Japan has given regulatory approval for an over-the-counter contraceptive pill, its manufacturer said today, the first time the socially conservative country has greenlighted so-called “morning-after” medication without a prescription. Rights groups have long criticised the fact that women in Japan can only access emergency medication to preve...
•Blessed and Gabriella Two Nigerian girls have placed the nation on the global technology map after emerging winners of the 2025 Technovation Global Summit (Beginner Division) with an artificial intelligence (AI) app designed to tackle drowsy and distracted driving. The prodigies, 10-year-old Akachukwu Blessed Nwachukwu and Ifunanya Gabriella ...
•Japanese Flag The Japan International Cooperation Agency has cancelled its ‘JICA Africa Hometown’ initiative, citing “misunderstandings and confusion” over the programme. JICA announced the withdrawal in a statement on its website today, weeks after reports claimed Japan would create a special visa category for Nigerians who wished to relocat...
The Government of Japan has dismissed reports suggesting that Nigerians moving to Kisarazu city under its newly launched “JICA Africa Hometown” initiative would be granted special visas or immigration privileges. In a statement issued yesterday, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said such reports were “contrary to the facts,” stressing ...
•Tinubu and dollar debts The Tinubu-led federal government is currently discussing a loan funding of $238 million from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to expand Nigeria’s national electricity grid network, especially the transmission segment of the power value chain. This was part of the outcome of deliberations at the just-c...
•Bayo Onanuga The presidency has dismissed trending social media claims suggesting that Nigeria is poorly represented at the ongoing 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Yokohama, Japan. A viral video of an empty booth labelled “Nigeria” has sparked criticism of the country’s presence at the triennial summit, reports Th...
•Nigeria’s unmanned exhibition stand in Japan Some social media users are currently tackling Nigerian officials who travelled to Japan for the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9). This was after Nigeria’s exhibition booth was left unmanned despite President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s attendance at the summit, repo...
•Tinubu welcomed in Tokyo ahead of TICAD9 President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Japan to participate in the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9), scheduled to hold from August 20 to 22 in the City of Yokohama. The president’s aircraft touched down at the Presidential Wing of Haneda International Airport, Tokyo, a...
•Tinubu jets out President Bola Tinubu is now expected to depart Abuja today for a two-nation trip to Japan and Brazil, contrary to an earlier announcement. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, had on Wednesday stated that the President would depart Abuja yesterday, with a stopover in Dubai, United [&...
•Tinubu onboard presidential aircraft President Bola Tinubu will later today embark on a two-nation trip to Japan and Brazil, with a brief stopover in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a statement yesterday. He said that the president’s first stop would be Japan for the Ninth Tokyo Internation...
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