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201 Nigerians To Be Deported from Us amid Trump’s immigration crackdown
At least 201 Nigerians are set to be deported from the United States, with 85 already cleared for immediate eviction. This move is part of President Donald Trump’s immigration policy, which has been targeting undocumented immigrants. According to the US Ambassador to Nigeria, Richard Mills Jr., the deportees will be taken to Lagos, although the…
Netanyahu Vows To Unleash Misery On Gaza Over Failure To Release All Israeli Hostages
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to open the gates of hell in Gaza if Hamas fails to return all hostages, pointing to a joint US-Israeli strategy to take on the Palestinian militants. In a joint statement with visiting US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Prime Minister Netanyahu revealed that Israel has a common…
US Okays Plan to Strike Iranian Targets in Syria, Iraq – Officials Reveal
US authorities have greenlit a series of strikes targeting Iranian sites in Syria and Iraq, according to officials speaking to CBS News, a US partner of the BBC. These strikes are set to unfold over several days, contingent upon the weather conditions for their launch. The decision follows a drone assault that claimed the lives…
26-Year-Old Nigerien Bags 78-Month Imprisonment in US Over Firearm Charges
A 26-year-old Nigerien national has been sentenced to federal prison on firearms charges related to his residency in the United States, as announced by U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Following a one-day trial, the jury took approximately one hour to deliberate before reaching guilty verdicts on March 14, 2023, against Moctar Ahmadou Gouroudja Ahmadou. U.S….
US Launches Retaliatory Strikes on Hezbollah Sites in Iraq
The U.S. military carried out airstrikes on locations in Iraq linked to the Kataib Hezbollah militia and other Iranian-affiliated groups. These strikes were a retaliatory measure following an attack by pro-Iranian militias, who had launched multiple missiles at the U.S. Army’s Ain al-Assad base on January 20. Late Tuesday, the U.S. Central Command (Centcom) revealed…
US Asks Tinubu To Implement #EndSARS Reports, Prosecute Indicted Persons
Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been urged by the United States government to carry out the recommendations from multiple #EndSARS panels of inquiry established in over 20 states across the country. These panels were instituted to investigate instances of human rights abuses by security agencies during the 2020 #EndSARS protests. This call was made by the…
US, UK Launch Fresh Air Strikes Against Yemen’s Houthi
Forces of the United States’ Central Command, in collaboration with the United Kingdom Armed Forces and support from Australia, Canada, Bahrain, and the Netherlands, launched coordinated strikes on eight Houthi targets in Yemen on Monday night. The operation, revealed in a statement by the US Central Command on X (formerly Twitter) early Tuesday, aimed to…
US court to give back to Nigeria more than ₦5 billion in stolen assets
A US court in New Jersey has decided to allow the return of assets estimated to be worth $8.9 million that were purportedly taken in 2014 by Nigerian government officials to their home nation. The Attorney General of Jersey reportedly delivered a forfeiture notice to the Royal Court of Jersey in November, according to the…
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