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U.S. gives reasons for blacklisting Nigeria for Religious freedom violations

Ihesiulo Grace 12 December 2020 0

The United States has given reasons why it placed Nigeria for the first time on a religious freedom blacklist. US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, had on Monday designated Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern” for religious freedom, the rare inclusion of a fellow democracy in

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Remove Nigeria from ‘religious freedom violations’ list, FG warns US

Ihesiulo Grace 8 December 2020 0

The Federal government has requested that the United States government should delist Nigeria as one of the countries on ‘’religious freedom violations.’’ The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement on Tuesday, December 8, said this while reacting to the U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, who earlier stated that the Government of the United […]

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Nigeria at 60: US lauds Nigeria’s commitments to tackling corruption

Ihesiulo Grace 1 October 2020 0

US – As Nigeria marks its 60th independence anniversary, the United States(US) government has congratulated Nigerians for their commitment to tackling corruption, strengthening democratic institutions and leveraging entrepreneurship. Daily Times Nigeria gathered that the United States Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo congratulated Nigeria in a statement on Thursday on

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U.S. to remove Sudan from terrorism list for $330m compensation

Ihesiulo Grace 26 August 2020 0

A US proposal to remove Sudan from a list of states that sponsor terrorism in exchange for a $330 million payment compensation to American victims of al-Qaida has caused anger in Sudan. Mike Pompeo, the US secretary of state, visited Khartoum on Tuesday, August 25 to underline US support for the new transitional government that […]

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Information on election intruders, United States offers $10m

Ihesiulo Grace 6 August 2020 0

The United States has announced a 10-million-dollar (N3.8 billion) reward for information on foreign interference in its elections. The Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, announced the offer in a statement on Wednesday. READ ALSO: 2020 will be the most Inaccurate, Fraudulent Election in History- Trump The move is targeting foreign government agents seeking to compromise […]

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Pompeo: U.S. not currently engaged in hostilities against Iran

Ihesiulo Grace 28 February 2020 0

U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, on Friday told the Congress the country is not currently engaged in hostilities against Iran. On the matter of the killing in January of a top Iranian general, Qassem Soleimani, Pompeo said the assassination made U.S. personnel abroad safer. Seoul announces stimulus package to combat economic impact of virus […]

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Us warns Greece against Iranian ship

Ihesiulo Grace 21 August 2019 0

The Iranian ship (Adrian Darya-1) has been denied help by Greece on the suspicion of shipping oil to Syria, prior to this denial the said ship was earlier detained in Gibraltar. In the words of Deputy foreign minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis as he spoke to broadcaster ANT1 that his country was “not willing to facilitate the […]