Africa
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America Decides: At least 9 Nigerians in US election battles
Running mostly on the platform of the Democratic Party, the candidates are bidding for different offices at the federal, state and local levels.
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Niger: US forces free American citizen from Nigerien gunmen
An American citizen kidnapped by gunmen in Niger earlier this week has been freed.
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Buhari government will ensure Okonjo-Iweala wins WTO battle — ministry
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ferdinand Nwonye, gave the assurance in a statement after the US blocked Okonjo-Iweala's emergence as concensus head of the WTO.
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Germany ‘drugs, chains, deports Nigerians’
Five years after German Chancellor Angela Merkel opened the country's borders to refugees from Syria and Iraq, the country has deported migrants in their thousands, Nigerians inclusive.
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WTO: Okonjo-Iweala unfit to lead global trade body — US
The US has explained why it opposed the emergence of former Nigerian Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation.
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Gunmen demand ransom after kidnapping American in Niger
The gunmen who kidnapped an American citizen in southern Niger issued a ransom demand Wednesday for his release, a local official said.
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Ghana’s president addresses Nigerians as Buhari fails to discuss Lekki shooting at FEC
The President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, who is also the current President of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has condemned the alleged killing of protesters in Lekki Lagos.
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Senegalese journalist under fire for calling EndSARS ‘an aimless protest’
Nigerians doesn't seem happy with her comments.