Foreign Affairs

The United States has introduced new travel restrictions that could require Nigerians applying for B1/B2 visas to post bonds of up to $15,000. According to information published on the US Department of State’s website, Travel.State.Gov, the payment of a bond does not guarantee visa issuance, adding that fees paid without the direction of a consular officer will not be refunded. …

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has said that members of the Nigerian armed forces, if properly funded and motivated, are capable of winning the war against terrorism and banditry in the country without foreign intervention. He also called on Federal Government not to let Trump promote religious war in Nigeria. Falana, who expressed regret that terrorists, as seen in …

The lawmaker representing Virginia’s Second District in Congress, Rep. Riley M. Moore has hinted at another United States sanctioned airstrikes on terrorists in Nigeria after the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) explicitly declared Christians “legitimate targets.” Recall that ISWAP recently released an image showing a Christian village in Adamawa State engulfed in flames, accompanied by a statement declaring that …

Successive administrations in Nigeria have always sought validation from Western countries. Past and present leaders appear obsessed with what the West thinks of them. They copy and paste initiatives from abroad without considering local realities—perhaps remnants of a colonial mentality. I recall how the late President Muhammadu Buhari was reluctant to engage with local media during his first term in …

United States Congressman Riley M. Moore has strongly condemned a recent threat issued by the Islamic State (ISIS) targeting Christians in Nigeria, warning that the extremist group’s declaration underscores the persistent danger posed by terrorist organizations operating in the country. In a statement shared on his verified social media account, Moore said ISIS had released a message demanding that Christians …

On January 10, 2025, the Biden-Harris administration put a $25 million bounty on Nicolás Maduro for information leading to his arrest or conviction. Public safety is not a political game. You do not label someone a narco-dictator one year and then pretend he is no longer a threat the next simply because a different president is in office. That is …

The United States (US) Christmas Day bombing of ISIS-linked terrorist camps in Sokoto State has opened a vista of complicated issues and a deepening world –wide intervention that will likely employ extreme measures against the terrorists’ sympathisers, financiers, ideologues and enablers in Nigeria. A source who works with the United States intelligence network told our correspondent that Nigeria has attracted …

United States President, Donald Trump has announced the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife. Trump disclosed this in a post via his Truth Social media account on Saturday. “The United States of America has successfully carried out a large-scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas Maduro, who has been, along with his wife, captured and …

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared that Israel will open what he described as a new front aimed at protecting Christian communities across Africa and the Middle East, amid what he said were growing global threats to what he termed the “Judeo-Christian civilization.” Netanyahu made the remarks in a public speech delivered on Wednesday and uploaded on the Israeli …

The United States resumed intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) operations over Nigeria on Saturday, days after carrying out air strikes against ISIS terrorists in Sokoto State, flight tracking data and terrorism analysts have said. Brant Philip, a Sahel‑focused terrorism tracker, shared flight data showing a Gulfstream V aircraft, a long‑range business jet often modified for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, …