Tag: chinese
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NEMA DG, Maihaja, paid N400m demurrage to clear N414.8m Chinese rice donation
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) paid a whopping sum of N400 million in demurrage to clear rice donated by the Chinese government for distribution to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the North East which is valued at N414 million, the Director General of the agency Mustapha Yunusa Maihaja, has said. Documents submitted to the…
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Chinese girl rides bicycle from Morocco to Lagos
A Chinese female cyclist, Huang Shuang, who rode from Morocco to Lagos, Nigeria, within five months, says she is convinced that anybody can achieve anything he or she determines to do. Huang, also known as CICI, told our reporters in Lagos on Monday that she was inspired to embark on ‘`cycling around the world’’ after…
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Several Nigerians languishing in Chinese prisons – Envoy
Mr Wale Oloko, the Consul-General of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in Guangzhou, China, on Monday said, many Nigerians were in various Prisons in Guangdong Province for overstaying their visas. Oloko told the newsmen in Lagos, some other Nigerians were also arrested for engaging in drug trafficking and other criminal offences, had led to their…
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Nigerian Navy rescues four kidnapped Chinese in Ondo
The Nigerian Navy in Lagos on Thursday said it rescued four Chinese men from kidnappers around Igbokoda area of Ondo State. The Flag Officer Commanding, FOC, Western Naval Command, Sylvanus Abbah, told journalists in Lagos that the four victims were abducted on board a fishing trawler within the Lagos waters on December 14. According to…
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Four Chinese kidnapped in Nigeria regains freedom
The Nigerian Army and the Nigerian Naval Forward Operating Base have rescued four Chinese who were abducted on Friday by suspected sea pirates. They were freed after a shooting with their kidnappers in Ilaje area of Ondo state, Southwest Nigeria. The expatriates were reportedly abducted while on their way from Lagos through Ayeton Creeks to…
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Chinese FA wants clubs to develop youth game or lose licences
Chinese football authorities are set to impose strict new regulations on the country’s clubs. They are now using the threat of losing their professional licences as a spur to establish a more comprehensive youth development programme. According to a report, the Chinese Football Association (CFA) will introduce rules in 2019 that force clubs in the…
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FG arrests 8 Chinese, 12 Nigerian accomplices for illegal mining
The Federal Government on Monday arrested eight Chinese nationals in Plateau State for alleged illegal mining. The National Security Adviser, NSA, Ali Monguno, ordered the arrest of the miners on Monday at Kampani Zurak village in Bashar chiefdom of Wase Local Government Area of the state. Also arrested were 12 other Nigerians allegedly involved in…
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Buhari’s $5.815bn Chinese loan faces hurdles in Senate
President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for the National Assembly’s endorsement of a $5.815 billion loan suffered a temporary setback yesterday at the Senate. The Federal Government planned to raise the loan from the China Exim Bank to modernise Lagos-Kano, Kano-Kaduna, Lagos-Ibadan and Lagos-Calabar rail lines. Following a motion by Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe (Abia South), the Senate…
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Two Chinese arrested in Lagos for importing N5bn substandard tyres
Two Chinese are to be prosecuted for their involvement in the importation of fake and substandard tyres worth N5 billion into the country. MessrsTaolung Shen and Xu Jing Yao were arrested and their company Sino Nigeria Import and Export Limited’s warehouse in Lagos sealed by the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON). Director-General of SON Osita…