FG BEGINS EVACUATION OF NIGERIANS IN IRAN WILLING TO COME HOME VIA ARMENIA BORDER
The federal government has started helping Nigerian people who want to leave Iran, making sure they get safely across the border into Armenia as tensions...
DABIRI-EREWA FLAYS ARREST OF 42 NIGERIANS IN MOZAMBIQUE, REQUEST FOR THEIR RELEASE
Worried by the arrest of 42 Nigerians in Mozambique without any offenses levelled against them, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has...
GUINEA SHUTS DOWN 40 POLITICAL PARTIES, TARGETING KEY OPPOSITION
Agency Report Guinea dissolved 40 political parties including the three main opposition groups in a late-night decree, less than two months after former junta leader...
GADDAFI’S SON MURDER: LIBYA REVEALS THREE SUSPECTS
Agency Report Libyan prosecutors said Thursday they had identified three suspects in last month’s killing of the son of former leader Muammar Gaddafi, without specifying...
15 MILITARY PERSONNEL KILLED IN BENIN BY AL-QAEDA-AFFILIATED GROUP
By: Fasasi Hammad Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists killed 15 soldiers in an assault on a military base in northern Benin, the West African nation’s armed forces reported...
MIGRATION STUDIES KEY TO STRENGTHENING DIASPORA ENGAGEMENT – DABIRI-EREWA
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Chairman/CEO of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has underscored the importance of Migration Studies in strengthening diaspora...
CHINA DISMISSES US APPEAL FOR TALKS ON NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT
By: Fasasi Hammad China has stated that it currently sees no need to join nuclear disarmament talks initiated by the United States, the Foreign Ministry...
NIGERIA DECLARES BID FOR 2027 UNHRC SEAT, CITES RECORD OF PROTECTING FREEDOMS
BY JENN NOMAMIUKOR Nigeria has officially entered its name in the race to get a spot on the United Nations Human Rights Council for the...
US COURT JAILS FORMER NNPC GM FOR 87 MONTHS OVER $2.1M BRIBE FROM CHINESE FIRM
HOTJIST NEWS A U.S. district court has given Paulinus Okoronkwo, a Nigerian American, an 87-month prison sentence for taking a $2.1 million bribe from Addax...
ALLEGED UK PROPERTY FRAUD: OZEKHOME SLAMMED WITH 12 ADDITIONAL COUNTS
By: Fasasi Hammad The Federal Government of Nigeria has filed a new 12-count charge against Chief Mike Ozekhome and Ponfa Useni, also known as Tali...