•Brazilian Justice Minister Ricardo Lewandowski Brazil said yesterday that the United States had revoked the US visa of the country’s justice minister, the latest official to be punished by Washington over the coup trial of former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro. The US State Department has yet to confirm the measure, which was announced by...
•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...
South African telecom giant MTN Group has said it is under investigation by the United States over its business activities in Iran and Afghanistan. The company, Africa’s largest mobile operator, is cooperating with a US Department of Justice (DoJ) grand jury probe concerning its former subsidiary in Afghanistan and its 49 per cent stake in [&h...
A federal court has issued final judgments against accountant Olayinka Temitope Oyebola and his firm, Olayinka Oyebola & Co. (Chartered Accountants), for their role in assisting a fraud scheme linked to businessman Mmobuosi Odogwu Banye, also known as Dozy Mmobuosi, and three U.S. companies under his control, referred to as the Tingo entit...
•South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and US President Donald Trump South Africa will offer a “generous” new trade deal to the United States today to avoid 30-percent tariffs, government ministers said. Washington on Friday slapped the huge tariff on some South African exports, the highest in sub-Saharan Africa, despite efforts by Pretoria...
Thousands of US air passengers were facing delays yesterday after United Airlines halted many departures in the wake of a systemwide problem. So-called “mainline flights” — those moving between major hubs — were grounded for over an hour before engineers were able to get things up and running again, reports AFP. “We are working with […]...
•Rwanda President Paul Kagame and US President Donald Trump Rwanda will accept up to 250 migrants from the United States, the government said today, without giving details of who could be included in the deal. Washington has been pushing a deportation drive, with President Donald Trump’s administration negotiating controversial arrangements t...
The United States has issued a stern warning to international students, including Nigerians, over the consequences of violating student visa regulations. In a message shared on its official X handle today, the US Mission in Nigeria cautioned that students who drop out, skip classes, or leave their academic programmes without notifying their sc...
•Ramaphosa and Trump South Africa will use the week-long delay in the US’s imposition of 30-percent tariffs to negotiate hard to avoid the penalty and save jobs, President Cyril Ramaphosa said today. South Africa is among nearly 70 countries facing President Donald Trump’s new tariffs on exports that were due to come into force today […...
•US President Donald Trump The United States, US, took in more revenue from tariffs in the first six months of 2025 than it did in all of 2024, according to data from the US Treasury compiled by AFP. The more than $87 billion in tariff revenue taken in through the end of June, compared with […]
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