On Tuesday, August 26, 2025, Niger’s junta-led government announced restrictions on where European nationals can obtain visas to enter the country, citing difficulties faced by Nigerien citizens in securing Schengen visas, as reported by Africaninsider.com and authenticated by AFP (Web:0). In an internal note dated August 20, 2025, Foreign Minister Bakary Yaou Sangare stated that […]
On Tuesday, August 26, 2025, President Bola Tinubu announced a six-month ban on raw shea nut exports to strengthen Nigeria’s shea value chain, create jobs, and enhance economic returns for farmers, particularly women, who make up 95% of shea pickers, as stated in a post on his official X handle on Wednesday (Web:0, Post:0). The […]
On Tuesday, August 26, 2025, a U.S. District Court sentenced Oba Joseph Oloyede, the Apetu of Ipetumodu in Osun State, to 56 months in prison for orchestrating a $4.2 million COVID-19 relief fraud scheme, as reported by Sahara Reporters and TheCable. Oloyede, a 62-year-old dual U.S.-Nigerian citizen residing in Medina, Ohio, was convicted alongside Edward […]
On Tuesday, August 26, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, announced that Trump will host a high-level meeting at the White House on Wednesday, August 27, 2025, to discuss a “comprehensive plan” for post-war Gaza, as stated in a Fox News interview (Web:0, Web:5, Web:23). Witkoff described the plan as “robust” […]
On Wednesday, August 27, 2025, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 Northern states and the Federal Capital Territory called on Nigerians to actively participate in the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise, as reported by Vanguard and The Sun. Northern CAN Chairman Rev. John Joseph Hayab emphasized that […]
On Monday, August 25, 2025, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) decision to zone its 2027 presidential ticket to Southern Nigeria, announced during its 102nd National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, ignited controversy, particularly among northern stakeholders, as reported by Vanguard and The Sun. With President Bola Tinubu, a southerner, backed by key All Progressives Congress (APC) […]
On Tuesday, August 26, 2025, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) staged protests across Nigeria’s federal universities, calling on stakeholders, including the National Assembly and traditional leaders, to urge President Bola Tinubu to address their demands or risk a nationwide strike, as reported by Vanguard and AllAfrica.com. The protests, spanning institutions like the Universities […]
On Wednesday, August 27, 2025, Omobolanle Agboola, a US-based Nigerian nurse researcher and PhD candidate at the University of Minnesota, highlighted income insecurity, transportation challenges, and social isolation as major drivers of poor health in Nigerian communities, based on a whole-person health study conducted in Lagos, as reported by Vanguard. The study, involving 180 participants […]