Minister of Foreign Affairs

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of 12 consuls-general and five Chargés d’Affaires to represent Nigeria in 14 countries, Vanguard reports. Vanguard said that Minister of…

The Nigerian Government has called for the de-escalation of the latest crisis between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. In a statement signed by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, the Nigerian Government called on…

A former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Sule Lamido, has described President Bola Tinubu as a 'novice' in the field of international diplomacy. Sule Lamido, a chieftain of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), said this while reacting to…

The Senate, on Wednesday, expressed its disapproval of the Monday sit-at-home protest in the South East geopolitical zone. The Red Chamber thereby called on the Federal Government to work with the Finnish Government to extradite Simon…

President Muhammadu Buhari is now back in Abuja, the nation’s capital, after attending the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. The president returned to the country, on Sunday.…

President Muhammadu Buhari departed Abuja, on Tuesday, to join European and other African leaders as well as heads of multilateral organisations at the 6th European Union-African Union Summit in Brussels, Belgium. The Summit which holds…

The Federal Government, on Friday, announced that the suspension of flights by Emirates Airlines into and out of Nigeria had been officially lifted. It said the suspension was halted following the resolution of the differences between…

The House of Representatives has summoned Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, for questioning over  continued maltreatment of Nigerians in the Diaspora, especially United Arab Emirates (UAE). Chairman, House of…

The Islamic Republic of Iran has expressed her willingness to commence direct flight to Nigeria. Speaking on the sidelines of the ongoing 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, United States of America…

The Federal Government and the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire have both discussed ways of repositioning the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in order to achieve the main objectives of the sub-regional organisation. The…