Tag: AU Summit

“WeII approach intl community to help curb illegal mining fuelling terrorism” – Tinubu

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Nigerian President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Monday, stated that African leaders will approach the international community in efforts to halt the illegal mining of resources in the continent which is being used to fund terrorists activities. The President stated this at the opening ceremony of the African Counter-Terrorism Summit in Abuja, noting that the African region must be strengthened to include existing counter-terrorism structures, such as the Regional Intelligence Fusion Unit (RIFU) in Abuja, the African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT) in Algiers, and the Committee…

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Buhari flies out again to Belgium

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President Muhammadu Buhari departed Abuja yesterday for Brussels, Belgium for another summit. Personal Assistant to the President on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, disclosed this on his Twitter handle, yesterday. According to Bashir, President Buhari is joining European and other African leaders as well as Heads of multi-lateral organisations in Brussels at the 6th European Union-African Union Summit. The Summit, which holds February 17 18, 2022, will have the participants deliberate on themes currently affecting the world. Such areas of discussion include: Financing for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth; Climate Change…

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“My government committed to poverty alleviation” Buhari, at AU summit

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Says hell prioritise poor, vulnerable Nigerians welfare till 2023 President Muhammadu Buhari has said his administration will sustain the provision of social safety nets for the poor and vulnerable in Nigeria. The president, who spoke yesterday, at the virtual official presentation of the ‘Country Review Report of Nigeria’, during the 31st Africa Peer Review Forum of African Union (AU) leaders in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, said he would remain committed to protecting and lifting the poor and vulnerable from the poverty cycle till the end of his tenure in 2023. The…

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