Nigerian Times

President Goodluck Jonathan 11 Jul 2011 16:46 Africa/Lagos President Jonathan canvasses speedy ratification, domestication of AfricanCconvention on IDPS ABUJA, July 11, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The current ECOWAS Chairman and President of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has called on ECOWAS Member States to ratify and domesticate the African Union (AU) Convention on Humanitarian Assistance and Internal Displacement so as to strengthen their collective capacity to address the challenges of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in West Africa. Addressing the first Ministerial Conference on Humanitarian Assistance and Internal Displacement in West Africa at the ECOWAS Commission on Thursday, 7th July 2011, the President said although at the sub-regional level, ECOWAS Member States have a relief and support architecture, there was the need to strengthen existing mechanisms through the ratification of the AU convention. The AU text also known as the Kampala Convention was adop...

17 Jun 2011 21:57 Africa/Lagos Courtesy Call on Ms. Makiko Kikuta, Japan' Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, by H.E. Mr. Godwin Nsude Agbo, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to Japan (Donation of Relief Money from the Federal Republic of Nigeria) TOKYO, June 17, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- On Wednesday, June 15, Ms. Makiko Kikuta, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, received a courtesy call from H.E. Mr. Godwin Nsude Agbo, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to Japan. Ms. Kikuta expressed her appreciation for the daily commitment of Ambassador Agbo to strengthening the partnership between Japan and Nigeria, and the donation of relief money (394,592,725 yen) for the Great East Japan Earthquake from the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Ms. Kikuta then stated that she regarded this assistance as a proof of friendship and solidarity between Japan and Nigeria, and she would like to make efforts toward recover...