A number of prominent Northern leaders have urged the federal government led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to disallow the United States, US, and French governments from relocating their military bases from the Sahel to Nigeria. They cautioned that allowing the US and French government carry out such move posed danger to Nigeria. This was…
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Today, the Iranian foreign ministry has summoned the ambassadors of the United Kingdom, France, and Germany to quiz what it called their “irresponsible stance” regarding Tehran’s retaliatory strikes on Israel. Overnight, Israel, with the assistance of main Western allies, including the UK, intercepted 99 per cent of the missiles launched during the Iranian mass strike…
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Today, a United States resolution calling for “an immediate and sustained cease-fire” as part of a deal in Gaza failed in the United Nations Security Council, after Russia and China vetoed the resolution. The vetoed measure included some of Washington’s strongest language since the start of the war. The U.S.-backed resolution reflected the Biden administration’s…
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Days after the reopening of the Nigeria-Niger Republic land and air borders by the Federal Government of Nigeria, Nigerien authorities have not said anything, even as they maintained their entry points closed. Nigeria announced the reopening of its borders with Niger Republic on March 13, 2024. While security operatives like the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS)…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that the current administration in Nigeria might consider engaging with the government of Zimbabwe to address the current unprecedented level of inflation in the country. The former military leader and a two-time President, spoke on Monday at a youth leadership symposium as part of activities lined up for his…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s two-day state visit to Qatar will continue today with the signing of eight agreements between Nigeria and the Middle East country. The visit began yesterday with a visit the Nigerian president paid to the Museum in Doha, the capital city where the CEO of Qatar Museums Mohammed Saad Al Rumaihi and…
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Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu is meeting with the United States, U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken who is on tour of African nations at the Aso Rock presidential villa, Abuja. Minister of Foreign Affairs Yusuf Tuggar received Blinken at the forecourt of the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Blinken is to hold bilateral talks with the…
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President Bola Tinubu and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz were witnesses to the signing of an accelerated performance agreement in Dubai on the Siemens power project in Nigeria. The agreement was signed on the side-line of the on-going 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP28 by Kenny Anuwe, Managing Director of FGN Power Company on behalf…
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President Bola Tinubu on Monday, September 11, secured an immediate cessation of the ban placed on Nigerian travellers by the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).This was agreed during discussions between President Tinubu and his Emirati counterpart, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in Abu Dhabi, according to a statement issued by the Special Adviser…
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Niger’s military junta on Friday cut off diplomatic relations with four countries, including its southern neighbor Nigeria, which earlier in the morning disconnected electricity export to the country following its delegation’s failure to meet the coup leader. “The functions of the extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassadors of the Republic of Niger to France, Nigeria, Togo, and…
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