Saudi Arabia’s Oil and Sustainability Program (OSP), in collaboration with the ministry of petroleum resources, has launched the national human capacity training program for the adoption of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for clean cooking in Edo state. According to a statement on Tuesday by the Saudi Embassy in Nigeria, the …
Read More »Arab-African Summit: Tinubu Postponed Trip
The fifth Arab-African Summit, which President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was scheduled to attend in the Kingdom, has been postponed. The delay till a later date was announced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the postponement to a yet-to-be-determined date. The …
Read More »Saudi Arabia Bid To Host 2034 World Cup
The sole plausible alternate, Australia, decided not to seek to host the FIFA World Cup in 2034, making the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) the likely candidate. After Qatar hosted the FIFA World Cup in 2022, the Middle East will host the competition for the second time this year. This …
Read More »Nigeria to enforce new policy on Saudi Arabia accommodation for pilgrims
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, on Thursday began the implementation of a new rule which would make it mandatory for Nigerian pilgrims in Madina to be moved to Makkah after five days stay in the second holiest city of Saudi Arabia. Recommended Article Leave us out of your …
Read More »Saudi Arabia privatises football clubs, eyes big-name signings
Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund will take control of four of the kingdom’s top football clubs including Al Nassr, which Cristiano Ronaldo plays for, as the government revives a plan to privatise several state-owned sports clubs. Recommended Article Trial judge erred, Oronsaye must be convicted of N2bn fraud, EFCC insists …
Read More »La Liga imposes a condition on Messi’s return to Barcelona
La Liga President Javier Tebas has said that for Lionel Messi to return to Barcelona, he will have to earn less than he currently earns at Paris Saint-Germain. Messi’s time with the Ligue 1 champions is expected to come to an early end this summer when his current contract expires. …
Read More »Buhari returns to Abuja after eight-day visit to Saudi Arabia
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has returned to Abuja after an eight-day official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where he also performed the Umrah (Lesser Hajj). The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Nigerian leader departed Saudi Arabia via the King Abdulaziz International Airport in …
Read More »‘Ban all employment agencies!’ Outrage as video of Saudi Arabia boss forcing maid to breastfeed dogs leaks
A woman has claimed her employer forced her to breastfeed his dogs and filmed her carrying out the task. The Kenyan mother had gone to work in Saudi Arabia, where the alleged incident took place. Francis Atwoli, Kenya’s Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) Secretary General, has now called on …
Read More »‘Rise in drugs consumption’ Saudi Arabia becoming drug Capital
London and Abu Dhabi (CNN)A grisly drug-induced homicide captivated the media in Saudi Arabia this April, when a man in the country’s Eastern Province set his family house on fire before iftar, the meal that ends the Ramadan fast. Four members of his family were killed. Police said he was …
Read More »‘Chronic shortage of hard currency’ Sudan set to make $1 billion deposit in Central Bank
Sudan’s finance minister will seek to arrange a $1 billion central bank deposit to support its currency when he visits Saudi Arabia, the finance ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. Sudan’s economy has deteriorated since a coup last October which led to the suspension of international financing, and its …
Read More »‘Safety measures’ Saudi Arabia ramps up pandemic contingency plan at Mecca Grand Mosque
Following the highest number of infections in months, Saudi Arabia reimposed social distancing measures at the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca on Thursday. Workers have restored floor markings that were removed on October 17 to guide people to social distance in and around the Grand Mosque, …
Read More »‘Comparison with Saudi Arabia’ Presidency explains why
The Presidency has explained why President Muhammadu Buhari compared the fuel price in Saudi Arabia to that of Nigeria during his Independence Day national broadcast on October 1. The Presidency also said it was unwise and unfair for the government to subsidize the cost of petrol for city dwellers while …
Read More »‘He was to be killed’ Pardoned Saudi Arabia convict appointed Governor Matawalle aide
Governor Bello Matawalle has appointed Hafeez Ibrahim, the Islamic cleric who was freed from a death sentence in Saudi Arabia as one of his senior special assistants. Mr Ibrahim, a Quranic memoriser had faced the death penalty in Saudi Arabia after he was wrongly charged with drug trafficking. The Zamfara state indigene …
Read More »Coronavirus forces Saudi Arabia to triple VAT, suspend living allowance
A major oil producer and exporter, Saudi Arabia, has announced that its Value Added Tax (VAT) will increase from 5 to 15 per cent in July. Also, as from June, living allowance, ordered two years ago for state and military employees, would be suspended. The Finance Ministry made the measures …
Read More »Saudi Arabia records first coronavirus case
Saudi Arabia on Monday confirmed its first case of coronavirus after one its citizens who had returned from COVID-19 hotspot Iran tested positive. The health ministry said the man, tested after entering the country through Bahrain, had been “isolated in a hospital”. A staff member of the health authorities of …
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