Foreign News

  President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday assured the visiting Commonwealth Secretary General, Patricia Scotland of a free and fair poll in the country. “People have more confidence in a government they have elected in free and fair polls, than one that wangles its way into office through artifice and subterfuge, Muhammadu …

By Prudence Arobani The United States’ Ambassador at-Large for International Religious Freedom, Samuel Brownback, has called on religious leaders in Nigeria to send out clear messages against violence during the upcoming general elections.

The Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations, Prof. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, has been re-elected Chair of the United Nations Special Committee on Peacekeeping known as C-34.

  By Sunday Orinya The world has for long been united in opposition to proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, especially chemical and biological ones. This collective consciousness, especially as it relates to the use of chemical weapon, has been stimulated by recent attacks with chemical weapon. First was the alleged …

“World’s oldest man” Masazo Nonaka, who was born just two years after the Wright brothers launched humanity’s first powered flight, died on Sunday aged 113, Japanese media said.

Members of the United Kingdom Parliament have rejected the latest Brexit deal proposed by Prime Minister Theresa May.

  By Sunday Orinya The new confrontation between Russia and the West has already taken very specific outlines. The “New Cold War” will not be underpinned by ideological differences. It finds expression in various areas of strategic interest like military, sports, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, cyberspace, spiritual values, etc. …

By Rita Onuoha with Agency report British Prime Minister Theresa May has won a vote of confidence in her leadership.

For almost 50 years, the highly threatened West African giraffe has been absent from Niger’s Gadabedji Biosphere Reserve.

The global number of migrant workers has risen by nine per cent to 164 million within four years, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) estimates.