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Foreign PolicyNewsNigeriaNigeria, China to Strengthen Partnership in Music, Tourism, and Creative Sectors

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 11, 2025

The Chinese government has expressed its commitment to collaborating with Nigeria to strengthen the country’s music industry, tourism, and creative sectors. During a meeting with Hannatu Musawa, Minister of Art, Culture, and Creative Economy, on Tuesday, He Yu Dunhai, the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, stressed China’s interest in expanding Nigerian music’s reach in the Chinese market. “China would like to explore opportunities for cultural exchange, allowing Nigerian artists to tap into the Chinese market, where...

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Foreign PolicyNational SecurityNewsNigeriaNAF, U.S Officials Hold Management Review Program On Attack Helicopters

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)July 16, 2024

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) and the United States (U.S) officials have held an inaugural programme management review on AH-IZ attack helicopters purchased by the Federal Government, with an assurance that the delivery date remains on track. The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, represented by the Chief of Policy and Plans, Air Vice Marshal Sayo Olatunde met with officials of the United States Government and Bell Textron Company in the first...

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BlogColumnsForeign PolicyOpinionUnited StatesThe Era of Good Feelings

PilotnewsApril 2, 2023

The current diplomatic constellation presents Africa with plenty of options; the region must choose well. Since the conclusion of the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit last December, the traffic from Washington to various African capitals has been unmistakably busy. Vice-President Kamala Harris, currently rounding up a nine-day trip to Ghana, Tanzania, and Zambia, is the latest and, so far, most senior American official to jet into the region with a diplomatic pouch weighed down by goodwill, kisses, and felicitations....

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AfricaColumnsForeign PolicyOpinionOPINION: Theory From the South?

PilotnewsNovember 7, 2022

Much more than material support for the democratic process, Africa—and the developing world—needs the United States to reaffirm its commitment to democratic principles. It is far from surprising that the just concluded Brazilian presidential election attracted more than the usual attention from observers of the democratic process across Latin America. Over the course of his presidency, and particularly in the months leading to the election, President Jair Bolsonaro had made statements seemingly calculated to undermine trust in...

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Crime & SecurityForeign PolicyUnited StatesFG: Nigeria Will Not Be Stampeded by US Travel Advisory

Beloved John (Staff Writer)October 27, 2022

The federal government has said it will not be disturbed by the recent travel advisory by the United States (US) warning of possible terror attacks in Nigeria. In an update to a recent travel advisory, the US had authorised the evacuation of “non-emergency” employees and their family members in Nigeria “due to the heightened risk of terrorist attacks. Speaking with journalists on Wednesday at the presidential villa in Abuja, Lai Mohammed, minister of information, said...

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Crime & SecurityForeign PolicyUnited StatesUS Authorises Diplomats to Leave Nigeria Over ‘Terrorist Attacks’

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 26, 2022

..warns citizens to reconsider traveling to Nigeria. …FG dismisses security alert, says Nigeria is ‘safer today’.   The United States on Tuesday authorised the departure of diplomats from Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, “due to the heightened risk of terrorist attacks.” This was disclosed in a travel advisory by the US State Department. The State Department advised US citizens to reconsider non-essential travels to Nigeria due to concerns over crime, terrorism, civil unrest. Specifically, the State Department...

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ColumnsForeign PolicyOpinionOPINION: Mikhail Gorbachev on the Streets of Accra

PilotnewsSeptember 7, 2022

The aftershock of the collapse of the Soviet empire reverberated from Cape Town to Cairo.   Mikhail Gorbachev, the late Soviet leader who passed on last week aged 91, is rightly remembered for his role in terminating the East-West Cold War, redrawing the map of Europe, and effectively shortening the calendar of the twentieth century. While historians may continue to nitpick whether Gorbachev singularly set the Soviet Union on the path to dismemberment or merely recognized the...

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Foreign PolicyNewsTravelFG Ask Citizens to Respect Immigration Laws of Other Countries

Beloved John (Staff Writer)September 4, 2022

The federal government has urged Nigerians to respect the immigration laws of other countries to avoid unwarranted treatment. The federal ministry of foreign affairs, in a statement by Francisca Omayuli, its spokesperson issued this warning. The ministry indicated that Nigerians who were stranded in Dubai were issued family visas, but arrived in the UAE without any family members in the country. “Consequently, they were denied entry and advised to return to their country and apply...

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AfricaColumnsForeign PolicyUnited StatesOPINION: The Horn of Africa’s Dubious Dialogues

PilotnewsMay 20, 2022

The dialogues in the Horn of Africa inspire little confidence to resolve the region’s crises while U.S. diplomatic efforts seem insufficient in an area of strategic interest. It’s a matter of conventional wisdom that the crises gripping the Horn of Africa are fundamentally political, and that viable, sustainable solutions can be found only through inclusive political dialogue. But in both Sudan and Ethiopia, current dialogues—one internationally-backed and one a domestic project—inspire little confidence. The United...

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Foreign PolicyNewsUnited NationsUK Bans IPOB, MASSOB, Others, Says Rights Violators Can’t Get Asylum

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 6, 2022

The United Kingdom (UK) has barred the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra and other Biafran groups from participating in its asylum programme. The British government noted that IPOB had been proscribed as a terrorist group by the Federal Government and that members of the group and its paramilitary wing – the Eastern Security Network – have reportedly committed human rights violations. The UK, therefore, said...

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