United States Mission in Nigeria has warned travellers that overstaying visas could attract permanent ban and criminal prosecution. In a statement yesterday, the mission said excuses such as “honest mistake” are not tenable. “If you overstay your US Visa, you could face a permanent ban on travel to the United States as well as criminal [&helli...
•John and Janet Paul Nigerians have rallied behind a visually impaired couple, John and Janet Paul, who were allegedly asked to vacate their rented apartment in Abuja by their landlady due to their disabilities. During an interview with our correspondent, the couple claimed that their landlady issued them a quit notice after discovering they w...
•Happy Nigerians Nigeria has dropped three places in the latest World Happiness Report (2025), ranking 105th globally and 12th in Africa. This means there are 11 African countries where people feel happier than Nigerians, reports Saturday Guardian. So, what makes them happier? And what can Nigeria learn from them? The 11 African countries happ...
•Tinubu The Nigerians in Diaspora Association (NDA-USA) has condemned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State, describing it as a “war against Nigerians and the international community.” The association rejected the emergency rule, which suspended the Rivers State governor, his deputy, and all elected ...
Ahead of the 2027 general elections, pro-democracy activists have cautioned against the repeat of a situation whereby nine million voters played the decisive role in the election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2023 presidential poll. Dr. Otive Igbuzor, who spoke yesterday in Abuja at a political dialogue on election credibility threshol...
•Tinubu, Fubara and Wike President Bola Tinubu will address Nigerians today (Tuesday) in a nationwide broadcast on the situation in Rivers State, his presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga said. “The NTA and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria will transmit the broadcast at 7 pm. “All TV and radio stations are requested to link up with the [&hel...
•Dangote and Amosun The former governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has dismissed as deliberate mischief the claim by the President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, that his cement factory was demolished twice during his (Amosun) administration. Dangote had, while revealing plans to reconstruct Itori Cement Plant and also re...
•Eng. Yabagi Sani The National Chairman of the Action Democratic Party (ADP), Eng. Yabagi Sani, says President Bola Tinubu’s administration will go down as one of the worst in Nigerian history for inflicting ‘hunger and pain’ on citizens. A report by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), indicates that over seven million businesses shut d...
•Bashir El-Rufai Bashir El-Rufai, son of former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, has called on Nigerians to join the Social Democratic Party (SDP) to “save the country from area boys”. In a cryptic post on X, Bashir seemed to be referring to President Bola Tinubu’s appointees from Lagos. “Join in saving this country from area […]...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has raised the alarm over the activities of 58 illegal Ponzi scheme operators defrauding Nigerians under the guise of investment opportunities. In a statement released today by the EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, the anti-graft agency disclosed that the companies are neither regist...

