Foreign Affairs

US STRINGENT VISA RULE FOR NIGERIANS: WE WILL RETALIATE – FG The U.S government has mandated Nigerian visa applicants to disclose their social mediaprofiles and activities in the last five years, warning that failure to comply with the requirement could potentially result in visa denial. But the Federal Government in a swift reaction, said it will reciprocate the new US …

NIGERIANS MUST PROVIDE FIVE YEARS SOCIAL MEDIA HISTORY FOR VISA APPLICATION – US EMBASSY The United States Mission in Nigeria has asked visa applicants to provide full disclosure of their social media history when completing the DS-160 form. The Mission, in a tweet on its official X handle, emphasised that applicants must include all usernames or handles used on any …

WHY UKRANIANS ARE REFUSING TO FIGHT FOR THEIR COUNTRY For the past 18 months, Pavlo has barely left his house. His reclusiveness has nothing to do with the Russian bombs and drones pounding Kyiv. It is not the air strikes he fears, but his own Ukrainian countrymen. It is draft officers, seeking to press-gang able-bodied men like him into units …

US APPROVES POTENTIAL $346M WEAPONS, BOMBS SALE TO NIGERIA The US State Department has approved a potential sales of ammunition, precision bombs and precision rockets to Nigeria for an estimated cost of $346 million. In a statement on Wednesday, the Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said Nigeria requested to buy 1,002 MK-82 general purpose 500 lb bombs; 1,002 MXU-650 Air …

CZECH REPUBLIC OFFERS FULLY FUNDED UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP TO NIGERIANS The Government of the Czech Republic is now accepting applications for its fully funded scholarship programme for the 2026/2027 academic year. The opportunity is open to Nigerians and nationals from 11 other developing countries to study at public universities in the Czech Republic. The Czech government has a long history of …

TRUMP CONDEMNS KILLING OF CHRISTIANS IN NIGERIA, VOWS DECISIVE ACTION The United States has strongly condemned the recent wave of brutal attacks targeting Christians in Nigeria and across sub-Saharan Africa, calling the violence horrific and pledging to work with international partners to address the crisis. The condemnation follows a series of deadly incidents in recent weeks, including the massacre of …

WHY GHANAIANS PROTEST AGAINST NIGERIANS Tension rose between Nigeria and Ghana at the end of July when some Ghanaians took to the streets to demand the deportation of Nigerians following repeated incidents of criminal activities in the country, which were blamed on foreign nationals. Some Ghanaians had staged a protest in Accra, demanding the immediate expulsion of Nigerians from their …

UK CONSERVATIVE LEADER, KEMI BADENOCH, WANTS IMMIDIATE DEPORTATION FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS CAUGHT WORKING ILLEGALLY Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has declared that asylum seekers who work without permission in the United Kingdom should be deported immediately. “If you come here illegally, take advantage of our asylum system, and then break our laws by illegally working, your asylum claim must be rejected, …

TWO GHANAIAN MINISTERS, SIX OTHERS DIE IN HELICOPTER CRASH Tragedy struck in Ghana’s Ashanti region on Wednesday when a military helicopter crashed and claimed the lives of eight people, including two ministers. Among the victims were Defence Minister Edward Boamah and Environment Minister Ibrahim Mohammed. The Ghana Armed Forces confirmed that the Z-9 military helicopter, which was en route from …

NIGERIAN ANGLICANS FAULT ELECTION OF LESBIAN BISHOP AS PRIMATE OF WALES The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) has criticised the election of the Rt. Rev. Cherry Vann, as the Archbishop of Wales, and described it as a further indication of abandonment of the faith once delivered to the saints. The Church argued that, aside from being a further authentication of …