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 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 […]
On Monday, August 25, 2025, the second day of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Annual General Conference at the International Conference Centre in Enugu was marked by protests demanding the release of Hon. Bright Ngene, a Labour Party member of the Enugu State House of Assembly and NBA member, currently serving a seven-year sentence, as […]
On Monday, August 25, 2025, the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) announced the closure of 22 illegal Colleges of Education operating without government accreditation, following a nationwide crackdown, as reported by Vanguard and Punch. The NCCE also conducted personnel audits and financial monitoring across all 21 federal colleges of education to ensure compliance, […]
On Monday, August 25, 2025, the Anambra State Police Command launched an investigation into the disturbing case of a young man, Chigbo (alias Agudo), allegedly chained by his father for five years in Igboukwu, Aguata Local Government Area, as reported by Vanguard and Punch. Commissioner of Police Ikioye Orutugu, commending community youths for exposing the […]
On Sunday, August 24, 2025, Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to strengthening family values and accelerating development in Niger Delta communities during the 90th birthday celebration of Mama Keketobou Jane Kuku, mother of Hon. Kingsley Kuku, former Special Adviser on Niger Delta Affairs, held at the First African Church, Arogbo, as […]