•Prison A United States court has sentenced a Nigerian national, Tochukwu Albert Nnebocha, to 97 months’ imprisonment for participating in a transnational inheritance fraud scheme that targeted elderly and vulnerable Americans. According to a statement published on the US Department of Justice website yesterday, “a Nigerian National was senten...
•Kwara attack and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres The United Nations, the US, and Türkiye have condemned the killings in Kwara. In a separate statement, they said the attack, which left about 75 people dead and several others wounded, described the incident as “heinous”. In an X post, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, “I strong...
•Tinubu and Trump The United States Department of Homeland Security has said it will deport no fewer than 79 convicted Nigerians listed on its ‘worst-of-the-worst’ criminal list. Findings by our correspondent on the DHS website yesterday revealed that the 79 Nigerians were convicted of offences bordering on fraud, drug peddling, assault, mansl...
•US President Donald Trump Some Nigerians have gone into hiding and others are returning home secretly over the intensified deportation campaign led by President Donald Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It was learnt that many immigrants had stopped going to work as Trump reiterated his support for ICE actions, reports Saturday PUNC...
•US President Donald Trump Just over a week after the United States launched strikes targeting militants in Nigeria on Christmas Day, a roadside bomb ripped through an armoured troop carrier, killing at least eight Nigerian soldiers. Then, days ahead of a high-profile US-Nigeria security meeting in Abuja last week, armed gangs kidnapped more t...
•Snow falls at US Capitol in Washington, DC, yesterday A monster storm barreling across swathes of the United States has killed at least 10 people and prompted warnings to stay off the roads, mass flight cancelations and power outages, as freezing conditions persisted into today. As the storm dumped snow, sleet, and freezing rain across [&hel...
•Venezuela Leader Delcy Rodriguez Venezuela’s interim president will soon visit the United States, a senior US official said yesterday, further signalling President Donald Trump’s willingness to embrace the oil-rich country’s new leader. Delcy Rodriguez would be the first sitting Venezuelan president to visit the United States in more than a q...
•Trump and Tinubu United States (U.S.) Congressman Riley Moore has disclosed that the White House will soon come up with options to protect Christians in Nigeria against persecution by Islamist extremists. However, the presidency, yesterday, dismissed claims that Nigeria’s insecurity was driven by religious sentiment, insisting that violence a...
•US visa The United States has opened a priority visa appointment system for holders of tickets to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, allowing fans to seek earlier appointments ahead of the tournament. The scheme will enable ticket holders to access prioritised visa slots before the competition begins on June 11, reports BBC. The World Cup […]
•US President, Donald Trump addressing global CEOs at the 2026 WEF summit in Davos, today President Donald Trump today proclaimed the United States as the “economic engine of the planet”. The US President was addressing global CEOs at the 2026 World Economic Forum in Davos, a day after his first anniversary since his return to […]...
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