Foreign Affairs

Nov
27
2025
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By Abia ThinkTank
White House On Lockdown As 2 National Guard Members Shot

White House On Lockdown As 2 National Guard Members Shot

Foreign Affairs, News Flash
White House On Lockdown As 2 National Guard Members Shot The White House has been temporarily shut down after two members of the National Guard were shot in Washington on Wednesday, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a post on X, without providing further details. Police in Washington confirmed a shooting occurred just one block from the White House, intensifying security concerns in the US capital city. The incident reportedly took place near the Farragut Metro station and coincided with President Donald Trump’s controversial troop deployment order to Washington. The White House was briefly placed on lockdown following…
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Nov
27
2025
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Tinubu Appoints Non-Career Ambassadors For US, UK, France

Tinubu Appoints Non-Career Ambassadors For US, UK, France

FGN, Foreign Affairs, News Flash
Tinubu Appoints Non-Career Ambassadors For US, UK, France President Bola Tinubu has nominated non-career ambassadors for the United States, the United Kingdom, and France. The three nominees are Ayodele Oke, Colonel Lateef Are (retd.), and Amin Dalhatu. A post by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on X revealed that the postings would be finalised following Senate screening. According to the statement, Dalhatu previously served as Nigeria’s ambassador to South Korea under the Late President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Oke, an alumnus of Emory University in Atlanta, is a former Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA)…
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Nov
25
2025
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US To Provide Intelligence Support, Defence, Equipment To Nigeria – FGN Reveals

US To Provide Intelligence Support, Defence, Equipment To Nigeria – FGN Reveals

FGN, Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Security
US To Provide Intelligence Support, Defence Equipment To Nigeria – FG Reveals The Federal Government says the United States has agreed to step up its security partnership with Nigeria. According to the Presidency, Washington has committed to providing intelligence support, defence equipment, and other strategic assistance to help Nigeria tackle terrorism and violent extremism more effectively. Officials described the development as a major outcome of last week’s engagements between a high-level Nigerian delegation and key US institutions. The delegation, led by National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu, held several meetings across Washington, including with senior officials from the US Congress, the…
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Nov
25
2025
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UK Rejects Nigeria’s Request To Transfer Ekweremadu

UK Rejects Nigeria’s Request To Transfer Ekweremadu

Foreign Affairs, Judiciary, Politics
UK Rejects Nigeria’s Request To Transfer Ekweremadu The British Government has turned down a request by Nigeria to deport former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, who is serving a prison term in the United Kingdom for organ trafficking, The Guardian UK reports on Monday. Ekweremadu, 63, was jailed for nine years and eight months in 2023 after a UK court found him, his wife, Beatrice, and a medical doctor, Obinna Obeta, guilty of conspiring to exploit a young Nigerian man for his kidney. The kidney was intended for their daughter, Sonia, in a private London hospital. According to The Guardian,…
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Nov
25
2025
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Nigerian Student Uche Okirie Stabbed To Death By Neighbour In UK

Nigerian Student Uche Okirie Stabbed To Death By Neighbour In UK

Crime, Foreign Affairs, News Flash
Nigerian Student Uche Okirie Stabbed To Death By Neighbour In UK Uche Okirie, a UK-based Nigerian student, was stabbed to death in the early hours of Saturday by a Congolese suspect, a report by the Norfolk police has confirmed. Colleagues of Mr Okirie told Peoples Gazette they had identified him but were struggling to reach his family in Nigeria. The Norfolk police also appealed to UK residents with useful information to contact them on 101, citing incident number 51 of Saturday, November 22, 2025. Mr Okirie, a student of the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England, was stabbed in…
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Nov
25
2025
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Nigerian Student Uche Okirie Stabbed To Death By Neighbour In UK

Nigerian Student Uche Okirie Stabbed To Death By Neighbour In UK

Crime, Education, Foreign Affairs
Nigerian Student Uche Okirie Stabbed To Death By Neighbour In UK Uche Okirie, a UK-based Nigerian student, was stabbed to death in the early hours of Saturday by a Congolese suspect, a report by the Norfolk police has confirmed. Colleagues of Mr Okirie told Peoples Gazette they had identified him but were struggling to reach his family in Nigeria. The Norfolk police also appealed to UK residents with useful information to contact them on 101, citing incident number 51 of Saturday, November 22, 2025. Mr Okirie, a student of the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England, was stabbed in…
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Nov
21
2025
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US Ambassador Reports ‘Christian Genocide’ In Nigeria To UN Security Council

US Ambassador Reports ‘Christian Genocide’ In Nigeria To UN Security Council

Crime, FGN, Foreign Affairs, News Flash
US Ambassador Reports ‘Christian Genocide’ In Nigeria To UN Security Council The United States ambassador to the United Nations, Michael Waltz, has reported what he described as the slaughter of thousands of Christians in Nigeria to the UN Security Council. In a video released on Thursday by the US Mission to the UN on X, the ambassador outlined rising concerns over killings, razed communities and the targeting of church leaders in areas affected by ethnic militias in the Middle Belt and terrorist groups in the North. The ambassador drew attention to continued assaults by Boko Haram and ISIS-West Africa, noting…
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Nov
21
2025
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Christian Genocide: Back Nigeria CPC Redesignation With Concrete Action – Bishop Anagbe Begs Trump

Christian Genocide: Back Nigeria CPC Redesignation With Concrete Action – Bishop Anagbe Begs Trump

FGN, Foreign Affairs, News Flash
Christian Genocide: Back Nigeria CPC Redesignation With Concrete Action – Bishop Anagbe Begs Trump The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Makurdi, in Benue State, Wilfred Anagbe, has appealed to President Donald Trump of the United States to match its renewed designation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern, CPC, with concrete action. Bishop Anagbe made this call on Thursday, while testifying before the US House of Representatives Subcommittee on Africa, which is investigating Trump’s redesignation of Nigeria as a CPC He said, “On behalf of millions of Christians in Nigeria and in the diaspora, we want to thank…
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Nov
21
2025
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US Lawmaker Urges FGN To Pardon Farmer Sentenced To Death For Killing Herdsman

US Lawmaker Urges FGN To Pardon Farmer Sentenced To Death For Killing Herdsman

FGN, Crime, Foreign Affairs, News Flash
US Lawmaker Urges FG To Pardon Farmer Sentenced To Death For Killing Herdsman A member of the United States House of Representatives, Riley Moore, has called on the Nigerian government to pardon a farmer, Sunday Jackson, who was sentenced to death for killing a herdsman during a 2015 confrontation in Adamawa State. Speaking on Thursday during a US House hearing on President Donald Trump’s redesignation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern, Moore said the conviction was unjust. “I would urge the Nigerian government to take a look at pardoning Sunday Jackson, who is an individual who was fighting…
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Nov
21
2025
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US Panel On Christian Genocide In Nigeria Condemns Conviction Of Nnamdi Kanu, Mayor Sanction Justice Omotosho

US Panel On Christian Genocide In Nigeria Condemns Conviction Of Nnamdi Kanu, Mayor Sanction Justice Omotosho

Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Judiciary, News Flash
US Panel On Christian Genocide In Nigeria Condemns Conviction Of Nnamdi Kanu, May Sanction Justice Omotosho A United States Congressional panel sitting in Washington, D.C., at a public hearing on alleged Christian persecution and genocide in Nigeria has strongly condemned the conviction and life sentence handed to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Members of the panel described the ruling of the Federal High Court in Abuja as a travesty of justice and an assault on international human rights norms. The panel, made up of lawmakers, policy analysts, and human rights advocates, reviewed recent developments…
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