Foreign powers should avoid our internal problems, FG warns.

The warning was issued in the context of current protests against the country's hardships, particularly in the northern states of Kano, Kaduna, and Zamfara, where foreign flags are flying, and the arrest of some foreigners who were involved as protest sponsors.

Foreign powers should avoid our internal problems, the FG cautions. The Federal Government issued a warning to other nations to stay out of the country's internal affairs. Foreign flags being flown during the ongoing protest against the country's hardships, particularly in some northern regions like Kano and Kaduna, served as context for the warning.

However, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, Minister of Foreign Affairs, emphasized the value of friendly foreign relations when issuing the warning to members of the Diplomatic Corps in Abuja. Remember that the protest was violent and that at least six Spaniards were detained in Kano in relation to it as it grew in size and spread to major cities including Lagos, Benin, Osun, Oyo, Kano, Gombe, Yobe, Borno, Niger, Kebbi, Abuja, and other northern towns.

The minister made a plea for the international community to keep working with Nigeria to help it overcome its present problems and secure a brighter future for all Nigerians. 

Mohammed Idris, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, committed to looking into the violence and prosecuting those who conduct it while reiterating the government's support for peaceful assembly and freedom of expression in his speech to the group. Idris gave assurances that the worst of the turmoil is behind him and thanked the diplomatic community for their assistance. He voiced hope that the nation would soon benefit from the government's policy actions. I would like to reassure your excellencies that the Federal Government has opened an inquiry into the violence we witnessed last week in order to find the perpetrators and bring them to justice. "We're determined to stop these regrettable situations from happening again in the future."