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Nigeria rejects pressure to accept deported Venezuelans

Nigeria rejects pressure to accept deported Venezuelans

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

FG Links U.S. Visa Cut To Refusal To Accept Venezuelan Deportees

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

Fg Rejects Us Pressure To Accept Deported Venezuelan Nationals In Niger

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

Nigeria rejects US push to accept Venezuelan deportees

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

US putting pressure on Nigeria to accept Venezuelan deportees – Tuggar

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

Nigeria has ‘enough problems’ and can’t take deportees from US, minister says

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

We don’t want Venezuelan prisoners in Nigeria – Shehu Sani

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...

Nigeria says US pressuring Africa to accept Venezuelan deportees

Nigeria says US pressuring Africa to accept Venezuelan deportees

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

Nigeria won’t be dumping ground for Venezuelan prisoners deported from US, says Tuggar

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

Nigeria won’t bow to US pressure to accept Venezuelan deportees —FG

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...

Peru’s far right rams through amnesty for human rights violators

Peru’s far right rams through amnesty for human rights violators

Troops of the Peruvian National Police [Photo: @presidenciaperu]Peru’s far-right forces, through their representatives in the totally discredited Congress and their puppet President Dina Boluarte, are in the final stages of implementing a legal...

ICE Plans to Ramp Up Deporting Immigrants to Countries Other Than Their Own

ICE Plans to Ramp Up Deporting Immigrants to Countries Other Than Their Own

Immigration officials may deport people with as little as six hours' notice to places where the government has secured no assurances that they will be safe from persecution or torture A memo reveals the federal government is planning to deport...

Venezuela Expresses Solidarity with U.S. Amid Devastating Texas and New Mexico Floods

Venezuela Expresses Solidarity with U.S. Amid Devastating Texas and New Mexico Floods

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...

We Will Not Accept Venezuelan Prisoners Into Nigeria, We Have Our Problems – FG Rejects US Offer

We Will Not Accept Venezuelan Prisoners Into Nigeria, We Have Our Problems – FG Rejects US Offer

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...

Miami Election Delay Spurs Lawsuit, State Criticism

Miami Election Delay Spurs Lawsuit, State Criticism

The Miami City Commission has approved a controversial plan to postpone upcoming municipal elections — a move that has now been signed into law by the city’s mayor, despite warnings from Gov. Ron DeSantis and State Attorney General James Uthmeier....

Venezuela and Egypt Strengthen Diplomatic Ties to Advance Global Peace Summit Initiative

Venezuela and Egypt Strengthen Diplomatic Ties to Advance Global Peace Summit Initiative

Maduro’s peace summit initiative gains momentum through Venezuela-Egypt diplomatic talks.Photo: Venezuelan Foreign Ministry/IG. July 8, 2025 Hour: 5:26 pm Venezuela and Egypt deepen cooperation to promote President Maduro’s Summit for Peace and...

Brazil president Lula tells Trump country can survive without US trade

Brazil president Lula tells Trump country can survive without US trade

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...

Large protest: Venezuelans deported from US demand return of their children

Large protest: Venezuelans deported from US demand return of their children

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...

DOJ Data Security Program – Another Privacy and Security Law that Impacts the Health Care Industry

DOJ Data Security Program – Another Privacy and Security Law that Impacts the Health Care Industry

Any health care organization that is engaged in data brokerage transactions or licensing arrangements may have compliance obligations under DSP. In this Health Care Update, we will review the provisions of DSP and discuss its impact on health care...

US Visa: Nigeria won't succumb to Trump's pressure to accept Venezuelan deportees - FG

US Visa: Nigeria won't succumb to Trump's pressure to accept Venezuelan deportees - FG

The Nigerian government has vowed not to cower to pressure from the President Donald Trump administration, which is seeking to send Venezuelan deportees from the United States to the West African nation.The Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs,...

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