Category: news
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United States Mission in Nigeria has announced that visa applicants must disclose their entire social media history on the DS-160 form, including all usernames or handles used in the past five years. Applicants are required to certify the accuracy of all information provided. Recall the mission warned that omitting or providing misleading information could jeopardize…
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Leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has sued Imo Police Commissioner Aboki Danjuma for defamation, demanding N10 billion in damages and N50 million as exemplary damages. Kanu also seeks a court order for the defendant to issue a public retraction and apology in national media, after Danjuma’s July 25 press release falsely attributed…
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Nigerian government has reportedly addressed two key demands of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) amid an impending strike threat. The demands included reversing a 40% deduction from the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) funds and appointing Opeyemi Agbaje as chair of the National Pension Commission (PenCom). While PenCom has yet to confirm Agbaje’s appointment,…
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South Africa’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) has strongly rejected the U.S. Human Rights Report, labeling it inaccurate, biased, and a distortion of South Africa’s constitutional reality. The report claimed that South Africa’s human rights situation had worsened, citing land expropriations, abuses against racial minorities, and extrajudicial killings, which DIRCO dismissed as misleading…
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Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) has stated that food prices continue to rise despite Nigeria experiencing a fourth consecutive decline in headline inflation, which fell to 21.88% in July 2025. While the overall inflation decrease reflects a stabilizing macroeconomic environment, pressures remain on the economy. CPPE emphasized the need for coordinated monetary,…
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A Qatari official has announced that a draft agreement to end fighting between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the M23 rebel group has been shared with both sides. While the original August 18 deadline for a peace deal was not met, both parties have responded positively and remain willing to continue negotiations. The…
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Nigerian Immigration Service, in collaboration with the EFCC, has begun deporting foreign nationals convicted of cyber terrorism and Ponzi scheme offenses. On Sunday, 42 out of 192 Chinese and Philippine nationals convicted in Lagos were deported, with others scheduled to leave Nigeria in the coming days. The deportees were part of a larger group of…
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Imo State Government has banned graduation ceremonies for kindergarten, nursery, and JSS3 students and prohibited schools from changing textbooks annually. A memo dated August 15, 2025, signed by the Commissioner for Education, Prof. Bernard Ikegwuoha, announced that graduation events are now only allowed for Primary 6 and SSS3 students. The government also mandated that textbooks…
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Federal Government through the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP), will soon begin disbursing interest-free loans of up to N100,000 to smallholder farmers and businesses nationwide before the end of 2025. Announced by GEEP’s empowerment program National Programme Manager, Hamza Ibrahim Baba, in Kaduna, the initiative targets small-scale farmers in poultry, aquaculture, livestock, and crop…
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will travel to Washington on Monday to meet with US President Donald Trump to discuss ending the war and killings in Ukraine. This follows a call between Zelensky and Trump, where Trump shared details of his recent talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, which yielded no ceasefire or breakthrough…
