Foreign Affairs

FG REACTS TO TRUMP’S 14% TARIFF ON NIGERIAN EXPORTS The Federal Government of Nigeria has acknowledged the recent imposition of a 14% tariff on Nigerian exports by the United States, stating its commitment to mitigating the impact while accelerating economic diversification. In a statement signed by the Honourable Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Jumoke Oduwole, which was released …

VOA GOES OFF AIR IN NIGERIA, GHANA, OTHERS AS TRUMP CUTS OFF FUNDING When listeners in northern Nigeria tuned into Voice of America last month, they found music playing in place of their regular broadcast — a telltale sign, historically, that soldiers had seized telecoms offices, and even the government. “Was there a coup in the US?” Babangida Jibrin, a …

TRUMP TARIFF WAR IS DESTROYING GLOBAL ECONOMY – OKONJO-IWEALA The Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has issued a strong warning to world leaders including United States President, Donald Trump, urging them to halt the escalating tariff war which is wreaking havoc on the global economy. In a press statement she personally released, Okonjo-Iweala expressed deep …

TRUMP’S TARIFF THREATENS $10BN US-NIGERIA TRADE The newly imposed 14 per cent tariff by US President Donald Trump on exports by Nigerian businesses presents a significant risk to the $10bn annual exports to the United States, potentially disrupting key sectors such as oil export and agricultural trade, experts and trade associations concerned about a potential global trade war stated on …

TRUMP SLAMS 14% TARIFF ON NIGERIAN EXPORTS US President Donald Trump has slammed a 14 percent reciprocal tariff on all Nigerian goods entering the US as the much talked about “Liberation Day” tariffs comes into effect, News360 Nigeria reports. Trump had said that countries would face a tariff rate at half the level they charge the US, as deemed by …

NAMIBIA SQUARES UP AGAINST TRUMP, ENDS VISA-FREE ENTRY FOR US TRAVELLERS As from yesterday, April 1st, the Namibian government will require every United States citizen coming into Namibia to be in possession of a visa. Any US citizen caught in Namibia without a fully approved visa will be declared an “ÎLLÊGÅL ALÎËN” and treated exactly the same way Donald Trump …

CAN TRUMP SERVE A THIRD TERM AS US PRESIDENT? Donald Trump has said he is “not joking” about wanting to serve a third term as US president. The US Constitution says that “no person… shall be elected more than twice”, but some Trump supporters have suggested there could be ways around that. Why is Trump talking about a third term? …

WHY BRITISH BOARDING SCHOOLS ARE EAGER TO OPEN IN NIGERIA For many years, well-off Nigerians have sent their children to prestigious British boarding schools – but now some of those institutions are setting up campuses in Africa’s most populous nation. Last year, Charterhouse launched a primary school in the city of Lagos and will open a secondary school this September. …

WHY BRITISH BOARDING SCHOOLS ARE EAGER TO OPEN IN NIGERIA For many years, well-off Nigerians have sent their children to prestigious British boarding schools – but now some of those institutions are setting up campuses in Africa’s most populous nation. Last year, Charterhouse launched a primary school in the city of Lagos and will open a secondary school this September. …

IRANIAN ACTIVIST GIVEN 178 LASHES, 18 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR NOT WEARING A HIJAB An Iranian activist has been sentenced to 178 lashes and 18 months in prison after being arrested for not wearing a hijab. Hamideh Zarei, a Gilak activist and former political prisoner, was released earlier this month from Rasht Central Prison after spending nearly a month behind …