Former presidential media aide, Bashir Ahmad, has applauded the decision of the United States government to impose visa restrictions on individuals linked to terrorism financing and religious-rights violations. US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, on Wednesday announced fresh measures

Ebenezer Obadare, a Douglas Dillon senior fellow for Africa studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), has called on the United States to pressure Nigeria to make Sharia law unconstitutional and disband the Hisbah, the Muslim religious police operating

  Nigeria has reaffirmed its commitment to cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC) while insisting that such collaboration must respect the country’s sovereignty and constitutional framework. Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), made

  The Nigerian embassy in Guinea-Bissau has granted asylum to Fernando Dias da Costa, the country’s opposition presidential candidate, following alleged threats to his life. The decision came in the wake of a military coup announced last Wednesday in the

  Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday evening returned to Nigeria following his evacuation from Guinea-Bissau after soldiers announced a takeover of government in the West African nation. Jonathan, who arrived via the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, was seen