INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Russia has imposed sanctions against US President Joe Biden, his son, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, other US officials, and “individuals associated with them,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement yesterday. “In response to a series of unprecedented sanctions prohibiting, among other things, entry into the United States for top officials of the […]

The United Kingdom Embassy in Nigeria has announced a temporary suspension of study, work, and family visa applications, as priority is now being placed on applications made under the Ukraine Family Scheme. The Embassy announced this in a statement shared on Tuesday on their official social media handles. According to the Embassy, the Ukraine Family […]

The European Union council is set to meet March 10 – 11, 2022, to discuss how to reduce energy dependency, in particular on Russian gas, oil and coal, amongst other things. The members of the Union said the informal meeting will hold in Versailles, France. According to the statement by the Union, the event will […]

Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked has announced its intention to cap the number of non-Jewish refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine at just 5,000, The New Arab reported. This is in addition to the 20,000 Ukrainians who were already in the country prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and have been told they won’t […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Striking harder at Russia’s economy, President Joe Biden on Tuesday ordered a ban on Russian oil imports in retaliation for Vladimir Putin’s onslaught in Ukraine. The major trade action, responding to the pleas of Ukraine’s embattled leader, thrust the U.S. out front as Western nations seek to halt Putin’s invasion. ALTHOUGH Americans will feel pain, […]

  BRUSSELS, March 7 (Reuters) – European Union leaders will discuss Ukraine’s application to join the 27-nation bloc in the coming days, the chairman of EU summits Charles Michel said in a tweet on Monday. “The EU’s solidarity, friendship and unprecedented assistance for Ukraine are unwavering. We will discuss Ukraine’s membership application in coming days,” […]

The U.N. refugee agency has urged authorities in countries neighbouring Ukraine to open their borders to African citizens fleeing the conflict there amid reports that some were being denied access to safety, UNHCR said on Wednesday. Thousands of African and other foreign nationals, particularly students, have been scrambling to leave Ukraine since Russia’s invasion on […]

  Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to supply gas from Nigerian offshore fields to the neighbouring Equatorial Guinea Gas Processing Facility at Punta Europa. While Nigeria has 206 trillion standard cubic feet of natural gas, infrastructure to turn the resource to economic benefit is elusive. The pact is expected to […]