Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Jimoh Ibrahim, has defended President Bola Tinubu’s decision not to attend the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. Ibrahim said it would serve little purpose for the President to travel to the United States merely to deliver a 15-minute speech at the …
Three siblings of George Floyd have asked their brother, Philonise Floyd, to provide a detailed account of donations raised through a GoFundMe campaign established following Floyd’s death in 2020. George Floyd was a 46-year-old Black American man whose death in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 25, 2020, sparked widespread protests against police brutality …
Vice President Kashim Shettima has returned to Nigeria after representing President Bola Tinubu at the 18th BRICS Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi, India. Shettima participated in high-level sessions at the summit and held bilateral meetings aimed at strengthening Nigeria’s economic and diplomatic relations, according to a statement issued on Tuesday by the Senior Special Assistant …
Nigeria and India have agreed to strengthen their economic partnership and work towards restoring bilateral trade to nearly $15 billion, with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling for renewed purchases of Nigerian crude oil. The development followed a bilateral meeting between Vice President Kashim Shettima and Modi on the sidelines of the BRICS Leaders’ Summit …
Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has overturned a presidential pardon granted to hardline Buddhist monk Galagodaatte Gnanasara and ordered him to serve the remainder of his six-year prison sentence. Gnanasara was convicted in 2018 for contempt of court and intimidating Sanya Eknaligoda, the wife of missing political cartoonist Prageeth Eknaligoda. The monk had disrupted a court …
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assured Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan of Nigeria’s solidarity following the death of her husband, Hafidh Ameir Hassan. Tinubu, in a condolence message, said the death of Hassan was a profound loss to President Samia, her children and the entire Hassan family. The President said Hassan had stood quietly beside …
Former Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma has returned home after spending more than two years in Nigeria, following the withdrawal of treason charges against him. Koroma left Nigeria on Sunday morning and was accompanied by former Presidents Goodluck Jonathan and Olusegun Obasanjo, as well as Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs. Koroma, who …
Hopes of finding survivors among thousands of people missing in Nepal are fading, authorities said Wednesday, one week after a glacier collapse in the Himalayas triggered devastating flash floods. At least 1,050 people have died in the disaster, while nearly 4,000 others remain unaccounted for. Officials fear many of those missing may be trapped beneath …
Nepal is on high alert for more flooding as the Himalayan border region, already devastated by flash floods, has been described as turning into “swampland” amid continuing rainfall. A BBC report quoted officials saying that 626 people have died, while at least 2,426 others remain missing following the devastating floods along the Nepal-Tibet border on …
The administration of United States President Donald Trump has suspended immigrant visa appointments at US embassies and consulates worldwide. The suspension, which began earlier this month, is linked to new screening requirements aimed at determining whether visa applicants are likely to depend on public benefits in the US. A US State Department official said the …
