Category: Foreign

The work of the 5th Meeting of the Angola-Nigeria Bilateral Joint Commission will start tomorrow (Tuesday) in Luanda to review the Cooperation Agreements and Memorandums of Understanding between the two countries with a view to looking into the major economic challenges. On the table, there will be more than 20 Agreements and Memorandums of Understanding that…

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar has revealed that Nigeria is at the verge of resuscitating its joint Commissions with South African countries. Tuggar gave the hint at the weekend in Abuja during the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Day celebration with the theme, ‘Advancing industrialisation, agricultural transformation and energy transition for a…

The Cuban Government has rejected the current deployment of United States military forces in the Caribbean Sea, stating that this action represents a serious threat and an aggressive show of force against the sovereignty and self-determination of the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean. Cuba further said this action ignores the commitment of the…

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced the sudden demise of Ambassador Taofik Obasanjo Coker, the Consul General of Nigeria in Buea, Republic of Cameroon, who unfortunately passed on after a brief illness on Saturday, 16th August 2025. According to a statement by the spokesperson of the ministry, Kimiebi Ebienfa, Ambassador Coker was a hardworking…

…Asked for Protection of Humanitarian Workers, Civilians at all Times The United Nations (UN) has called for the upholding of the international humanitarian law in the ongoing battle between Nigeria and non-state actors, insisting that humanitarian workers and civilians must be protected at all times. A statement jointly signed on Tuesday by the UN Resident…

The Federal Government has taken an important stride towards enhancing the security and protection of Nigerian citizens traveling abroad through a partnership with ASFAAR, aims at addressing issues surrounding the integrity of Nigerian data and documents. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf  Tuggar, on Tuesday while speaking at the Asfaar Press Launch and Media…

The Federal Government has announced plans to introduce reciprocal visa measures in response to the United States’ new policy requiring Nigerian visa applicants to disclose their social media history from the past five years. The US Mission in Nigeria disclosed the policy in a post on its official X account, noting that failure to provide…

The U.S. Mission in Nigeria has directed all visa applicants to provide a complete list of their social media usernames—from all platforms used over the past five years—when filling out the DS-160 form. In a post on its official X (formerly Twitter) account, the embassy emphasized that applicants must certify the accuracy of the information…

The Federal Government has extended its deepest condolences to the Government and people of the Republic of Ghana, following the unfortunate tragic helicopter crash that claimed the lives of two Ghanaian Ministers, Dr. Edward Omane Boamah (Defence), Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed (Environment), along with other officials en route to Obuasi on Wednesday. A statement by the…

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has advised Nigerians traveling abroad to make it a point of duty to register with the Nigerian mission in their host country in order to be accorded timely intervention in case of emergencies. The Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Ahmed Dunoma made this appeal while receiving a…