On May 16, 2023, unknown assailants attacked the convoy of the US Lagos Consulate in Ogbaru Local Government Area, Anambra State, which had been locked down for some time due to security concerns. Three embassy staff members and four police officers in the convoy were reportedly killed in the reprehensible and absolutely disgraceful attack. A press statement issued by the US embassy said the convoy was transporting nine Nigerian nationals; five employees of the US…
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Anambra State Governor Chukwuma Soludo expressed his sorrow on Wednesday for the attack on US embassy staff and police officers in the state. In a statement issued by his chief press secretary, Christian Aburime, the governor called the attack heinous and unprovoked. The gunman killed two US consulate staff and two police officers on the Atani-Osamala road in the state’s Ogbaru Local Government Area on Tuesday. Soludo said his government had worked hard with security…
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The federal government on Monday commended officials at the Nigerian embassy in Sudan after the successful evacuation of 2,518 Nigerians, including students, who make up 95 percent of returnees from war-torn Sudan to the country. Dr Nasir Sani-Gwarzo, Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, announced at a media briefing in Abuja the official closure of the Situation Room, which was set up to ensure the safe return…
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