Multiple countries have urged their citizens to leave Ukraine amid warnings from the US and UK that an invasion by Russia could be imminent. The US, UK, Germany, Netherlands, Japan, China, Israel, Egypt are among those who have told their nationals to leave. The Nigerian Embassy has informed its citizens living in Ukraine to avoid unnecessary travel within the country. It also urged them to take their individual and collective security seriously and ensure they always carry …
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Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has explained why Nigerian Presidents are not loved until they are dead. Fashola who noted that there is poor understanding of the powers of a president in his speech at the Yoruba Tennis Club public lecture with the theme ‘What can the President do for me?’, added that there is also lack of proper interaction between the president and the citizens. The Minister also countered claim of the Nigerian President being powerful as he pointed out that there …
The Chinese government on Monday June 29, announced that it will be imposing visa restrictions on US citizens who had “behaved egregiously” over Hong Kong dispute. On Friday, US President Donald Trump’s administration said it was restricting US visas for a number of unspecified Chinese officials for infringing on the autonomy of the Asian financial hub. In response, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said Monday that the US “scheme… to obstruct the passage of the Hong Kong …
The United States Embassy in Nigeria has issued a warning to its citizens against visiting its consulate office at Walter Carrington Crescent in Victoria Island, Lagos, over a planned protest on the killing of George Floyd, the unarmed black man who was killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis last week. The warning comes after some Nigerians stormed the US embassy in Abuja on Tuesday, to protest against the murder of George Floyd, and also called for an end to racial …
On Wednesday, June 3, 2020, civil society groups will host a Live TV and virtual citizens’ townhall on voting amidst the COVID-19 pandemic ahead of the September 19 and October 10 governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states respectively. The townhall seeks to facilitate public debate on the impact of COVID-19 on elections with a view to harness citizen input into the INEC policy on elections in the context of COVID-19. The townhall will be hosted by Yiaga Africa and …
A protest in Hong Kong against Beijing’s controversial plan to directly impose national security laws on the semi-autonomous financial hub, took a different turn today as teargas was fired at protesters. Videos shared online showed the protesters gathering in the busy Causeway Bay and Wan Chai districts with makeshift barricades as they chanted slogans such as “Five demands, not one less” in reference to their demands from the government, including investigation of alleged police brutality against anti-government protesters last …