FOREIGN NEWS

The Foreign Affairs Ministers in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are currently meeting in Abuja, over the decision of the military authorities governing the Republics of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to withdraw their membership from ECOWAS. The meeting will also consider the political situation in Senegal where the President postponed the […]

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has called on the political class in Senegal to urgently shun violence and other acts that may contravene the provisions of the country’s Constitution. The Commission made this appeal in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, urging the political class to restore the country’s electoral calendar. “The Commission […]

United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken will visit Nigeria, Cabo Verde, Cote d’Ivoire, and Angola between January 21 and 26, 2024. US Department of State spokesman, Matthew Miller, made this known in a statement on Thursday. “Throughout the trip, the Secretary will highlight how the United States has accelerated the U.S.-Africa partnership since the […]

The Royal Court in Jersey, an island of the United Kingdom, has seized nearly $9 million embezzled by Nigerian government officials under ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. The funds, hidden in a Jersey bank account, were part of a broader corrupt scheme involving the misappropriation of government funds intended for arms and aviation equipment purchases to combat […]

Donald Trump is expected to be back in court Tuesday in New York for a civil case in which he has already been found liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer E. Jean Carroll. A jury in May of last year concluded that Trump sexually assaulted her in the dressing room of a New […]

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Tuesday defended his company’s multi-billion-dollar investment in ChatGPT developer OpenAI after the EU and Britain launched probes into whether it resembles a merger. Nadella was speaking on the sidelines during an event organised by Bloomberg at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss Alpine resort of Davos. “If we want […]

The Home Office of the United Kingdom has announced the commencement of the implementation of its policy banning Nigerian students and other overseas students from bringing in dependants via the study visa route. In May 2023, it was reported that the United Kingdom put in place a law to stop Nigerian students, and others studying […]

The Canadian government has relaunched two programmes called the to invite caregivers for fresh applications into Canada from January 1, 2024. Canada disclosed that the two schemes are 5-year pilot programmes that allow qualified caregivers and their family members to relocate and become permanent residents. In a released modified information, the Canadian government said that […]

France has joined a list of countries that have imposed immigration restrictions on international students (including Nigerians) with new legislation that will stop them from bringing their families to the country. The law passed by the parliament on Friday provides a new toughening immigration policy that makes it more difficult for migrants to bring family […]

At least 61 migrants were missing and presumed dead after their boat sank off Libya’s coast, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Saturday, in the latest such tragedy off North Africa. The migrants are believed to have died because of high waves which swamped their vessel after it left from Zuwara, on Libya’s northwest […]