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The United States has introduced new travel restrictions that could require Nigerians applying for B1/B2 visas to post bonds of up to $15,000. According to information published on the US Department of State’s website, Travel.State.Gov, the payment of a bond does not guarantee visa issuance, adding that fees paid without the direction of a consular officer will not be refunded. …

There is no automatic presidential ticket for any aspirant in 2027, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) clarified yesterday. According to the party, while the consensus option would be adopted in selecting the standard bearer, members would resort to open, competitive and transparent primary, if the option fails. ADC National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, who spoke on a national television, noted …

The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted N1.5 billion bail to former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, SAN, his wife and son, in an ongoing N8.7 billion money laundering trial. Justice Emeka Nwite passed the ruling following arguments from both the prosecution and defence teams in the suit instituted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Dr Olugbemisola Titilayo Odusote as the Director-General of the Nigerian Law School. His Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. According to the statement, the appointment takes effect on January 10, 2026, for a four-year term. The 54-year-old Odusote is currently the Deputy Director-General and Head …

At least 141million Nigerians are expected to be living in poverty this year, according to PwC’s Nigeria Economic Outlook 2026. The report titled: “Turning macroeconomic stability into sustainable growth,” projected deteriorating poverty levels of about 62% of the population in the year preceding the election year 2027. The report shows that despite recent policy adjustments aimed at economic stabilisation, weak …

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has said that members of the Nigerian armed forces, if properly funded and motivated, are capable of winning the war against terrorism and banditry in the country without foreign intervention. He also called on Federal Government not to let Trump promote religious war in Nigeria. Falana, who expressed regret that terrorists, as seen in …

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has criticised the Presidency over what he described as misplaced priorities, accusing it of focusing on defending photographs of President Bola Tinubu’s meals in Paris at a time Nigeria was battling hunger, insecurity and economic hardship. In a statement by Phrank Shaibu, his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, the former vice president faulted the …

Recently, there have been coordinated media efforts to repackage Kemi Adeosun, Nigeria’s former minister of finance, an exercise that appears less like public enlightenment and more like a calculated attempt at historical revisionism. Through selective recollection and moral posturing, one of the most embarrassing scandals of the Buhari administration is being reframed as an act of personal integrity rather than …

The lawmaker representing Virginia’s Second District in Congress, Rep. Riley M. Moore has hinted at another United States sanctioned airstrikes on terrorists in Nigeria after the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) explicitly declared Christians “legitimate targets.” Recall that ISWAP recently released an image showing a Christian village in Adamawa State engulfed in flames, accompanied by a statement declaring that …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) under the leadership of Dr Tanimu Turaki, SAN, is currently in a closed-door meeting with ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. The meeting is taking place at the Abuja office of the former President in Maitama area of Abuja. Daily Trust gathered the meeting is part of the ongoing consultation with party leaders towards …