Tag: USA

2023: “America stands with you as you chart path toward more prosperous future, – Biden tells Nigerians

Aminu Imam

President of the United States, Joe Biden, hasassured that the people of his country stands with Nigerians as they chart a path toward a more democratic, prosperous, and secure future. Biden, who said this in a statement on Thursday, ahead of Saturdays presidential and national assembly elections in Nigeria, noted that elections are a fundamental part of a functioning democracy, and all Nigerians deserve this chance to choose their future. The US President particularly commended the peace accord signed by presidential candidates in Abuja on Wednesday, noting that by the…

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2023 Elections: “We are worried about violence” US

Aminu Imam

United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard, has expressed concern over the violence that has characterised the campaigns for the 2023 general elections. Leonard expressed the concerns during a media chat with a select group of newsmen in Abuja. He disclosed that partners of Nigeria are paying attention to happenings in the country as far as the elections are concerned. Leonard further said people have a right to express their vote, saying that elections since 1999 where people have shown the enthusiasm for doing so, the United States wants…

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FG berates US, UK over frivolous travel advisories

Aminu Imam

Federal Government has cautioned the United States,(U.S.) and United Kingdom (UK) over what it described as frivolous travel advisories. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, stated this in Abuja yesterday, at the 25th edition of the President Muhammadu Buharis PMB Scorecard Series. According to the minister, three months after the US and UK embassies issued frivolous travel advisories warning their citizens to avoid Abuja, the federal capital, the city has remained safe. Recall that the two countries had warned their citizens to avoid the Nigerian capital due to the…

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Insecurity: U.S. supports NDLEA with forensic, intelligence-gathering, prosecution tools

Aminu Imam

The United States (US) government has announced a project to strengthen the forensic and chemical analysis capacity of the NDLEA as well as its intelligence-gathering and prosecution capabilities. NDLEAs spokesman, Femi Babafemi stated this yesterday, in Abuja. The spokesman added that the support was from the U.S. Department of States Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, but clarified that it came on the heels of an award of N500 million grant received by the Agency from the ‘AbdulSamad Rabiu Initiative’ to fund selected projects. He explained that the…

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Trump should never hold office again – US insurrection report

Aminu Imam

Donald Trump should never be allowed to run for public office again after inciting an insurrection, lawmakers investigating last years assault on the US Capitol concluded in their watershed final report. The recommendation led a list of proposals from the 845-page document aimed at ensuring there is no repeat of the deadly riot the ex-president is accused of orchestrating in a failed bid to cling to power after losing the 2020 election. “Our country has come too far to allow a defeated president to turn himself into a successful tyrant…

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Buhari departs today to attend US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington DC

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari will today, Sunday, depart for Washington DC, USA, to join other African leaders at the United States-Africa Leaders Summit. In a statement yesterday, signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, Buhari will address his counterparts from various countries on the topic: Conservation, Climate Adaptation and a Just Energy Transition, with special emphasis on Just Energy Transition. The statement is titled President Buhari leaves for US- Africa Leaders Summit in Washington. According to Shehu, The High-Level Meeting, which is to…

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2023: IPOB, Amotekun may spark post-election violence US Institutes warn

Aminu Imam

An international delegation of two United States-based institutes have expressed concern over the activities of separatist groups and informal security outfits in the South-East and South-West regions, warning that they could be recipes for post-election violence in 2023.  The organisations which issued the alert were the National Democratic Institute and International Republican Institute. According to them, while the secessionist agitation by the banned Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB) might affect voter turnout because of apathy, the proliferation of regional security elements, including Amotekun, in the South-West, and Ebube Agu, in…

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Buhari to meet President Biden, 48 African leaders, as US plans African Summit

Aminu Imam

United States (US) President Joe Biden, has invited Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, along with 48 African Heads of State to Washington, D.C. for a 3-day U.S-Africa Leaders Summit, scheduled to take place from December 13 to 15. The United States Diplomatic Mission to Nigeria, in an issued statement in Abuja, said the summit will deepen U.S. Partnerships with Nigeria and other African democracies. The goal of this historic summit will be to build and expand vital political, economic, and strategic partnerships, as well as people-to-people dialogue, based on mutual interests…

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Travel Advisory over theft: FG advises Nigerian travellers to US, Europe to be cautious

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Federal Government has advised Nigerians travelling to Europe and the United States to take extra precaution to avoid being dispossessed of their belongings. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed gave the advice on Monday in Abuja at the fifth edition of the President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) Administration Scorecard 2015-2023 Series. The scorecard series was organised by the Ministry of Information and Culture and the fifth edition witnessed presentations by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Abubakar. In an opening remark, Mohammed said the…

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2023: US vows to impose visa ban on election riggers

Aminu Imam

The United States (US) Government has warned that it would sanction anyone who interferes with the democratic process or instigates violence in the 2023 general elections in Nigeria. Political Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria, Rolf Olson, who gave the warning at the Hubert Humphrey Fellowship Alumni Association Annual Seminar 2022, said that it would apply sanctions, including visa restrictions, on those found culpable of election rigging. The country also threw its weight behind the decision of Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), to deploy the Bi-modal Voter Accreditation System,…

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