The House of Representatives has pledged to work with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other arms of government to smoothen Nigeria’s diplomatic relations with other countries. Deputy Speaker of the House Rt.Hon. Benjamin Kalu gave the assurance at the inaugural meeting of the House Committee on Inter-Parliamentary Relations in Abuja. According to him, […]
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THE latest kidnapping of a Chinese national by militants in Nigeria highlights the security risks for these nationals in the West African country. Unknown individuals abducted the Chinese road engineer and killed a member of his security detail last Thursday in the north-central Kogi State. The victim is part of a group of workers […]
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UN rights chief Volker Türk has described 2024 as a “mega election year” with more than 60 countries slated to hold elections involving nearly half of the world’s people. Türk, in a statement, expressed optimism that most of the elections would likely be “free hatred” and respect the will of the people. He, however, said […]
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Ghazouani was born in Boumdeid, Assaba region on 4 December 1956. He belongs to a well-known Sufi Berber family in Mauritania. Ghazouani is the son of a spiritual leader of the Maraboutic tribe Ideiboussat. Ghazouani has memorised the Quran. He is married to a doctor, Mariam Mint Mohamed Vadel Ould Dah. They have five […]
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Responding on the concerns of its exit on security, trade and socio-economic activities, he said, “Now the world is a global village and is the world within ECOWAS? So, God will feed every human He created. The leader of military junta in Niger Republic, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, has said that none of the three […]
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Nigeria’s former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Prof Bolaji Akinyemi, says Russia is backing Burkina Faso, Niger Republic, and Mali’s sudden withdrawal from ECOWAS. He said Russia is seeking to weaken ‘western influence’ in Africa adding that he sees ‘the hand of Russia’ in what he described as a crisis that had befallen ECOWAS. The former […]
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Many African leaders are in Italy’s capital, Rome, for the Italy-Africa summit, which is expected to boost relations between Africa and the European nations. The summit, which started on Sunday, is also aimed at boosting investment in African countries as a strategy to curb irregular migration from the continent. During the two-day summit, Italy is […]
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Tuggar said that the 4Ds include “Democracy, Development, Demography and Diaspora,” stressing that they provide a new vision for Nigeria in contemporary times. He emphasised that Nigeria depends on this new line of vision to actualise its objectives and benefit from its foreign policy engagements. Minister of foreign affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, has called […]
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The 45 visa-free countries Nigerians can travel with their country’s passports are: Barbados, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands, Chad, Comoro Islands, Cook Islands, Cote d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau and Haiti. The Henley Passport Index has listed the most powerful passports in the world, saying Nigerians now […]
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on Israel to help rather than hinder the Palestinian Authority, saying that Israel’s long-term security was at stake. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Blinken renewed his call for a “pathway to a Palestinian state” even as Washington backs Israel’s Gaza campaign launched in response […]
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