LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice-President Kashim Shettima has aborted his trip to the 2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Summit in Samoa. President Bola Tinubu had delegated Nigeria’s number two man to represent the country at the ongoing summit. Traveling across Quang Binh to stunning cinematic locations But in a statement on Thursday night, the presidency announced…
LAGOS DECEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s Michael Chiangi Gbagir has won the Commonwealth Sustainable Energy Transition’s Best Educator Award for his initiative ‘EcoPower Adventure’, which engages different communities through interactive learning activities, such as energy scavenger hunts. Statement signed by Commonwealth Senior Communication Officer Media and Public Affair, Snober Abbasi made available to NewsRangers said the Commonwealth…
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Finance ministers from various Commonwealth countries have called for a systemic reform of the global financial architecture to enhance access to development financing for vulnerable countries. Statement signed by Senior Communications Officer Communications Division Commonwealth Secretariat, Snober Abbasi made available to NewsRangers said the ministers agreed for India to be the chair…
Coronavirus Kills 8,800, Infected 218,000 In Commonwealth Countries LAGOS MARCH 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The disease, caused by coronavirus known as COVID-19, has infected no fewer than 218,000 people and killed 8,800 in over 100 commonwealth countries. Commonwealth Assistant Secretary-General Nabeel Goheer said: “Coronavirus has rapidly spread across the world affecting people, livelihoods and nations. TheAssistant Secretary…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Commonwealth Secretary-General has launched a new scholarship at the King Henry VIII College in Selangor, Malaysia. One of the first recipients was 16-year-old Scot Choo, the son of a pilot who died when Malaysian plane MH17 was shot down over Ukraine in 2014. Secretary-General Patricia Scotland officially presented Scot with his…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Commonwealth has welcomed its 54th family member after Maldives’ application for re-admission was approved. The small island nation officially re-joined the Commonwealth at 00:01 today,Saturday This marks the end of a process that began 13 months ago, in December 2018, when President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih wrote to the Commonwealth Secretary-General expressing the country’s interest…
LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland and United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed have formally committed their organisations to work more closely together. The two leaders signed a Memorandum of Understanding today at the Commonwealth’s headquarters in Marlborough House, London. The document outlines how the two organisations will work together on pressing global issues…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, the Secretary-General of the International Organization of la Francophonie, Louise Mushikiwabo and the Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Patricia Scotland, undertook a tripartite visit to Yaoundé, Cameroon, from 26 to 28 November 2019, in order to exchange views with the national actors…