WASHINGTON has removed Nigeria from its list of religious violator nations that constantly engage in or tolerate systematic and egregious violations of religious freedoms against its citizens.
Up until now, Nigeria had been on the list of religious violators, mainly as a result of the activities of Fulani cattle herdsmen and...
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We are just a week away from the October 3 anniversary of the Second Italian-Ethiopian War of 1935 where Benito Mussolini sought revenge for the humiliation Italy suffered during the Battle of Adowa in 1896
In one of the most callous acts ever seen before, on October 3 1935, 200,000 soldiers of the Italian Army...
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Nigeria's economic and human development indicators will be compared annually with those of other Mint nations like Mexico, Indonesia and Turkey and Brics nations like Brazil, India, Russia, China and South Africa, to ensure we never fall behind
At the moment, Nigeria's human development index is on a par with...
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(1) I gasp when I see how shallow the response of some of our people to the current challenges Nigeria is facing as a nation. Rather then seek solutions to our problems, they allow their base and primordial instincts to take over, calling for the balkanisation of the nation into mini unviable states and kingdoms. Do they...
NIGERIAN health workers intending on travelling to the UK in search of work will find it a bit more difficult to relocate after the government introduced a new set of stringent rules under an updated Code of Practice (CoP) that will affect 47 developing nations.
Under the new regime, the UK is effectively suspending the...
FORMER US president Donald Trump is a surprise nominee for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize after the committee behind drawing up the final shortlist published five names this morning which included Mr Trump.
On January 6, Mr Trump attracted worldwide opprobrium and condemnation after spurring on his supporters to attack the US...
NIGERIANS are now free to travel to the US without visa travel restrictions after President Joe Biden signed an executive order in his first day in office rescinding a ban imposed by his predecessor Donald Trump.
In January last year, the US added Nigeria to a list of countries whose citizens are banned from applying for...
NIGERIA'S information minister Alhaji Lai Mohammed has hit back at US claims that Nigeria is a hotbed of religious intolerance saying Washington's categorisation of the country as such was nothing more than a disagreement on the causes of recent violence.
Yesterday, the US added Nigeria to a blacklist of countries that...
NIGERIANS have been barred from participating in the US visa lottery programme in 2022 as part of the ongoing imposition of restrictions on the country's citizens in what is feared may be a response to growing insecurity and other threats to life and property.
In January this year, the US said it would suspend the issuance...
WASHINGTON has said it is re-evaluating its ban on some categories of migrant visas for Nigerians having been satisfied with the country’s level of compliance with information sharing and other concerns.
In January this year, the US said it would suspend the issuance of visas that can lead to permanent residency for...
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