The United States Embassy in Abuja has cautioned Nigerians on the serious consequences of visa fraud, emphasising that falsifying information or submitting fake documents can result in permanent visa bans. In a post on X on Monday, the embassy stated: “Visa fraud has serious consequences. Lying or providing fake documents can lead to permanent...
•US Secretary of State Marco Rubio Top US diplomat Marco Rubio said yesterday that Rwanda had clearly violated a peace agreement signed with US President Donald Trump. He also vowed unspecified “action” in response, after Rwandan-backed forces advanced in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, reports AFP. “Rwanda’s actions in eastern DRC are a...
•Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro The United States imposed sanctions yesterday against relatives of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and six companies shipping the South American country’s oil. The move came as the White House said it will bring an oil tanker seized by American forces off the Venezuelan coast to a port in the United State...
The United States Coast Guard, in collaboration with the US Navy, has intercepted a Nigerian-owned supertanker, Skipper, over allegations of crude oil theft, piracy, and other transnational crimes. The vessel, a 20-year-old Very Large Crude Carrier, VLCC, with IMO Number 9304667, is reportedly owned and managed by Nigeria-based Thomarose Globa...
•US President Donald Trump The United States has seized a large oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump said yesterday, further escalating tensions between Washington and Caracas. “We’ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela, a large tanker, very large — the largest one ever seized, actually,” Trump said at [&hel...
The United States is proposing a change to its visa-free travel programme which could impact millions of international travellers. Under new guidelines announced by the Department of Homeland Security today, individuals seeking entry through the Electronic System for Travel Authorisation will now be required to provide their social media histo...
•Stowaway A suspected stowaway identified as Segun Martins has been arrested at the General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport, Ilorin. The incident happened today afternoon at around 3:02 on an Overland aircraft, reports Daily Trust. According to preliminary report on the incident, the suspect gained unauthorised access to the foot of the a...
Canada yesterday removed Syria from its list of states that support terrorism, and revoked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s (HTS) designation as a “terrorist entity,” joining a list of countries to ease sanctions on Damascus. The moves come after HTS ousted former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad last December and took control of the government, reports AF...
•Eastern Airlines plane carrying Venezuelan migrants repatriated from the US after A plane from the United States carrying 172 expelled undocumented Venezuelan migrants arrived yesterday in Caracas, after the South American country reauthorised deportation flights to land despite President Donald Trump’s declaration that Venezuela’s airspace w...
•Bandits Nigerians in diaspora under the aegis of Save Nigeria Group USA, have rallied against the alleged killing of Christians in the country, calling on the US President, Donald Trump, to take immediate action against perpetrators of the religious freedom violations. The protesters, who thronged the US Capitol, yesterday, in solidarity to m...
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