The United States Embassy has announced new visa interview requirements for Nigerian applicants, set to take effect from April 22, 2025. In a statement issued on Friday, April 11, the U.S. mission outlined that all applicants scheduled for interviews at its Abuja and Lagos offices must present a DS-160 visa application form with a confirmation…
For the AfDB to remain credible in the evolving development finance environment, as it has successfully done under the outgoing President Akinwumi Adesina, it will require a leadership that understands both the internal discipline of multilateral institutions and the external demands of a changing global order. On 8 April, the Board of Governors of the…
A Gambian man accused of torturing people during a dictatorship in the West African country will stand trial in Denver this week in a first-of-its-kind case in the United States. Michael Correa, 45, will become the first non-U.S.-citizen to stand trial in an American federal court for torture committed abroad when his 10-day jury trial…
Suspended Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has called on the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to dismiss a petition filed by Senate President Godswill Akpabio accusing her of criminal defamation and incitement. Instead, the senator urged the police chief to open an investigation into Akpabio over what she described as credible threats to…
Former Governor of Abia State, Senator Theodore Orji, has sharply rebuked his successor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, advising him to “carry his cross” and refrain from making “careless statements” about others. This follows comments by Ikpeazu at an event in Abuja, where he called elected leaders who criticise their predecessors “lazy” and also claimed that Abia…
