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The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has authorized the exemption of students involved in examination malpractice from sitting for the council’s future examinations. This was made known in a press statement issued after the…

Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed has reacted to UK Parliament's call for sanctions against Nigerian government for violating fundamental human rights during the quashed #EndSARS protests. Speaking in an interview with NTA…

The European Union’s (EU) top diplomat and France called on Thursday for Washington to reverse its sanctions on International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Fatou Bensouda and another member of the ICC, calling the measures “unacceptable…

The U.S. is placing sanctions on International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda over the continued investigations of U.S. persons, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Wednesday. Also being added to…

France, Germany, and Britain have made the first use of a bartering mechanism set up to circumvent U.S. sanctions against Iran, to send medical supplies to the crisis-hit country, the German Foreign Office says. SEE ALSO: Coronavirus:…

Iranian Economy Ministry plans to establish an “anti-sanctions management room” in a bid to counter U.S. embargoes against Iran, the chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s Economic Commission said on Wednesday. The members of commission…

China on Monday expressed regret over the U.S.’ decision to re-impose sanctions on Iran, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said. Gando- Dollar: Investigate Ganduje within 14 days or face Legal Action, SERAP Writes Buhari According to…

U.S. sanctions against Iran will have “severe consequences” for the world order, the Islamic republic said on Tuesday, days before new sanctions on Tehran’s oil exports take effect. Washington reintroduced sanctions against Iran’s…

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday vowed Iran will overcome U.S. economic sanctions against the country. “The U.S. revival of sanctions is aimed to make the Iranians surrender to the U.S. will, but Iran’s national…

Oil traders have piled into wagers that U.S. crude oil could surge to $100 a barrel by next year, a milestone that until recently many considered unthinkable due to record U.S. production growth and relatively flat global demand. But the…

The U.S. government will not lift sanctions against Zimbabwe until the new government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa demonstrates it is “changing its ways,” a senior U.S. economic official told a congressional panel. Manisha…

Russia’s embassy in the United States on Thursday called new U.S. sanctions draconian and said the reason for the new restrictions, allegations it poisoned a former spy and his daughter in Britain, were far-fetched. The…

The National Examination Committee (NEC) on Thursday in Lagos lauded West African Examinations Council (WAEC) for networking with state ministries of education nationwide in to stem examination malpractice. The committee after its 64th…

France on Tuesday said it wanted the United Nations Security Council to consider imposing targeted sanctions against human traffickers operating in Libya after a video appearing to show African migrants sold as slaves sparked global…

The European Council on Tuesday added Russian official Dmitry Vladimirovich Ovsyannikov, who is acting as the governor of Sevastopol in Ukraine to its sanctions list. Sevastopol is the quasi-capital of Crimea in Eastern Ukraine, which…

The U.S. is intentionally provoking Iran by escalating sanctions against Tehran, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said Wednesday. Ryabkov said Russia would like to avoid the situation where the Iran nuclear deal is…

The U.S. is essentially taking international business structures and companies of other countries hostage by introducing sanctions against Russia, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov. “This policy cannot be assessed in any…

Ambassadors from the 28 member states of the European Union have agreed on new sanctions against North Korea as the international community steps up efforts to punish the pariah state for its nuclear weapons programme. The bloc has…