NNPC says oil discovered in commercial quantity in Benue Trough
Crude oil has been discovered in the Benue Trough in commercial quantity, with Nigerian geologists spearheading the efforts,...
NLNG assures that Train 7 will create 52,000 jobs
The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Liquified Natural Gas, Tony Attah, has said that...
FG secures $72m for 36 states on land development
The federal government has secured $2m each for the 36 states of the federation to develop their land...
Akwa Ibom set to convert solid waste to electricity
Akwa Ibom State government has spoken of plans to convert solid waste being generated in the state to...
FG vows to complete 2nd Niger Bridge in 2022
The Federal government yesterday reassured the commitment of the present administration towards the completion of the 2nd Niger...
Africa China trade declines 13.3% Y-o-Y between 2020 Q1-Q3 over COVID-19
According to the statistics of China Customs, the trade volume between China and Africa was $133.62 billion from January to September, a...
Abuja vendors protest killing of member by Gbajabiamila’s security aide
The Abuja Newspaper Distributors Association (ANDA) and Newspaper Vendors Association Abuja (NVAA), have protested the killing of their...
Senate to NNPC: We are impressed by your gas dev’t projects, account audit
The Senate Committee on Gas has commended the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on the various gas development projects it has undertaken,...
About one million receive vaccine developed by China as 3 enter final test phase
Chinese vaccine makers said that China's full-throttled development of COVID-19 vaccines remains in the lead among a roster...
Nigeria’s petroleum ministry signs deal to import refined crude from Niger Republic
The Ministry of Petroleum Resources has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Republic of Niger to buy...
AfDB awards $120,000 6o start-up African young farmers
The founder of a cassava processing business in Kenya, a co-founder of a novel food processing technology start-up,...
Yuan best rate in 29 months triggers profits for Chinese exports
Chinese exporters are starting to feel a pinch on their profitability as the yuan continues to appreciate. The...
China ships first batch of Covid-19 vaccine to Brazil
The first batch of a COVID-19 vaccine candidate, developed by Beijing-based Sinovac Biotech (SINOVAC), has finally left for...
For the third year, not even the Covid-19 scare could deter Africa from exploring...
As curtains fall on the third China International Import Expo (CIIE) held in Shanghai Shanghai, it is evident...
Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine deliveries could start ‘before Christmas’
Pfizer Inc PFE.N and BioNTech 22UAy.DE could secure emergency U.S. and European authorization for their COVID-19 vaccine next month after final trial...
Imo govt lauds Seplat/NNPC gas project as economic enabler to state
The Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma, on November 11, in company of team of Seplat executives undertook a tour...
China nears total nationwide victory in poverty eradication
Although the COVID-19 epidemic has increased the difficulties of China's poverty alleviation work, the...
You’ll walk alone in your APC misadventure, Ebonyi NASS caucus tells Umahi
Members of the Ebonyi State caucus of National Assembly have told Governor David Umahi that his foray into...
Kwara inaugurates shea butter processing plant
In a bid to encourage industrialisation in Kwara State, Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has inaugurated...
NCC says $32b invested in telecoms in 5 years
November 16, 2020
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) announced that Nigeria’s telecoms sector had received...
Nnamdi Obed-Edom Chukwuemeka Azikiwe, 116 years ago
By IKENNA EMEWU
In November 1934, shortly after he returned from his studies in the...
With RCEP free trade treaty today, China looms larger
By IKENNA EMEWU
On May 30, 2020, the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) came...
ASEAN countries sign RCEP, world largest free trade treaty as US says it’s China’s...
Fifteen Asia-Pacific economies formed the world's largest free trade bloc on Sunday, a China-backed deal that excludes the...
South South governors to meet over gold mining advantage to Zamfara
It has now been confirmed that the six governors of the South- south region will meet in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on...
Huawei 5G deployment has started overseas as 5G revenue continues to grow
Mass-scale 5G deployment in Huawei's major overseas target markets has already started, said Yang Chaobin, president of Huawei's...
Italian companies make $449m during Alibaba’s Singles’ Day sale
Alibaba’s Singles’ Day festival helped Italian companies, big and small, to achieve $449 millions in sales, the online...
NNPC clarifies on petroleum pump price increase rate
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said it is aware of a document widely circulating in the media purporting an increase...
China finally congratulates Biden
China congratulated Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on winning the U.S. presidential election, ending days of speculation about...
Nigeria ratifies membership of AfCFTA
The Nigerian government on Wednesday ratified the country's membership of the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA)...
Investment trade fair taking Shanghai’s importance to global economy higher
As the world's largest import fair wound down this week with deals in the billions of dollars, which...
Brazil resumes trials of Chinese COVID-19 vaccine
Brazil on Wednesday resumed the trials of a Chinese COVID-19 vaccine after halting them on Monday over a...
Trump may accept results but never concede, aides say
There is a growing expectation among President Donald Trump’s advisers that he will never concede that he lost re-election, even after...
Huge China-backed trade pact to be signed at Southeast Asian summit
Fifteen Asia-Pacific nations are set to sign an enormous free trade deal at an online summit that started...
Prof. Iwu calls for integration of trado and orthodox medicine to find Covid-19 cure
Eminent Professor of Pharmacognosy, Professor Maurice Iwu, has said that collaboration between herbal and orthodox medicine practitioners at...
Nigeria’s Kuda raises $10m to be the mobile-first challenger bank for Africa
Nigeria mobile payment startup, Kuda, operator of a popular mobile-first challenger bank has raised $10 million — the...
The husband-and-wife team behind the successful Covid-19 vaccine
Two years ago, Dr. Ugur Sahin took the stage at a conference in Berlin and made a bold...
With 2.9b liters stock, NNPC dismisses fears of fuel scarcity over PENGASSAN strike
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Tuesday dismissed mounting insinuation of possible scarcity of petroleum products following...
Results, progress earned China-Africa relations global criticisms -Zhou Yuyuan
No record that China ever seized assets of any country over debt default
Dr. Zhou...
BREAKING: US presidential transition office writes Biden for commencement of handover
By IKENNA EMEWUThe US General Services Administration (GSA)office that undertakes the arrangements that facilitate transition of power from an incumbent to an...
FG official, 5 others convicted in UAE for financing Boko Haram
A United Arab Emirates (UAE) court has jailed an official of the Nigerian government, identified as Alhaji Ashiru...
Behind-the-scene intrigues, drama playing out at the White House since Trump lost…allies that ask...
President Donald Trump’s motorcade was just pulling into the Trump National Golf Club in suburban Virginia on Saturday...
Synergy between AfCFTA, BRI will work out better economy for Africa and China
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and its ideals and objectives, has been deployed since it incepted, formally...
Relationship with China would be top on Biden foreign policy, says US media
President-elect Joe Biden is heading for the White House. A litany of domestic crises will crowd his in-tray,...
HERE COMES BIDEN: China assesses likelihood of what awaits her relationship with US after...
As a crucial victory in major swing state Pennsylvania put Joe Biden over the 270 Electoral College vote...
South East leaders ask Buhari to flush out killer herdsmen from zone
Leaders of the South East geopolitical zone have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to flush out all killer...
Again, Malami defends police, says no evidence to prosecute 33 indicted SARS men
AGAIN, MALAMI DEFENDS POLICE, SAYS THERE ISN'T ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO PROSECUTE 33 INDICTED SARS OPERATIVES
Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of...
100 YEARS AFTER AMERICAN WOMAN GOT RIGHT TO VOTE: HERE COMES KAMALA HARRIS
We at the AFRICA CHINA Media celebrate the American woman and her right and struggles to emancipation.In 1920, at the 19th...
Khamenei, Iranian leader mocks US democracy over presidential poll
Iran's supreme leader has mocked the rancorous aftermath of election day in the United...
ICC starts probe into #EndSARS killings of 86 persons
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has said it was conducting a preliminary examination into the #EndSARS protests which resulted in...
Explosion reported at NNPC’s partner company’s OML 40 facility
The Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), an upstream subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, has reported an...
