Category: Foreign Affairs
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US Sanctions 6 Nigerians Sponsoring Boko Haram
The United States, U.S. has designated a network of six individuals connected to the Nigeria-based terrorist group, Boko Haram. The U.S Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, OFAC, made this known in a statement, on Friday. While stating that they have added the citizens to the terror-support list, stated that all six…
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US President Visits Ukraine Border In Show Of Solidarity
US President Joe Biden will travel to a town near the Polish-Ukrainian border Friday, trying to signal Western resolve against a Russian invasion that has increasingly turned to a grinding war of attrition. Air Force One will jet into the eastern Polish town of Rzeszow — bringing the US president less than 80 kilometers (50…
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Putin Considers Use Of Chemical And Biological Weapons On Ukraine
US President Joe Biden , on Monday said that it’s “clear” Russia is considering the use of chemical and biological weapons in Ukraine and warns of a “severe” Western response if it chose to do so. “His back is against the wall,” said Biden of Russian President Vladimir Putin, noting that Russia has recently accused…
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Chinese Plane Crashes In Guangxi Mountains
Chinese passenger plane with about 133 people on board, crashed in a mountainous area of southern China. The China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 was said to be flying from Kunming to Guangzhou when it caught fire and came down in hills in Guangxi province No survivors recorded yet, but the number of casualties and what…
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Ukraine Rejects Russia proposition
Ukraine has rejected an ultimatum to surrender the besieged port city of Mariupol to Russian forces, its deputy prime minister tells the Ukrainian media Monday. “There can be no talk of surrendering weapons. We have already informed the Russian side of this,” Iryna Vereshchuk told Ukrainska Pravda newspaper. “It’s a deliberate manipulation and it’s a…
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Russia Fires Hypersonic Missile At Ukraine
Russia released it’s “Unstoppable” Kinzhal hypersonic missiles for the first time in Ukraine, the defence ministry says today, destroying a weapons storage site in the country’s west on Friday. Although, Russia has never before admitted Using the high precision weapon in combat, and state news agency RIA Novosti says it was first time use of…
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Ukraine: Russia warns United States
Russia has warned the united States that Moscow has the power to put the united states in its place and accused the west of stoking a wild plot to tear Russia apart. Former Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev who is now deputy secretary of Russia’s Security Council, said the US had stoked ” disgusting” Russophobia in…
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Buhari Congratulates Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo For Surviving Coup, Pledges Nigeria’s Support
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday evening spoke with Umaro Sissoco Embalo, shortly after the Guinea-Bissau leader survived a military attempt to overthrow his government. The president congratulated Embalo on surviving the coup attempt and commended the loyal troops in Guinea Bissau for their show of patriotism leading to their “spectacular victory” over the disloyal…
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U.S to lift travelling ban on Nigeria, other Muslim countries
U.S. President-elect, Joe Biden has said his administration will roll back enforcement of a variety of executive orders ratified by his predecessor, Donald Trump when he takes over the office on January 20. President Trump had in the early days of his administration barred immigrants from Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela, and…
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It Is Better To Lose Power Than Lose Peace – Goodluck Jonathan reacts to insurrection at US capitol
Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan who conceded to President Buhari has reacted to the chaos incited by Pro-Trump supporters on the United States Capitol yesterday January 6. Jonathan in a statement he launched, stated it’s higher to lose energy at the price of gaining peace, than to realize energy on the value of dropping the…