•Boko Haram terrorists Jihadists killed at least 55 people in northeast Nigeria while storming a town home to residents who had been returned from a closed camp for internally displaced persons, an NGO worker and civilian militia leader told our correspondent yesterday. While jihadist violence has waned since the peak of the Boko Haram insurge...
•Godwin Awaji-Iroso Abiodun receiving the Best Physique award during the preliminary event at Bangkok, Thailand, yesterday Nigerian contestant, Godwin Awaji-Iroso Abiodun, has won the Best Physique award at the preliminary competition of Mister Cosmopolitan 2025 held at MBK Centre, Bangkok. Godwin, who recently emerged winner at Misters of Ni...
Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson has announced that a Nigerian, Daniel Chima Inweregbu, age 40, pled guilty on August 21, 2025, before United States District Judge Nanette Jolivette Brown to a more than $405,000 romance scam. A statement by the Public Information Officer, United States Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Louisiana, U...
•Trump and Tinubu The United States government has suspended the issuance of work visas for Nigerian and other foreign truck drivers, citing job security concerns and safety risks for American citizens. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the decision yesterday, saying it takes immediate effect. According to him, the rising number of fore...
Two individuals have been charged in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 26-year-old Nigerian, Ayowale Aladejana, in New Cross, southeast London. •Late Ayowale Aladejana The Metropolitan Police reports that detectives investigating the fatal stabbing of Ayowale charged a man and woman with murder. “Ben Wazabanga, 23 (24.10.2001) of Fairfax...
•Omoyele Sowore Human rights activist Omoyele Sowore, has called for a radical overhaul of Nigeria’s policing system, stating that no police officer in the country should earn less than N500,000 per month. Speaking on Channels Television, Sowore argued that improving police welfare was central to tackling insecurity, and that the current condi...
•Trump and Tinubu The United States government has issued a strong warning to Nigerians regarding the consequences of engaging in visa fraud and illegal immigration, saying it would result in a permanent visa ban. This was contained in a post shared today on the official X page of the U.S. Mission in Nigeria. “Those who […]
•UK Visa The British High Commission in Abuja today announced a change to the United Kingdom’s immigration process for Nigerians applying for study and work visas. Starting from July 15, 2025, most applicants in these categories will begin receiving digital eVisas instead of the traditional visa stickers in their passports, a statement from th...
•Eze Chukwudi Ihenetu and Ghana President John Mahama Hundreds of Ghanaians have taken to the streets in Accra and parts of the Eastern Region of the country to protest the installation of a Nigerian national, Eze Chukwudi Ihenetu, as the “Eze Ndi Igbo Ghana,” a symbolic traditional leader representing the Igbo community in the country. [&hell...
•Owolabi Salis (2nd left) Nigerian-born lawyer and politician, Owolabi Salis, has etched his name in history as the first Nigerian to journey into space. On Sunday, June 29, Salis joined five other passengers aboard Blue Origin’s NS-33 mission, which launched from West Texas, reports The Nation. His fellow crew members were Allie Kuehner, Carl...

