Shopping platform Temu has halted its operations in Vietnam after failing to meet a government deadline to register with the Ministry of Industry and Trade, according to state media reports on Thursday. Customs Clearance Stopped As of the missed registration deadline at the end of November, goods ordered through Temu were no longer being cleared … Read more
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has extended his heartfelt congratulations to President Luong Cuong of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on his historic election. President Cuong, a respected leader with over 40 years in the Vietnamese military and a Politburo member since 2021, was elected by the Vietnamese parliament to lead the nation. In a statement … Read more
The NDLEA has released the list of arrests it made in the past week. The agency caught a businessman with more than 30 parcels of cocaine at the Lagos airport on his way to Southeast Asia. The NDLEA also nabbed another suspect with 2.10 kilograms of methamphetamine at the airport. Eko Hot Blog reports that … Read more
Authorities have confirmed the 10-year-old Vietnamese boy who fell into a hollow concrete pillar on New Year’s Eve has died. Eko Hot Blog reports that Thai Ly Hao Nam fell into the 25cm (12-inch) wide shaft of the pillar at a construction site while searching for scrap metal. EDITOR’S PICKS US: House Of Reps Bans … Read more
Rescuers in Vietnam are trying to free a 10-year-old boy trapped deep inside a narrow shaft at a building site. Eko Hot Blog reports that Ly Hao Nam was searching for scrap metal when he fell into the hollow concrete pile in southern Dong Thap province on New Year’s Eve. EDITOR’S PICKS US: House Of … Read more
Osinbajo has left Abuja on a visit to Vietnam. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, departed Abuja on Saturday (today) for a three-day visit to Vietnam. The VP’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, noted in a statement released today that Osinbajo would visit the Asian country for … Read more
Ekiti diaspora has signed an MOA with Vietnamese partners for a cattle ranch in the state. Eko Hot Blog reports that a group of Ekiti indigenes in the Diaspora under a CAC-registered EkitiKete Livestock Development Company Limited, a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) that was formed to drive the cattle ranch initiative, recently signed a Memorandum … Read more
Nigerian Man, 4 Others Arrested as Vietnam Police Bust Transnational Scam Syndicate EKO HOT BLOG reports that a 37-year-old Nigerian national, Uzor Emmanuel and four others alleged members of a transnational scam ring have been arrested by the police in Vietnam’s southern Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province for allegedly duping a local firm of … Read more
Nigeria was sixth with a benefit of $2 billion, accounting for 3.12 percent… Nigeria has been ranked sixth among the top 10 countries with the highest exposure to funds and support from the World Bank. According to the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group’s annual report, “Meeting the Moment”, Nigeria … Read more
Both the British and Indian variants of the virus are said to be more transmissible than other strains… Vietnam on Saturday said it had detected a new Coronavirus (COVID-19) variant comprising characteristics from both the British and Indian strains of the virus, state media reported. Nguyen Thanh Long, Vietnam’s minister of health, said the new … Read more
A Nigerian footballer has been sentenced to death in Vietnam. EKO HOT BLOG reports that a Nigerian footballer has been sentenced to death for smuggling nearly six kilos of methamphetamine from Cambodia to Vietnam. The Nigerian footballer, Theophilus Ugwu, aged 23, was charged with “illegal trafficking of narcotic substances” by the People’s Court of Tay … Read more