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Bilateral trade between Nigeria and Korea increased by 38.6 percent to over $2.2 billion in 2024, the country’s Ambassador to Nigeria, Kim Pankyu, has said. Speaking in Abuja on Thursday on the 45th anniversary of relations between both countries, Pankyu described Nigeria as Korea’s most important trade partner on the African continent. “We are committed…

Chinese scientists have successfully conducted an ice cap detection experiment in Antarctica using a domestically developed ultra-wideband hyperspectral microwave radiometer, as reported by China’s 41st Antarctic expedition team. The team carried out joint air-ground experiments with helicopters and snowmobiles, successfully performing remote sensing detection of temperature distribution beneath the Antarctic ice. Zhu Di, a researcher…

Colombian authorities, in collaboration with the FBI, have arrested a Nigerian national, Joseph Chinedu Okparaejesi, alias Alen, a suspected transnational drug trafficker, at El Dorado International Airport, Bogotá. Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama, a security pundit, that Okparaejesi, who had been residing in Colombia for over 12 years, was apprehended upon arrival from São Paulo,…

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court has ordered the remand of two friends, Alfred Samuel, 32, a driver and Ikechukwu Obi, 29, a labourer at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly raping a teenager. The Magistrate Mrs. S. O Obasa, who did not take the plea of the defendants, gave the order on Thursday. Obasa ordered them…

A Kubwa Magistrates’ Court in Abuja, on Thursday remanded four men in police custody for allegedly inflicting injuries on two policemen while performing their duty. Magistrate, Oyepeju Mustapha adjourned the matter until March 20 for ruling in their bail application. The defendants, Gabriel Ezekiel, Jude Danlami, Daniel Effiong and Jacob Yohana were charged with criminal…