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Bengaluru police have arrested two Nigerian nationals and recovered as many as 3,300 Ecstasy pills and 600 gm of MDMA (Methylenedioxy-Methamphetamine) powder valued at Rs 1 crore (N51,748,548.04) The accused have been identified as Donchucks Okeke aka Tam Tam Dominique, 39, and Celestine Anugwa aka Omema, 40. The police said...

The United States has removed all visa reciprocity fees for Nigerians with effect from December 3. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed this on Saturday. A statement from the ministry confirmed that the development follows the Nigerian government’s decision to remove “excess visa application, processing and biometric fees for United...

Nigerian Activist, Aisha Yesufu and film-maker, Uyaiedu Ipke-Etim Makes BBC’s 100 Most Influential Women 2020 In The World Nigerian rights activist and Co-convener of #BringBackOurGirls movement, Aisha Yesufu and film-maker, Uyaiedu Ipke-Etim have been listed among the BBC’s 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world for the year...

The United States Embassy in Nigeria has clarified that Nigeria is exempted from the new $15000 visa Bond policy introduced by the outgoing administration of President Donald Trump. In statement on it’s website a few hours ago, the US Embassy said Nigeria is not included in this six months pilot...

Donald Trump is still hopeful he will be declared the winner of the US presidential election despite Joe Biden's projected victory in the election. Recall Trump claimed that there has been voter fraud in the election with no evidence, and has already lost 10 different lawsuits that they have filed...

Joe Biden, Democratic candidate in the United States presidential election, has declared that he is confident of victory. Biden addressed the nation on Thursday. He noted that it was clear that he had won “enough states to reach 270 electoral votes to win the presidency”. “Now, every vote must be...

A Nigerian residing in the United States, identified as Oye Owolewa has become the first Nigerian to be elected to the US congress. The 30-year-old who represented Washington DC in the House of Representatives under the Democratic Party, has made history by being the first Nigerian congressman. Based on the result...

A Nigerian woman, Esther Agbaje has been elected into the Minnesota House of Representatives in Tuesday’s United States general elections. Agbaje will be representing District 59B in the 134-member House on the platform of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), an affiliate of the US Democratic Party. She won by a landslide polling...