The US also commended key actors in the election process, including the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, and his lieutenants
Browsing: John Kerry
The electoral commission in Nigeria, the Independent National Electoral Commission, justifies the postponement with security concerns in the north-east, where the Islamist group Boko Haram is waging a terror campaign
Jonathan was quoted in the statement as saying: “We are pleased that the international community is now strongly united behind this initiative and agree that its success is critical
The US Secretary of State, John Kerry, gave the advice at a news conference on Sunday in Lagos at the end of a closed-door meeting he held with President Goodluck Jonathan and Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.), the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress respectively
Jonathan was said to have received both phone calls and verbal orders from the United States Secretary of State, John Kerry, and the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netenyahu, not to vote in support of a Palestinian state
It stated that during the reporting period, the government demonstrated an increase in anti-trafficking law enforcement efforts by increasing the number of trafficking investigations, prosecutions and convictions
The US Department of State said in a statement that the delegation would also attend the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict also to hold in London
‘Without doubt, your concern and empathy with the government and people of Nigeria is a clear demonstration of true solidarity and brotherhood in ensuring that the current security challenges facing our country are addressed in a definitive and conclusive manner’
The decision was reached on Saturday in Paris, France at the regional Summit on Security convened by President Francois Hollande to fashion ways to deal with the Boko Haram terrorist group
The offer from President Barack Obama, which was conveyed to President Jonathan by the United States Secretary of State, John Kerry, in a telephone conversation, which began at 3:30pm, included the deployment of US security personnel and assets to work with their Nigerian counterparts in the search and rescue operation
The visit, which would take him to Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo, is to discuss the security and political situation in parts of the continent, with special focus on the violence in South Sudan and the Central African Republic
Kerry made the condemnation in a statement copied to the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos
Dpa reports that the Homeland Security Department declined to elaborate on the warning, but stressed that it regularly shares relevant information with airlines, including those involved in international events like the Winter Olympics
Even though the world is now a global village, the President acted on the wishes of the people by signing the Same-sex Prohibition Bill into law. The international community should respect the wishes of the people
Edgar Arias Tamayo was convicted of killing a police officer in his police car after being arrested for a robbery at a Texas bar in 1994
Boko Haram claimed responsibility for many of the 15 church attacks that killed more than 150 people, including scores of Christians, during worship services. Some Muslim and Christian religious leaders alleged that Boko Haram sought to incite hostilities between Muslims and Christians and to spark reprisals in the Northern and Middle Belt states, where local laws, discriminatory employment practices, and fierce competition for land exacerbated communal tensions
It states: “In Nigeria, Boko Haram extremists violently murdered hundreds of Christians and Muslims during the year. The group often targeted political and ethnic rivals, religious leaders, businesses, homes, police stations, military installations, churches, mosques, and rural villages, using assault rifles, bombs, suicide car bombings, and suicide vests
A statement by the Secretary of State, John Kerry, therefore, enjoined the security forces to be disciplined and enforce fundamental human rights while carrying out peacekeeping operations.
The statement issued on Friday reads: “The State United States is deeply concerned about the fighting in northeastern Nigeria following President Jonathan’s declaration of a state of emergency in the Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa states