Tag: Venezuela
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Venezuelans relocate as US deportation flights resume
Venezuela on Monday received nearly 200 citizens deported from the United States via Honduras, as President Donald Trump cracks down on undocumented foreigners. A plane carrying the deportees touched down early Monday at Maiquetia International Airport outside the capital Caracas. “Today we are receiving 199 compatriots,” said Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello at the airport. Live…
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Venezuela sends planes to bring back irregular migrants in US
Venezuela on Monday sent two planes to bring undocumented migrants back from the United States, days after it came to an agreement with the administration of US President Donald Trump. Recall that immediately Trump made his order to flush out irregular migrants, Venezuela promised to provide planes for it’s citizens. The planes were on their…
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Deportation: Trump admin cancels protected status of Venezuelans
President Donald Trump’s administration said Wednesday it was revoking protection from deportation for more than 600,000 Venezuelans in the United States, as it highlights crime by a limited number of migrants.
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FIFA U20 World Cup: Falconets qualify for knockout round
Netting four goals against Venezuela on Saturday, the Falconets of Nigeria have qualified for the knockout round of the ongoing 2024 FIFA Under 20 World Cup taking place in Colombia.
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ICYMI: Venezuela blocks access to popular social media
President Nicolás Maduro suspended access to the social media site X, as he faced renewed pressure to release data proving his claimed reelection was valid.
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Nigeria is on the road to Haiti, not Venezuela – By Owei Lakemfa
THE Nigerian masses are troubled. They are hungry, angry and losing faith in civil rule. The times call for leaders at all levels to be at work, seeking solutions. Unfortunately, many government officials are spending scarce resources and precious time carrying out propaganda.
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When unarmed people stopped a bloody coup – By Owei Lakemfa
I was invited by the Venezuelan Embassy in Abuja, along with some diplomats, civil society activists and journalists on Thursday, April 14, 2022, to watch a documentary on the aborted military coup 20 years ago. The documentary centred on the bloody coup and how the populace in their millions marched on the coup plotters holed…
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Why U.S., NATO should be blamed for Ukraine crisis – Venezuela
Venezuela blamed NATO and U.S. for the crisis in Ukraine, where Russian troops were advancing on the capital a little more than a day into their invasion of the neighboring country. Venezuela’s foreign ministry on Friday, said that NATO and the United States had violated the Minsk agreements, a 2014 deal aimed at ending a…
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How Buhari averted Nigeria’s road to Venezuela – Femi Adesina
“Each time, as I see palliative materials being handed out at this time of health and economic emergency, and I behold heaps and heaps of bags of rice, all locally grown, I imagine what else could have happened. What if we had needed to import, and there was no foreign currency, and all international borders…
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U.S. offers $15 million reward for Venezuela’s Maduro capture
The United States on Thursday slammed a $15million bounty on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The reward is for information that could lead to his arrest for drug-trafficking charges. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo made the announcement as the Justice Department unsealed charges against Maduro and associates. “The Venezuelan people deserve a transparent, responsible, representative government…