In a bid to bolster the US economy and retain top talent, the Biden administration has announced new steps to speed up employment-based nonimmigrant visas for recent US college graduates with job offers. The initiative aims to streamline immigration processes and attract skilled workers to the country. By July 18, the Department of State will ...
•Linus Williams Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested a Nigerian crypto billionaire, Linus Williams, popularly known as BLord. Blord was arrested in Abuja today following allegations of cryptocurrency fraud, terrorism funding, and aiding internet fraud among others against his companies. Speaking in an interview with our corresp...
•A child at Nigeria’s IDP camp The deplorable state of the nation, the hardship level, heartbreaking state of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps and the increasing poverty rate in Nigeria is a damning indictment of President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Mandate promise to Nigerians. The further suspension of the activities of Humani...
Governors from the 36 States of the Federation under the aegis of the Nigerian Governors Forum have scheduled a crucial meeting next week to review the judgment of the Supreme Court that granted autonomy to local government councils in the country. Addressing State House Correspondents after a meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Chairman...
•Teesside University Nigerian students protested on campus on Tuesday morning The Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, today, announced that Teesside University in the United Kingdom has implemented a more compassionate payment method. Dabiri-Erewa stated this at a press conference ahead of the National Diaspor...
•Mboku A drug baron on the wanted list of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, identified as Joachin Mbonu, has been arrested. Mbonu was arrested by operatives of the NDLEA in his village mansion in Imo State on July 5, reports The PUNCH. A statement yesterday by the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said Mbonu was […]
The Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS, has ruled that the Federal Republic of Nigeria violated the human rights of Obianuju Udeh and two others. The court found Nigeria in breach of Articles 1, 4, 6, 9, 10, and 11 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, specifically on the right to life, security […]
•Ayra Starr Global music streaming platform, Spotify, has announced Nigerian music sensations, Ayra Starr and Tems, as the most streamed Nigerian artistes globally. Spotify’s Head of Music, Sub- Saharan Africa, Phiona Okumu, announced this in Lagos today, reports NAN. Okumu said that the top 30 artistes who had gained the biggest global number...
•Some Nigerian governors The Nigeria Governors’ Forum has assured Nigerians and the organised labour that better minimum wage will result from ongoing negotiations. The governors had previously rejected the federal government’s proposal of N62,000, stating that some states would need to borrow money to pay salaries. Despite this, Organised Lab...
Mr Emmanuel Ahmadu, a Nigerian graduate who failed the West Africa School Certificate of Education (WASCE) 17 times, has urged youths to remain resilient and never lose hope, regardless of challenges they face. Ahmadu, who was recently honoured with two doctorate degrees in the U.S., gave the advice in a telephone interview with our correspond...

