•Ebola outbreak The United States announced yesterday the release of an additional $267 million to support the fight against the ongoing Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). “To date, the United States government has provided $887 million in direct health and humanitarian assistance to combat the Ebola outbreak,” the U...
•US visa The United States Department of State has expanded its online presence review to cover three additional categories of nonimmigrant visa applicants from October 1, 2026. Under the new measure, applicants for I, TN and TD visas will be required to set their social media profiles to “public” or “open” to allow consular officers […...
•US President Donald Trump (R) shakes hands with China’s President Xi Jinping China’s leader Xi Jinping will visit the United States this week for talks with President Donald Trump, Beijing confirmed today, expressing hope they will strengthen “strategic stability” between the world’s two largest economies. Washington had already made clear t...
•Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian will address the UN General Assembly on Wednesday The United States has refused to issue visas for members of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian’s delegation, including his communications team, for this week’s trip to the UN General Assembly, Iranian state media reported today. Pezeshkian will be the ...
•(From left) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, US President Donald Trump, and Russian President Vladimir Putin The United States approved a potential $2.68 billion sale of air defense equipment to Ukraine yesterday, after Kyiv made repeated pleas for support to fend off Russian attacks. The State Department said in a congressional notifi...
•US Army For many Nigerians, joining a foreign military may appear to offer an opportunity to build a career, gain new skills and experience life abroad. The British Army and United States Army are among the foreign military forces that attract interest from Nigerians seeking military careers, reports The PUNCH. However, eligibility rules diff...
•IAEA HQ in Vienna, Austria Iran’s nuclear chief was blocked from attending an annual conference today at the headquarters of the UN’s nuclear agency in Vienna after US pressure, both Washington and Tehran said. US Energy Secretary Chris Wright confirmed to reporters that Washington had applied pressure to stop Mohammad Eslami from entering Au...
Six Nigerian nationals accused of defrauding more than 100 women in the United States through online romance scams have been extradited from South Africa to the US. According to a post on X today by the South African Police Service, the suspects, who were arrested in South Africa in 2021, are alleged to be members […]
The United States has delivered a fresh consignment of military equipment to Nigeria. The equipment was transported to Nigeria aboard a US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft under the Foreign Military Sales arrangement between Washington and Abuja, reports Daily Trust. The US Africa Command disclosed the development today through its offi...
The United States imposed sanctions yesterday on “all remaining Iranian airlines” that have yet to face such penalties, as Washington pushes to step up economic pressure in its war with Tehran. The US Treasury Department said its latest action takes aim at “36 targets for supporting Iran’s aviation sector, which the regime uses to move [&helli...
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