Tag: Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Arabia hosts first-ever fashion week
Fashionable women, dark-haired Saudis and blonde Eastern Europeans alike, fill the gold-trimmed halls of Riyadh’s Ritz-Carlton Hotel, marking the start of Saudi Arabia’s first-ever fashion week. Models and makeup artists preparing for the inaugural Saudi episode of Arab Fashion Week said they were surprised the event was taking place in the deeply conservative Muslim kingdom.…
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Black Panther to be first film shown publicly in Saudi Arabia
Marvel blockbuster, Black Panther will break Saudi Arabia’s 35-year long cinema ban, becoming the first movie to be shown publicly in the Oil-rich country since they were shuttered in the 1980s. The Marvel superhero film will receive a gala opening on April 18 in Saudi Arabia’s brand new AMC theater in Riyadh, the country’s capital.…
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U.S. firm gets first licence to operate cinemas in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Ministry of Culture and Information on Wednesday said it had given U.S.-based firm — AMC — the first licence to operate cinemas in the kingdom. Saudi Minister of Culture and Information, Awwad Alawwad, said in a statement that AMC planned to open Saudi Arabia’s first cinema theatre in the capital Riyadh on April…
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FG to engage Saudi Arabian authorities over Nigerians on death row
The federal government said it would continue to engage Saudi Arabian authorities in negotiations over the fate of Nigerians on death row for alleged drug trafficking in that country. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, made this known while fielding questions from journalists in Abuja on Friday. The minister’s reaction followed report that there…
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Saudi Arabia appoints first spokeswoman
Saudi Arabia appointed its first female spokesperson at its embassy in Washington, hours after Saudi women were granted the right to drive. “Proud to serve the @SaudiEmbassyUSA as the spokeswoman. I’m grateful for the opportunity, the support, and well wishes,” the spokeswoman, Fatimah Baeshen, wrote on Twitter. Baeshen previously worked at the ministries of labour…
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Saudi Arabia lifts historic ban, allows women to drive
The Government of Saudi Arabia will from next June allow women to drive in the country. This was contained in a statement by the state media on Tuesday, making the country, the last country to allow women drive. This decision which effectively risks riling religious conservatives and comes as part of the government’s major reform…
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Saraki off to Saudi Arabia for Hajj
President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Monday night flew out of Abuja to Saudi Arabia to join the two million Muslim faithful gathered in the holy land for this year’s hajj. In a statement by his Special Adviser (Media and Publicity), Yusuph Olaniyonu, the President of the Senate will spend the period…
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198 illegal migrants in Saudi Arabia return to Nigeria
The Federal Government on Saturday received no fewer than 198 Nigerians illegally residing in Saudi Arabia at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport at about 10 am. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this number was out of the 1,800 Nigerians living illegally in Saudi Arabia, who were given amnesty to return to…
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BREAKING: Nigeria,Saudi Arabia, 16 other countries announce end of Ramadan, Sunday is Eid-el-Fitr
Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Malaysia, Indonesia the United Arab Emirates and 15 other countries have announced an end to this year’s Ramadan Fast. President-General of the Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs and Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, announced this evening that the crescent moon of Shawwal has been sighted in…
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Just In: Saudi King ousts nephew, names 31year old son as heir to throne
King Salman of Saudi Arabia has ousted his nephew as crown prince and replaced him with his son, Mohammed bin Salman, confirming the 31-year-old as heir to the kingdom and consolidating its move to reassert its influence as a regional power. The king’s decision to elevate his son, who already controlled the defense, oil and…