By Sunday Oyinloye The event was tagged “informal retirement from service get-together for Ambassador Obinna Onowu” and held in his residence in Abuja, Nigeria, but the caliber of attendees made it more glorious than a formal get-together. It was an…
NiDCOM controversy and the urgency of ethnic governance reform
By Collins Nweke The recent uproar over a social media post shared by the Chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, which described the Igbo ethnic group in derogatory terms, has once again brought to the…
Global Lessons from the US Visa Policy
By Collins Nweke The United States Embassy in Nigeria recently reminded visa applicants that they must now list every social media handle they have used over the last five years on the DS-160 visa form. Applicants must certify that…
ECOWAS: As Tinubu passes leadership baton to Bio
By Collins Nweke In July 2023, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Nigeria assumed leadership of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). At that time, the regional bloc was already in turmoil. A surge in military coups,…
Open letter to Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria and Belgium
Your Excellencies, The 3rd European Union–African Union Ministerial Meeting convenes today in Brussels. It has the commendable goal of advancing a 25-year-old partnership. I write to you not only as a Nigerian Diaspora leader and a Belgian of Nigerian…
Why President Tinubu should compensate Ambassador Onowu
By Sunday Oyinloye When President Bola Ahmed Tinubu recalled all the Ambassadors late last year, Nigerians were shocked to note that it was blanket recall. Career diplomats who have not completed their three year tenure were also asked to return…
Trade relations between Belgium and Nigeria should move beyond fossil fuel – Ambassador Leenknegt
Belgian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Pieter Leenknegt is a very warm diplomat and a good personality to meet. He was Deputy Head of Mission at the Belgian Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, as well as Belgium’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the…
Sudan’s trade relations with Nigeria will continue to improve- Chargé d’affaires
Diplomatic relations between Sudan and Nigeria have been very good over the years, and the two countries are determined to improve their volume of trade. Chargé d’affaires of Sudan Embassy in Nigeria, Ahmed Omer Taboul speaks exclusively to Sunday Oyinloye,…
When CBL-ACP and ACCI signed MoU on Business Forum
By Sunday Oyinloye On Thursday April, 25, 2024, Nigeria’s Minister of State for Steel Development, Uba Maigari Ahmadu, Chairman of the Parliamentary Friendship Group Nigeria-Belgium at the National Assembly, Hon. Adamu Saba, Chairman of the House Committee on Diaspora Affairs,…
UAE partners Nigeria on poverty alleviation
By Sunday Oyinloye United Arab Emirates (UAE) is ready to partner with the Federal Government in tackling humanitarian and poverty challenges in the country says UAE’s Ambassador to Nigeria, Salem Saeed…
