BLAMING OPPOSITION FOR HUNGER IS ‘DELUSION’, ATIKU TELLS TINUBU. (PHOTO).

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Blaming opposition for hunger is ‘delusion’, Atiku tells Tinubu Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused President Bola Tinubu of blaming the opposition for the country’s economic hardship. He said the President was trying to evade responsibility for his administration’s policies. Tinubu had earlier on Saturday blamed his political opponents for hunger and poverty in the country while speaking at the All Progressives Congress presidential campaign flag-off in Kaduna. “I hear my opponent talking about hunger, poverty. Who created it? They did! They created the hunger, they created the poverty. We are trying to eradicate it,” the President said. Atiku, the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, said Nigerians were entitled to demand answers from the APC-led government over rising living costs, poverty, insecurity and questions surrounding public expenditure. In a statement issued on Saturday by the Director of Strategic Communication of the ADC Presidential Ca...

BURKINA FASO, MALI IMPOSE VISA BANS ON US CITIZENS IN RETALIATION. (PHOTO).


 Burkina Faso, Mali impose visa bans on US citizens in retaliation


Burkina Faso has retaliated following its inclusion in the US total travel ban list by the Trump administration.


Burkina Faso decided to "apply equivalent visa measures to nationals of the United States of America" in accordance with the "principle of reciprocity," a statement by Burkina Faso's foreign ministry said, TRT Afrika reported.


"The Government of Burkina Faso remains committed to mutual respect, the sovereign equality of States and the principle of reciprocity in its international relations," the statement stressed, adding that the West African country "remains open to cooperation based on respect for mutual interests with all of its partners.’’


Bans take effect


Mali and Niger have also retaliated against the US travel ban.


"In accordance with the principle of reciprocity, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation informs the national and international community that, with immediate effect, the Government of the Republic of Mali will apply the same conditions and requirements to US nationals as those imposed on Malian citizens," the Malian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.


US President Donald Trump had announced travel restrictions including a total ban or partial ban on 39 countries, most of them in Africa.


The decision, which is set to take effect on January 1, 2026, prohibits citizens of the affected countries from entering the US.

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