The State Department has not said whether Secretary of State Antony Blinken specifically raised LGBTQ rights during his trip to Nigeria last week. Blinken was in the country between Jan. 23-24. He ...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said the United States is determined to remain a strong security partner for Nigeria, whose military is backed by the U.S., Britain and other allies in ...

Blinken’s call contradicts US position on Nigeria’s sham poll —Atiku. Reacting to Blinken’s call to Tinubu, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar, said ...

A group of two dozen human rights groups is calling on the Secretary Blinken to designate Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern after the brutal murder of 200 Christians.

The United States does “not yet know the motive for the attack” on a US convoy in Nigeria Tuesday, but has “no indications at this time that it was targeted against our Mission,” Secretary ...

Blinken removed Nigeria from the list in 2021, reversing a decision by former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in December 2020 to blacklist the West African nation.

We believe that Blinken’s visit shows that Nigeria is open to international partnership, putting the responsibility on such international partners to prove their credibility and worthiness, not ...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken voiced hope Wednesday for greater US investment in Nigeria, but called on Africa’s largest economy to reassure investors that they can repatriate their funds.

In this space we do the talking, about what the Daily News deems important and worthy. But today we are giving a good chunk of our space to Secretary of State Tony Blinken. America's top diplomat ...