Tag: U.S
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Member of the House of Representatives and Deputy Chairman of the House Committee on Army, David Ogewu has cautioned that any move by the United States to re-designate Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern (CPC)” could worsen insecurity and fuel violence. Speaking on NATIONAL TELEVISION Ogewu revealed that he raised the issue during a high-level…
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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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U.S. State Department has designated the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), a separatist militant group in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, escalating from its 2019 Specially Designated Global Terrorist status. This designation criminalizes support for the BLA in the U.S. and aims to disrupt its financial networks. The move follows a March 2025…
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U.S. Department of State has announced that most non-immigrant and non-diplomatic visas for Nigerian citizens will now be single-entry with a three-month validity, effective immediately. With Existing visas issued before July 8, 2025, remaining valid, this update is part of the U.S. global visa reciprocity policy, which can be reviewed and adjusted over time. The…
