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US pressuring Africans to accept Venezuelan deportees – Foreign Affairs Minister
Nigerian Eye
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July 11, 2025
Yusuf Tuggar, minister of foreign affairs, says Nigeria will not accept Venezuelan deportees from the United States. The minister was reacting to the reported pressure from the United States to send Venezuelan deportees, some from prison, to some...
Trump’s tariff call on Brics exposes hypocrisy of dollar politics, says GTRI
Mint
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July 11, 2025
New Delhi: India should exercise caution before signing any trade agreement with the US, Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) has warned, citing a series of aggressive US policy moves, including proposed tariffs and penalties, that reflect what...
“I can’t do nuttin’ for ya man”, Nigerian Minister quotes Flavour Flav in rejection of Trump policy
Africanews
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July 11, 2025
Nigeria won’t accept 300 Venezuelan deportees from the U.S, Foreign Minister Yusuf Maitama Tuggar said in a TV interview on Thursday, following reports that the White House was pushing African leaders to take in illegal immigrants from third-party...
Nigeria can't take Venezuelan deportees from US, minister says
BBC
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Yūsuf Akínpẹ̀lú & Natasha BootyBBC News, Lagos & London ShareSave "We already have over 230 million people," says Yusuf Tuggar Nigeria will not bow to pressure from the Trump administration to accept Venezuelan deportees or third-country prisoners...
Tuggar: Nigeria Won’t Accept Venezuelan Deportees Under US Pressure
News Central TV
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July 11, 2025
Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister Yusuf Tuggar has announced that the country will reject Venezuelan deportees from the United States. His comments came in response to reports of pressure from the US to send Venezuelan deportees, including some...
Nigeria rejects pressure to accept deported Venezuelans
Deutsche Welle
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July 11, 2025
Nigerian Foreign Affairs Minister Yusuf Tuggar on Friday said that his country would not bow to increasing US pressure to accept deported Venezuelans as President Donald Trump wants them to do. Tuggar said Trump was attempting to strong-arm...
FG Links U.S. Visa Cut To Refusal To Accept Venezuelan Deportees
The Will
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July 11, 2025
July 11, (THEWILL) — The Federal Government has suggested that the recent reduction in U.S. visa validity for Nigerians may be linked to Nigeria’s refusal to accept deported Venezuelan prisoners and illegal immigrants from the United States....
Fg Rejects Us Pressure To Accept Deported Venezuelan Nationals In Niger
The Nigerian Voice
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Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, says Nigeria will not succumb to pressure from the United States government to accept deported Venezuelans in the country. The minister who hinted at mounting pressure from the US on...
Nigeria rejects US push to accept Venezuelan deportees
Modern Ghana
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Nigeria has pushed back on accepting Venezuelans deported from the United States, after US media reported President Donald Trump was urging African countries to take in deportees from around the world. Deporting people to third countries has been...
US putting pressure on Nigeria to accept Venezuelan deportees – Tuggar
The Sun Nigeria
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July 11, 2025
By John Ogunsemore The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, has disclosed that the United States Government is mounting pressure on Nigeria to accept 300 Venezuelan deportees, some of whom are straight from US prisons. The minister disclosed...
Nigeria has ‘enough problems’ and can’t take deportees from US, minister says
Capital FM Kenya
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July 11, 2025
Nigeria’s foreign minister says the country will not bow to pressure from the Trump administration to accept Venezuelan deportees from the US, following visa curbs and threats of tariff hikes. Yusuf Tuggar told privately-owned Channels TV that...
We don’t want Venezuelan prisoners in Nigeria – Shehu Sani
Daily Post
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July 11, 2025
Shehu Sani, former Senator who represented the Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the previous Assembly, has vehemently rejected the move by the United States to impose Venezuelan deportees on Nigeria. DAILY POST reports that the Minister of...
Venezuela denounces that El Salvador violates international law by kidnapping migrants
Radio Habana Cuba
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July 1, 2025
"In a famous fashion show in Paris, the designer dared to simulate the horrific images of Nayib Bukele's concentration camps in El Salvador," Maduro said. Caracas, July 1 (RHC)-- President Nicolás Maduro denounced this Monday that El Salvador...
Nigeria says US pressuring Africa to accept Venezuelan deportees
The Gazette - Colorado
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By MacDonald Dzirutwe LAGOS (Reuters) -Nigeria's foreign minister said the United States was pressuring African countries to accept Venezuelan deportees, some straight out of prison, but Africa's most populous country could not accommodate them...
Nigeria won’t be dumping ground for Venezuelan prisoners deported from US, says Tuggar
The Cable
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July 11, 2025
Yusuf Tuggar, minister of foreign affairs, says Nigeria will not accept Venezuelan deportees from the United States. The minister was reacting to the reported pressure from the United States to send Venezuelan deportees, some from prison, to some...
Nigeria won’t bow to US pressure to accept Venezuelan deportees —FG
Tribune Online
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July 11, 2025
Nigeria won’t cave in to pressure from the Donald Trump administration to accept Venezuelan deportees from the United States, the country’s Foreign Affairs Minister Yusuf Tuggar has said. Tuggar, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Politics...
We Will Not Accept Venezuelan Prisoners Into Nigeria, We Have Our Problems – FG Rejects US Offer
Naija News
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July 11, 2025
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, stated that it would be difficult for Nigeria to accept Venezuelan deportees from the United States, because the country already has problem of its own. President Bola Tinubu joined other world...
Large protest: Venezuelans deported from US demand return of their children
RTL Today
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July 11, 2025
Hundreds of people protested in Caracas Thursday demanding the return of at least 30 children who remain in the United States after being separated from their Venezuelan parents during deportation. Mariale Castellano, deported on May 28, was among...
Brazil president Lula tells Trump country can survive without US trade
CNBC-TV18
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July 11, 2025
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva insisted Brazil can survive without trade with the US and will look to other partners to replace it, a sharp response to Donald Trump after the American leader threatened 50% tariffs against the nation. “We’re...
Venezuela Expresses Solidarity with U.S. Amid Devastating Texas and New Mexico Floods
teleSUR
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July 9, 2025
Venezuelan foreign minister Yván Gil shares government’s condolences for devastating floods in U.S. southwest.Photo:EFE. July 8, 2025 Hour: 10:15 pm The Venezuelan government extends its condolences and solidarity to the people of the United...