foreign affairs

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Godfrey Onyeama, says the Nigerian Embassy in Hungary may soon be evicted from the property it is occupying following its inability to pay rent.This is just as the minister disclosed that plans were…

The House of Representatives has alleged that at least 80,000 Nigerians outside the country are being held as sex slaves and labourers.This was revealed by the chairman of the House Committee on Diaspora, Tolu Akande-Sadipe who said…

Justice K. I. Okpe of an Enugu State High Court has granted an interim injunction restricting Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama and the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu from harassing the state leadership of All…

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama on Wednesday said there was no evidence of 97 Nigerians being killed by Cameroonian Gendarmes.He said the 97 deaths represented the accumulation of all the Nigerians that had been…

Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, on Friday said President Muhammadu Buhari nominated late Prof. Babatunde Osotimehin for two-year extension of his service at the UN shortly before his death.Onyeama stated this in Abuja at…

Nigeria says it is optimistic of clinching a seat in the UN High Commission for Human Rights.Geoffrey Onyeama, Nigeria’s Foreign Minister, who disclosed this to newsmen on the sidelines of the 31st Ordinary Session of the Executive…

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) said on Monday that Madagascar had joined the bank as a participating state.A statement by the continental trade finance institution in Lagos, said Béatrice Jeanine Atallah, Minister of…

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora Abike Dabiri-Erewa has urged Nigerians to take advantage of the first ever 300 million dollars Diaspora bond.Dabiri-Erewa, who made the call on Monday in Abuja in…

Nigeria is committed to addressing all forms of extrajudicial executions, irrespective of gender, race, religion and colour, among others in the country, Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary, Olusola Enikanolaye has said.A statement by…

The visiting Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, Mrs Retno Marsudi, has announced her government’s growing interest in promoting mutually beneficial economic relations with Nigeria.Marsudi, who led a Delegation to…

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama on Wednesday said that it would be impossible to get Nigerians on death row in various countries abroad repatriated home through the Prisoners Exchange Programme.Onyeama, who spoke to…

The Presidential Ease of Doing Business panel has reduced the number of days required for registration of new businesses in Nigeria from 10 to two days.The panel also approved 24-hour timeline for company registration from when…

Following the explosive media reports implicating the founder and Senior pastor of the Omega Fire Ministries, OFM, Apostle Johnson Suleman to an alleged extra-marital affair claim, the father of the cleric's alleged mistress has reacted to…

An assistant director, Mr. Ntia Thompson with the Directorate for Technical Cooperation in Africa, who raised the alarm that the sum of $229,000 and N800,000 had been diverted by key officials in the Directorate of Technical Cooperation in…

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has described the latest extra judicial killing of a Nigerian in South Africa as “worrying and condemnable”.Dabiri-Erewa in a statement in…

The new Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Sola Enikanolaiye, on Sunday assured Nigerians that Donald Trump’s presidency would not disrupt the U. S. and Nigeria’s long-existing relations. Enikanolaiye told the…

Hirse, former Minister of State (Foreign Affairs), who was abducted by gunmen in Kaduna on Sunday, Nov. 20, has regained his freedom, his brother, Mr John Hirse, has confirmed. “Bagudu was released in the early hours of Saturday,” John,…

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, says the Federal Government will ``rationalise’’ and not reduce the country’s foreign missions and embassies.Onyeama told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday that…

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, says the Federal Government will ``rationalise’’ and not reduce the country’s foreign missions and embassies.Onyeama told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday that…