Fire Engulfs Bus Evacuating Stranded Nigerian Students From Sudan
Amid controversies surrounding the evacuation of Nigerian citizens from Sudan, one of the buses conveying stranded citizens from Khartoum to Port Sudan, where they will move into Saudi Arabia, reportedly caught fire on Monday. Twenty-six buses, transporting the evacuees left…
BREAKING: Nigerian Students Fleeing Sudan Stranded In Desert
Some Nigerian students escaping the unrest in Sudan got stranded on Thursday, Daily Trust reports. This followed the three-day ceasefire declared by the Sudanese armed forces and the Rapid Support Force, to enable to evacuate their citizens. On Wednesday, the…
385 Foreigners Granted Nigerian Citizenship
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the granting of Nigerian citizenship to 385 foreign nationals residing in the country. Nigeria‘s Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, announced the FEC granted the approval on Wednesday adding that 317 of the applicants…
BREAKING: Guinea Speaks On Tinubu’s Passport As Embassy Reveals Status
The Embassy of the Republic of Guinea in Abuja, Nigeria, has confirmed that the Guinean passport purportedly belonging to Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is actually a diplomatic passport, News Bank reports. The Guinean Embassy made the confirmation following a…
UK Arrest: Atiku’s Camp Accuses Nigerian Govt. Of Issuing Passport To Obi’s Impersonator
The spokesman of the presidential campaign council of Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Daniel Bwala has charged the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi to sue President Muhammadu Buhari-led government over his detention in…
Peter Obi: Rights Group Writes UK Govt, Demands Investigation Of Immigration Officers’ Criminalisation, Assault
The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) has written to the UK Government to thoroughly investigate the Heathrow Airport immigration officers’ assault, humiliation, embarrassment and hours of detention of Chief Peter Obi, a long time UK…
Wrongful Detention: Confusion Over Reported UK Apology To Peter Obi
It is beginning to appear that there is more to the alleged wrongful detention of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi in the United Kingdom (UK) airport by immigration officers. This is more so after…
Immigration Questions Peter Obi In UK Airport Over Impersonation
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, was detained and questioned in London, United Kingdom, where he celebrated Easter, Head, Obi-Datti Media, Mr. Diran Onifade, has revealed. Onifade in a statement on Wednesday also said Obi…
Chizoba: FG Will Demand Full investigation into Nigerian’s Death in Ethiopian Prison – Dabiri-Erewa
The Nigerian Mission in Ethiopia will demand full investigation into the circumstances that led to the death.of a Nigerian, Chizoba Favour Eze, in Ethiopian Prison. Reacting to the reported death of Chizobia Eze, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa,Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission…
Forced Abortion Saga: US Lawmakers Ask Biden To Revoke Helicopter Sale To Nigeria
On the heels of allegations of a forced abortions against Nigerian authorities, two lawmakers have called on the United States to rescind a nearly $1 billion helicopter sale to Nigeria over renewed concerns on human rights. Congress had delayed the…
US Begins Visa Ban On Persons Undermining Democracy in Nigeria
In what has been described as full implementation of its threat to deny persons undermining democracy in Nigeria visas to the United States (US), the US government has reportedly made some Nigerian Judges the first set of victims after their…
