Month: June 2025

A high-level delegation from the Federal Government of Nigeria has arrived in Saudi Arabia to receive the remains of late business magnate and elder statesman, Alhaji Aminu Dantata, ahead of his burial in the Islamic holy city of Madinah. Alhaji Dantata, aged 94, passed away in the wee hours of Saturday in Abu Dhabi, United […]

Armed policemen, on Monday morning, laid siege to the Wadata Plaza national secretariat of the major opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). LEADERSHIP reports that PDP had slated Monday, June 30, 2025 for its much-talked-about National Executive Committee (NEC) and Board of Trustees (BoT) meetings. BoT members, who were supposed to meet earlier, were […]

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced a new policy that will significantly affect refugees and asylum seekers seeking to sponsor their spouses for immigration benefits. Effective July 3, 2025, USCIS will only recognise legally registered civil marriages between principal refugees or asylees and their spouses when processing derivative immigration applications. This […]

Following the Police siege on the Wadata Plaza national secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday, the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT) has changed the venue of its scheduled meeting to Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja. “The Meeting of the Board of Trustees (BoT) Meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), earlier […]

The 2023 Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has again assured his numerous supporters that he will be on the ballot for the presidency in 2027 and will be willing to do one term in office. “I have not joined in any form of discussion on joint tickets including with Atiku. “If there is any […]

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised an alarm on a silent global epidemic of loneliness, saying 871,000 die from it annually. In a report released on Monday, WHO revealed that loneliness is now considered a serious public health threat. According to the report by the WHO Commission on Social Connection, an estimated one in […]

Germany said it will abolish its global visa appeal mechanism, known as the remonstration procedure from July 1, 2025, eliminating a pathway for foreign nationals, including Nigerians, to challenge visa rejections directly through embassies. The Federal Foreign Office of Germany announced the scrapping in an official update published on its website, along with clarifications on […]