•US President Donald Trump A senior US health official yesterday admitted President Donald Trump’s administration had gone too far in slashing biomedical research grants worth billions of dollars, and said efforts were underway to restore some of the funding. Jay Bhattacharya, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), made the remar...
•People walk through Harvard Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts The U.S. State Department has instructed its diplomatic posts worldwide to “resume processing” visas for Harvard University students and exchange visitors, following a federal judge’s decision to block the Trump administration’s latest restrictions on internati...
A Nigerian, Kingsley Utulu, has been sentenced to five years and three months in prison for his role in a large-scale hacking and identity theft scheme that defrauded the U.S. tax authorities and private individuals of over $2.5 million. The sentencing, announced on Saturday by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, […...
•Troopers and police cars at the scene of the plane crash No one was killed but several people were injured and taken to hospital Sunday when a skydiving plane carrying 20 passengers and crew crashed in the US state of Tennessee, authorities said. A twin-engine plane used for skydiving expeditions crashed shortly after midday in […]
•Arrested illegal immigrants The Immigration and Customs Enforcement has arrested 2,200 migrants on Tuesday as the administration of President Donald Trump intensified its crackdown on illegal immigrants in the United States. According to NBC News, the arrests were the highest executed in a one-day operation in the history of the US. The agenc...
•International Criminal Court, Hague The European Union (EU) “deeply regrets” the US sanctions imposed on four judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the European Commission said today, voicing full support for the Hague-based court. “The ICC holds perpetrators of the world’s gravest crimes to account and gives victims a voice,” Com...
•Sapphire Egemasi and FBI A Nigerian tech enthusiast known online as the “tech queen,” Sapphire Egemasi, has been arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in connection with a massive fraud scheme targeting U.S. government agencies. Egemasi, a programmer with an active Devpost profile, was apprehended around April 10, 2025, in the...
The African Union today said it was concerned about the consequences of a new travel ban imposed by the United States on seven nations on the continent. “The Commission remains concerned about the potential negative impact of such measures on people-to-people ties, educational exchange, commercial engagement, and the broader diplomatic relatio...
The United States doubled steel and aluminium tariffs on Wednesday, casting a pall on a gathering of OECD ministers as President Donald Trump’s intensifying trade war weighs on the world economy. Trump’s sweeping tariffs on allies and adversaries alike — including levies on imported steel and autos — have strained US ties with trading partners...
•Commander of the U.S. Africa Command, General Michael Langley The Commander of United States Africa Command, General Michael Langley, has raised the alarm over growing efforts by extremist groups and terrorists in the Sahel to gain access to West Africa’s coastline. Describing recent attacks in Nigeria, the wider Sahel, and the Lake Ch...
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