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We’ll Make Diplomatic Moves To Help Ekweremadu, Reps Assures

June 29, 2022 5:29 am

The Nigerian House of Representatives on Tuesday resolved to intervene in the organ harvesting case involving a former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu in the United Kingdom. The lawmakers have concluded plans to involve urging British authorities to handle the case fairly.

The Speaker of the house, Femi Gbajabiamila, who has been at the forefront of championing a cause he termed ‘legislative diplomacy,’ particularly revealed that he would contact the Speaker of the British House of Commons, Lindsay Hoyle, with the hope of getting the United Kingdom to follow due process in Ekweremadu’s investigation.

Gbajabiamila pointed out …

Nigeria Recalls Envoy To Indonesia Over Assault On Diplomat

August 10, 2021 5:02 pm

Nigeria has withdrawn its ambassador to Indonesia over the assault of a Nigerian diplomat by immigration officials in the Asian country, Africa Daily News, New York has learnt.

The country’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, made this disclosure on Tuesday, stating that the Nigerian government is at the moment reviewing its diplomatic relations with Indonesia.

In a viral video, a Nigerian diplomat was seen being manhandled by immigration officials in front of his official quarters in Jarkarta, Indonesia.

Earlier, Onyema had summoned the Indonesian Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr. Usra Hendra Harahap, to express her displeasure over the development.

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Morocco Rebukes Spain Over Virus Help To Secessionist Leader

April 26, 2021 3:30 am

Morocco’s Foreign Affairs Ministry has summoned the Spanish ambassador to convey the government’s ‘regret’ over its decision to allow the leader of a regional group fighting Morocco for independence to access medical treatment in its country.

Spanish officials had last week revealed that Brahim Ghali, 73, is hospitalized in Spain for treatment of COVID-19.

It is common knowledge that Ghali heads the Polisario Front, an Algeria-backed breakaway movement that seeks to establish an independent state in the Western Sahara region, which has been oftentimes seen engaging the Moroccan armed forces.

The Moroccan foreign ministry stated that Spain’s stance is ‘…

Kanu: IPOB Won’t Stop International Diplomatic Onslaught

November 15, 2019 11:39 am

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has vowed not to stop the group’s international diplomatic onslaught.

Mr Kanu has been propagating IPOB’s agenda through Radio Biafra in London and visits to foreign parliaments.

In a tweet on Thursday night, he said: “IPOB will continue the International diplomatic onslaught.”

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The group, which is supposedly seeking secession on behalf of the Igbo from Nigeria, had in August attacked former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu while on a visit to Nuremberg, Germany.

Senator Ekweremadu was billed to …

U.S. joins diplomatic push to salvage agreement in Sudan

June 13, 2019 12:55 am

An Ethiopian envoy has said that the military and opposition groups have agreed to resume talks on the formation of a transitional council that collapsed after the violent dispersal of a protest sit-in on June 3.

Tibor Nagy, the U.S. assistant secretary of state for Africa, met on Wednesday with the main opposition coalition and held talks with Sudan’s acting Deputy Foreign Minister Ilham Ibrahim.

Before the meetings, the State Department said Nagy was going to urge the parties to work toward an environment conducive to the resumption of negotiations. The United States also on Wednesday named veteran diplomat Donald …