Nigerian government has signed a $9 million contract with a US-based lobbying firm to communicate its efforts in protecting Christians to the United States government. According to documents filed with the US Department of Justice, Kaduna-based law firm Aster Legal engaged DCI Group, a public affairs and lobbying firm...
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United States (US) President Donald Trump has renewed threats of possible further U.S. airstrikes in Nigeria, claiming that attacks on Christians could trigger additional military action, even while acknowledging that Muslims are also victims of terrorism in the country. Trump made the remarks during an interview with The New...
U.S. President Donald Trump has confirmed plans to meet Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado, who is expected to visit Washington next week. Speaking during an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity on Thursday, Trump said Machado’s trip would provide an opportunity for...
United States (U.S) President, Donald Trump, has ordered the country’s withdrawal from 66 international organisations, citing concerns over cost, efficiency and what his administration describes as actions contrary to American interests. The decision was confirmed in a press statement issued on Wednesday by U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio,...
Nigeria’s failure to take a clear position on the unfolding crisis in Venezuela has drawn sharp criticism from the African Democratic Congress (ADC), which says President Bola Tinubu led administration has reduced the country to a silent bystander on the global stage. The party described Abuja’s continued silence as...
The UN Security Council remained sharply divided on Monday during an emergency session over the U.S. capture of Venezuela’s President, Nicolás Maduro, in a weekend military operation. The emergency meeting followed Washington’s removal of Maduro from Caracas, an action that has unsettled governments across Latin America and drawn global...
Heavy gunfire was reported near the presidential palace in Caracas days after the arrest of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, according to posts circulating on social media. Videos shared online on Monday showed armoured security vehicles in the streets near the Miraflores presidential palace, while gunshots could be heard. The...
Venezuela, Russia, China, and the Uk have urged the United States to release Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores. Following the U.S. attack on the South American country over the weekend, the UN ambassadors of Venezuela, Russia and China as well as UK lawmakers criticised what...
Venezuelan police have launched a search for collaborators following the arrest of authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro by U.S. special forces, according to a decree declaring a state of emergency. The decree, which came into force on Saturday but was made public in full on Monday, said all police units...
Venezuela’s Supreme Court has named Vice President Delcy Rodríguez as the country’s interim president following the reported arrest of President Nicolás Maduro by the United States, a development that has plunged the South American nation into a fresh political crisis. In its ruling, the court said Rodríguez would “assume...
U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a sharp warning to Colombian President Gustavo Petro, escalating tensions in the region following reports of an American military operation in Venezuela. Trump’s threat came amid claims that U.S. forces entered Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. In a video...
President Donald Trump on Saturday claimed that United States forces had captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro following what he described as a “large-scale strike” against the South American nation. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump announced that the operation resulted in Maduro and his wife being...
US Congressman Riley Moore has said that the United States (US) President Donald Trump is committed to ending the targeting and killing of Christians in Nigeria. Moore, a member of the United States House of Representatives, explained that recent US air strikes against terrorist strongholds in Nigeria were conducted...
Sokoto State Government has confirmed the joint airstrike conducted by the Nigerian military and the United States in Tangaza Local Government Area, located in the Sokoto North Senatorial District. A statement signed by the Director General of Media and Publicity Government House Sokoto, Abubakar Bawa, clarified that there were...
Federal Government has confirmed that the United States, in collaboration with Nigerian security forces, carried out precision airstrikes on Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist camps in Sokoto State, deploying 16 GPS-guided munitions during the operation. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this in a statement issued...
President Bola Tinubu has disclosed that four attack helicopters ordered from the United States will arrive in Nigeria soon, as the Federal Government intensifies efforts to tackle the country’s worsening security challenges. The President made the disclosure amid growing concerns over insecurity and insurgency, which have drawn international attention...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday that he plans to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida this weekend. The Ukrainian newspaper Kyiv Post and US news portal Axios both cited Ukrainian sources, saying that Zelensky would likely meet Trump on Sunday at his Mar-a-Lago residence in...
Nigeria’s fight against terrorism received a fresh boost on Friday as the Federal Government confirmed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu personally approved the recent airstrikes carried out by the United States against terrorist targets in the North-West. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, disclosed this while speaking on...
Senator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has called on residents of Sokoto State to remain calm and law-abiding following late-night explosions reported in parts of the state, assuring that authorities are already clarifying the circumstances surrounding the incidents and taking steps to protect innocent lives. The explosions were reported in Jabo...