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Visa restrictions ‘ll address U.S.-Nigeria mutual security concerns – Envoy

Visa restrictions ‘ll address U.S.-Nigeria mutual security concerns – Envoy

The United States’ Ambassador to Nigeria, Richard Mills, says the recent visa restrictions announced by the U.S. government are designed to strengthen security procedures, and not actions targeted at Nigerians. Mills gave the clarification at a news conference on Sunday in Abuja during the visit of a U.S. Congressional Delegation (CODEL) to Nigeria. He said ...

Putin to hold annual press conference Friday

EU agrees to provide Ukraine with €90bn

EU Commission probes Google’s AI search mode

Botched Coup: ECOWAS orders immediate deployment of Standby Force in Benin

Benin soldiers claim coup as govt insists President Talon remains safe

UN hails DR Congo-Rwanda peace deal inspite of ongoing hostilities in the east

UN hails DR Congo-Rwanda peace deal inspite of ongoing hostilities in the east

The United Nations has welcomed a newly signed peace accord between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda as a “critical step” toward restoring trust. UN Secretary-General António Guterres, in a statement, hailed the accord while warning that active fighting near border areas continue to exact a heavy toll on civilians. The Washington ...

Trump brokers peace deal between DR Congo, Rwanda in Washington

Trump brokers peace deal between DR Congo, Rwanda in Washington

U.S. President Donald Trump has brokered a peace deal between leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, Félix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame. The U.S. president facilitated the signing of a peace agreement in Washington aimed at ending more than three decades of conflict in mineral-rich eastern Congo. The ceremony took place at the Peace ...

ECOWAS suspends Guinea Bissau safe coup

ECOWAS suspends Guinea Bissau safe coup

By Matthew Denis The West African country - Guinea-Bissau has been suspended from all ECOWAS decision-making bodies after a military coup on November 26 and called for the immediate return of constitutional rule, saying the coup threatens the country’s fragile democracy. The Extraordinary Session of ECOWAS’ Mediation and Security Council (MSC) met virtually on Thursday ...

Guinea-Bissau military announces general as leader of new junta

Guinea-Bissau military announces general as leader of new junta

The military in the West African coastal state of Guinea-Bissau on Thursday announced that it has installed a new leader. State broadcaster TGB reported that General Horta Inta-A is to serve as transitional president for a one-year period. Much remains unclear about the balance of power in the country and the circumstances surrounding the alleged ...

Tanzania’s Hassan sworn in after deadly election violence

Tanzania’s Hassan sworn in after deadly election violence

Tanzania President Samia Hassan was sworn into office on Monday after winning a landslide victory in an election that set off deadly protests across the country. Hassan, who came to power in 2021 following the death in office of her predecessor, was declared the winner of last week’s election with 97.66 per cent of the ...

Ex -French president Sarkozy begins 5-year prison sentence

Ex -French president Sarkozy begins 5-year prison sentence

Former French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, arrived on Tuesday at a Paris prison to begin a five-year sentence, television images showed. Sarkozy, 70, was convicted of having participated in a criminal organisation in connection with alleged campaign finances from the late Libyan dictator Moamer Gaddafi. Sarkozy remained defiant until the end, posting on X a statement ...

X launches marketplace to redistribute inactive usernames

X launches marketplace to redistribute inactive usernames

Elon Musk’s social media platform X has launched a marketplace to redistribute inactive or unused profile names. The feature is initially available exclusively to paying Premium Business and Premium+ subscribers. The platform offers two types of handles: priority and rare. Priority usernames, often full names, multi-word phrases, or alphanumeric combinations, can be requested free of ...

High point of Nigeria’s participation at UNGA 80

High point of Nigeria’s participation at UNGA 80

By Tunde Rahman A major human foible is the tendency to pursue symbolism at the expense of substance. It is not a particularly Nigerian flaw. But the desperation that has characterised our politics, especially amongst the opposition, often makes it seem so. An example is the criticism of President Bola Tinubu's inability to personally attend ...

French Prime Minister Lecornu resigns

French Prime Minister Lecornu resigns

France’s new Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, has resigned, the Élysée Palace announced on Monday. Lecornu submitted his resignation to President Emmanuel Macron who accepted it, the Élysée Palace said. Nearly four weeks after his appointment, Lecornu had only just unveiled the allocation of key ministries on Sunday evening. The leader of the conservative Republicans, Bruno ...

Report: Musk becomes 1st person worth $500bn

Report: Musk becomes 1st person worth $500bn

Elon Musk on Thursday became the first person estimated to reach a net worth of 500 billion dollars. This is according to U.S. magazine Forbes, largely held in shares of electric carmaker Tesla and aerospace firm SpaceX. Forbes calculated Musk’s wealth at roughly 150 billion dollars more than Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison. The magazine later ...

Nigeria @65: NUSA urges Nigerians in S/Africa to be true ambassadors

Nigeria @65: NUSA urges Nigerians in S/Africa to be true ambassadors

The Nigerian Union South Africa (NUSA) has called on Nigerians living in South Africa to obey the country’s laws and carry themselves with dignity as true ambassadors of Nigeria. President General of the Union, Smart Nwobi, made the appeal in a statement issued by his aide, George Sylvester, on Wednesday to commemorate Nigeria’s 65th independence ...

Nigeria reaffirms support for AU mission in Somalia

Nigeria reaffirms support for AU mission in Somalia

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, has expressed Nigeria’s unwavering support for the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM). Tuggar made this known in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja by Alkasim Abdulkadir, his Special Assistant on Media and Communications Strategy. It said Tuggar stated this at a High-Level ...

NUSA seeks voting rights for Nigerians in diaspora

NUSA seeks voting rights for Nigerians in diaspora

The President of Nigerian Union South Africa (NUSA), Smart Nwobi, has called on the Federal Government to initiate steps to facilitate diaspora voting. Nwobi made the call in London at a summit organised by the National Association of Nigerian Students in Diaspora (NANS-D). He said inspite of millions of Nigerians abroad whose remittances remain a ...

The PR War in the Modern World: How Ukraine’s President Uses Africa for His Own Ends

The PR War in the Modern World: How Ukraine’s President Uses Africa for His Own Ends

The war between Russia and Ukraine has long transcended the boundaries of a bilateral conflict. The active involvement of the USA and Europe is no longer a secret. The West is doing everything it can to prolong the conflict, even as it appears that neither side truly benefits from its continuation.Yet the conflictbetween Russia and ...

The PR War in the Modern World: How Ukraine’s President Uses Africa for His Own Ends

The PR War in the Modern World: How Ukraine’s President Uses Africa for His Own Ends

The war between Russia and Ukraine has long transcended the boundaries of a bilateral conflict. The active involvement of the USA and Europe is no longer a secret. The West is doing everything it can to prolong the conflict, even as it appears that neither side truly benefits from its continuation. Yet the conflict between ...

Tuggar hails Niang’s appointment as Senegal’s Foreign Affairs Minister

Tuggar hails Niang’s appointment as Senegal’s Foreign Affairs Minister

Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, has hailed his counterpart, Amb. Cheikh Niang, on his appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Senegal. Tuggar gave the commendation in a statement on Tuesday by Kimiebi Ebienfa, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, against backdrop of the minister’s congratulatory message to Niang. Niang was ...

Trump threatens severe consequences against ‘wrongful’ detention of U.S. nationals abroad

Trump threatens severe consequences against ‘wrongful’ detention of U.S. nationals abroad

U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to protect U.S. nationals from what he termed “wrongful detention” abroad. U.S. Department of State, in a statement issued on Friday, threatened severe consequences for those who “wrongfully” detain Americans abroad. “Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order that takes unprecedented action to impose new consequences ...

Biden withdraws from US presidential election

Biden withdraws from US presidential election

President Joe Biden has announced his withdrawal from the United States November presidential election. Details to follow…

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