Nigerian Ambassador to the United States, Sylvanus Adiewere Nsofor died Thursday December 10, 2020 at age 85. (photo: Abdoulaziz Adili Toro) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Nigeria’s Ambassador to the United States, Sylvanus Nsofor has died at the age of 85. Ambassador Nsofor was
credit: unphoto / UN Secretary-General António Guterres By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for an end to reported police violence in Nigeria in the wake of news that protesters had been shot dead and
(credit: au.int / Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahama By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The African Union Commission strongly condemns the ongoing violence in Nigeria during protests in Lagos, Nigeria that has resulted in multiple deaths and injuries. Moussa Faki Mahama, the
Credit: Wikipedia / A sophisticated fraud scheme using compromised emails, advance-payment fraud and money laundering nearly saw German health authorities pay EUR 2.4 million for masks they never received. DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF Authorities in Nigeria have arrested two suspects who are believed to be behind
Ink Drop/Shutterstock Sheriff Folarin, Covenant University The traditional leadership and redeemer posture of Nigeria in Africa has, in recent years, been put into question. Issues like corruption and infrastructural decay have held the country down from playing a leadership role in Africa. As have
WANG ZHAO/AFP via Getty Images Abdul-Gafar Tobi Oshodi, Lagos State University Racism against Nigerians – and other Africans – is not new in China. Africa-China history is marked by solidarity, but also dented by old and new racism. Nothing at this moment suggests that the
Credit: Wikipedia Commons / Soldiers in a Niger army unit stand in formation while a dignitary visits their outpost during Operation Desert Shield in 1992. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Nearly 100 Chadian soldiers were killed in a weekend attack by Boko Haram
Credit: Wikipedia Commons / Nigerian Air Peace Boeing 737-300 at Tallinn Airport in Estonia By Gary Raynaldo / DIPLOMATIC TIMES Allen Ifechukwu Athan Onyema, the founder and CEO of Air Peace, a major airline in Nigeria, has been charged with bank fraud and money laundering
Credit: Gary Raynaldo / ©Diplomatic Times / H.E. Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria speaks at Woodrow Wilson International Center in Washington D.C. Oct. 15, 2019 By Gary Raynaldo / DIPLOMATIC TIMES Special Envoys are powerful Diplomatic tools who serve
Credit: ICC.int / ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda & Vice President of Nigeria, H.E. Yemi Osinbajo in Abuja, Nigeria Oct. 14, 2019. DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Fatou Bensouda visited Abuja, Federal Republic of Nigeria last week and met with