CHINESE leader Xi Jinping has said China and the United States of America should be partners rather than enemies in order to deepen their relations and move forward being the world’s superpowers. Xi told Anthony Blinken, the US Secretary of State during a meeting signalling the end of his three-day visit to China at …
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China Upgrades Facilities At FCT Model Primary School
THE Chinese Embassy in its efforts at collaborating with Nigerian government towards improved education has upgraded the facilities at a China -assisted Model Primary School in Nyanya, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. Speaking at the occasion of the formal inauguration of the upgraded school facilities, the …
Read More »China’s General Aviation Manufacturing Industry Progresses
CHINA’s general aviation manufacturing industry has burgeoned in recent years, with the output rising nearly 60 per cent year on year in 2023, a senior official said Thursday. In 2023, China delivered more than 3.17 million civilian drones, and the output of the general aviation manufacturing sector exceeded 51 billion …
Read More »Three Children Face Death Penalty After Beating Their 13-year-old Classmate To Death
THREE children are facing the death penalty after they beat their 13-year-old classmate to death in northern China’s Hebei province last month. The three assailants, all under age 14, were accused of bullying their classmate, named only as Wang, over a long period before killing him. He was beaten alive and …
Read More »Ex-Everton Player, Li Tie Sentenced To Life In Prison
CHINESE professional footballer manager and former player for Everton, Li Tie, has been sentenced to life imprisonment. Newsextra24 understands that the 46-year-old was found guilty of corruption in his native China. During his loan spell, Li initially joined the Premier League club and later spent a span of four years …
Read More »Chinese Loan Rises By $800m In One Year, Hits $4.73bn
NIGERIA’s debt to China increased from $3.93bn as of June 30, 2022, to $4.73bn as of June 30, 2023, showing an increase of $800m in one year. It is an increase of 20.36 per cent from the second quarter of 2022 to Q2 2023, according to an analysis of the …
Read More »China Deploys Six Warships To Middle East As Israel Steps Up Gaza Strikes
CHINA has reportedly deployed six warships to the Middle East as the conflict between Israel and Hamas has heightened. It was gathered the Chinese warships left Muscat for an unspecified location on Saturday after partaking in an exercise with the Omani navy. Naija News reports that this development comes after the …
Read More »Chinese Govt To Fund, Complete Abuja-Kano, Port-Harcourt-Maiduguri Railways
…pledges more investments in Nigeria’s power sector THE Chinese government on Wednesday committed to refinance and complete the Abuja-Kano and Port-Harcourt-Maiduguri railway projects. President of the Peoples Republic of China, Xi Jinping, made the pledge while responding to requests made by President Bola Tinubu who was represented by Vice President …
Read More »China To Launch Online Appointment, Inquiry Services For Foreigner Visas, Documents
CHINA National Immigration Administration (NIA) will launch new services, such as online appointments and inquiries for foreigners’ visas and other relevant documents, on its service platform starting from Oct. 9.The platform’s new service menu would feature online appointments for applications for individual visas and other documents. It would offer online …
Read More »Take Currency Swap With China More Profitable – Economist Tells FG
AN economist and the former Director General of the West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management, Prof Akpa Ekpo, has urged the federal government to take seriously the implementation of the currency swap agreement with the Peoples Bank of China to trim down reliance on dollars for trade. Ekpo …
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