of worshipers in Nigeria

Published on: July 7, 2022
11:23

By: Aleynes Palacios Hurtado

Abuja, Jul 7 (Prensa Latina) Preachers of a Protestant church in Nigeria on Thursday denied accusations of kidnapping dozens of worshipers in Ondo state (southwest) to await the rapture, a state previous to the ascension to life in heaven.

Nigeria and Cuba agree on biopharmaceutical alliance (+Photos)

Published on: July 5, 2022
18:03

By: Martin Hacthoun

Havana, Jul 5 (Prensa Latina) The government of Bayelsa, an important Nigerian state, and the BioCubaFarma Group signed here today a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at establishing a long-term biopharmaceutical alliance for the co-production of vaccines and other drugs.

Gang attacks force mining to a halt in Niger state

Published on: July 5, 2022
10:26

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Abuja, Jul 5 (Prensa Latina) The mines in Niger state, western Nigeria, were paralyzed due to the increase of attacks by gangs of armed men that the authorities qualify as criminal enemies of humanity.

State of Bayelsa, Nigeria, interested in cooperation with Cuba

Published on: July 4, 2022
08:14

By: Luis Linares Petrov

Havana, Jul 4 (Prensa Latina) Douye Diri, governor of Bayelsa, Nigeria, arrived in Cuba to begin a visit aimed at deepening and expanding medical and biotechnological cooperation between the two countries and especially with his state.

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