FOREIGN NEWS

The United States President, Joe Biden has nominated Richard Mills Jr as the US ambassador to Nigeria. Mills is to replace the outgoing US envoy to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard, who was appointed by former President Donald Trump on June 24, 2019. The nomination of Mills was contained in a release by the White House […]

Britain Foreign Office on Thursday said it would provide a further 2.5 million euros ($2.96 million) as support package to Ukrainian prosecutors investigating alleged war crimes committed by invading Russia forces. It said the package will include the deployment of mobile justice teams to the scene of potential war crimes, the training of up to […]

Adopting Kiswahili as Africa’s official language will unite, strengthen continent – Tanzanian Envoy. The Summit of the AU Heads of State and Government officially adopted Kiswahili as the continent’s official language following a request from Tanzanian’s Vice President, Philip Mpango.   Dr Benson Bana, Tanzanian High Commissioner to Nigeria on Tuesday, said that the adoption […]

Mali on Monday declared that 49 troops from the Ivory Coast were “mercenaries” after earlier detaining the soldiers on arrival in the country, the Malian government said. “It has been established that the 49 Ivorian soldiers were illegally on the national territory of Mali,” government spokesman Abdoulaye Maiga said in a statement read on state […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has extended heartfelt condolences to the family of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in the wake of the gruesome assassination of the former prime minister. In a condolence message by his media aide, Mr Femi Adesina, on Friday in Abuja, the president also condoled with the Government and people of Japan […]

Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe has died in hospital after he was shot at a political campaign event. Abe was shot at twice while he was giving a speech on a street in the city of Nara on Friday morning. Security officials at the scene tackled the gunman and a 41-year-old suspect is now […]

Angola’s former president José Eduardo dos Santos has died at the age of 79. The country’s presidency said the former president died on Friday morning at the Barcelona Teknon clinic after a prolonged illness. However, a report said a spokesperson for the clinic declined to comment. It was gathered that last month that Dos Santos […]

Boris Johnson’s position as UK prime minister was on the brink on Wednesday, after two of his senior ministers quit in protest at his scandal-hit leadership, piling on pressure as he faced a grilling from angry MPs. The 58-year-old leader’s grip on power became more precarious within 10 short minutes on Tuesday night, when Rishi […]

Twenty-two Malian migrants died in a boat disaster off the Libyan coast, the UN said Tuesday, citing survivors who reported victims drowning and dehydrating with three children reportedly among the dead. After nine days at sea, 61 survivors, mostly from Mali, were rescued by the Libyan coastguard and brought back to shore, the UN’s International […]

THE Federal Government has raised hope for the Nigerian students evacuated from Ukraine following the Russia/Ukraine war, as efforts are on to secure placement for them in Nigerian universities. According to the country representative, Ukrainian Universities in Nigeria, Dr Cliff Ogbeide, over 12,000 Nigerians are on studies in various Ukrainian universities. The Nigeria in Diaspora […]