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Apr

03

2024

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Tinubu In Senegal, Hails Successful Conduct Of Election

FGN, Foreign Affairs, News Flash, Politics, Presidency

Tinubu In Senegal, Hails Successful Conduct Of Election President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday congratulated President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on his inauguration in Dakar. As the Chairman of ECOWAS, President Tinubu said the successful conduct of the Senegal election is a boost to the sub-regional organization in its efforts to promote peace and constitutional order, as well as strengthen ties among member states. Tinubu also congratulated the people of Senegal and assured them of Nigeria’s best wishes and support.

Mar

18

2024

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Russian Presidential Poll: Putin Wins, Secures Another 6 Year Term

Foreign Affairs, News Flash, Politics, World News

Putin Wins Russian Presidential Poll, Secures Another Six-Year Term Vladimir Putin has secured another six-year term as Russian president, exit polls showed Sunday, paving the way for the hardline former spy to become the longest-serving Russian leader in more than 200 years. Victory for the 71-year-old was never in doubt, with all his major opponents dead, in prison or exiled, and authorities waging an unrelenting crackdown on those who publicly oppose the Kremlin or its military offensive on Ukraine. The government-run VTsIOM pollster projected that Putin had sailed to an easy victory with 87 percent of the vote after polls…

Mar

16

2024

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Ghana’s High Commissioner To Nigeria Dies In FCT

Abuja, Foreign Affairs, News Flash, Obituary

Ghana’s High Commissioner To Nigeria Dies In Abuja Rashid Bawa, Ghana’s high commissioner to Nigeria, is dead. He was reported to have died in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, on Thursday. Bawa was appointed high commissioner to Nigeria in 2017 by President Nana Akufo-Addo. A Ghanaian politician, diplomat and a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bawa was Ghana’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia between 2005 and 2008. He was a member of the Ghanaian parliament for Akan constituency from 2001 to January 2005 as an independent candidate. Bawa’s death comes days after the passing of John Kumah, Ghana’s deputy minister…

Mar

14

2024

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US House Of Reps Passes TikTok Ban Bill

Business, Foreign Affairs, News Flash, Politics, World News

United States House Passes TikTok Ban Bill The House of Representatives by a wide margin passed a bill that would make it illegal to distribute or host TikTok in the U.S. — effectively blocking it from some 170 million American users — unless Chinese owner ByteDance divests its interest in the popular app. It’s the first time a congressional bill has passed that would outlaw an internet app. The fears among many American lawmakers, who see TikTok as a national security threat: that the Chinese regime could demand access to data on TikTok’s U.S. users or somehow compel it to…

Mar

04

2024

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Gaza: Israel Kills 9 Palestinians Collecting Aid

Foreign Affairs, War, World News

Gaza: Israel Kills 9 Palestinians Collecting Aid At least nine Palestinians were killed and several others injured when Israeli forces shelled a Palestinian crowd collecting humanitarian aid from a truck in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, according to medical sources. Sunday’s attack was the second in the last five days on displaced Palestinians in Gaza while waiting for humanitarian aid in the war-battered territory. Turkish broadcaster – TRT World reported the spokesperson for the Ministry of Health in Gaza, Ashraf al-Qudra as saying via a statement that Israeli forces “committed a horrific massacre” in southern Gaza City, near the Kuwaiti…

Mar

04

2024

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President Tinubu Sign Multi-Sectoral Agreements With Qatar, Set To Receive Their Investment Team

Economy, Abuja, Business, Foreign Affairs, News Flash

President Tinubu Welcomes, Sign Multi-Sectoral Agreements With Qatar; Set To Receive Qatar’s Investment Team In Abuja President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and His Highness, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar, on Sunday in Doha, witnessed the signing of historic agreements between both nations, opening a gateway for leveraging the potential of mutual cooperation in pivotal sectors of education, enterprise development, investment promotion, youth empowerment, mining, tourism, and sports Before the signing ceremony at the Qatar Presidential Palace, President Tinubu assured his host of Nigeria’s preparedness to welcome investors into the country, noting the ongoing reforms…

Feb

25

2024

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The Incessant Foreign Travels Of Mr President Turning To National Embarrassment – Dr. Odo Ijere(Okpotemba Ohafia)

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Foreign Affairs, News Flash

THE INCESSANT FOREIGN TRAVELS OF MR PRESIDENT IS TURNING TO NATIONAL EMBARRASSMENT. The note verbale leaked message between the Qatari Foreign Mission in Nigeria and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is both very clear and apt message of rejection. The international community are using all manner of diplomatese to express their reservations over presidential tourism from Nigeria. What you perhaps do not know is that presidential visits is always a big deal and puts enormous diplomatic pressure on host nations. But why are Nigerians especially personnel of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs always too fixated about foreign visits in the…

Feb

17

2024

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Tinubu Gets African Union Champion Appointment

FGN, Foreign Affairs, News Flash, Presidency

President Tinubu Gets African Union Appointment President Bola Tinubu has been appointed as the African Union (AU) Champion for Human Resources for Health and Community Health Delivery Partnership against the backdrop of his ambitious, innovative, and people-focused efforts in the sector. In recognition of President Tinubu’s commitment to train 120,000 frontline health workers nationwide within 16 months and to double the number of primary health facilities in communities across all local government areas of the federation from 8,800 to over 17,000 over the next three years; his doubling of health personnel enrollment capacity from accredited nursing and midwifery institutions to…

Feb

07

2024

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US President, Biden Speaks Over King Charles 111 Cancer Diagnosis

Foreign Affairs, News Flash, World News

US President, Biden Speaks Over King Charles III Cancer Diagnosis US President Joe Biden said he was “concerned” about King Charles III on Monday, telling the press that he had only “just heard” about the British monarch’s cancer diagnosis. Former president Donald Trump, the likely Republican nominee in November US elections, meanwhile wrote on his Truth Social network that the king was “a wonderful man” and that “we all pray that he has a fast and full recovery!” King Charles III diagnosed with cancerKing Charles III has been diagnosed with a form of cancer and has begun treatment, Buckingham Palace…

Feb

03

2024

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Akpabio Pleads For Over 12,000 Illegal Migrants To Be Deported Back From Germany

Crime, Foreign Affairs, News Flash

Deporting 12,000 Illegal Migrants Back To Nigeria Will Further Escalate Insecurity - Akpabio Pleads With German Ambassador To Nigeria. Senator Godswill Akpabio has urged the Germany not to deport about 12,000 Nigerians… In a diplomatic exchange, the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, implored the German government to reconsider its decision to deport approximately 12,000 illegal migrants to Nigeria. Expressing concern, Akpabio emphasized that such an action could exacerbate the prevailing security challenges in the country. According to a report by Vanguard on Thursday, February 1, 2024, the plea was made during a courtesy visit to the Senate President…