The U.S. denied an Iranian delegation entry to attend the World Cup draw in the country, according to the spokesperson for the Iranian Football Federation (FFI), Amir-Mehdi Alawi. Among those affected were FFI President Mehdi Taj, Head Coach Amir Ghalenoei, and seven other FFI officials, the spokesperson said, according to the daily newspaper Shargh. The…
The United States has announced that its embassies and consulates around the world, including Nigeria, will reduce public communications as the government shutdown in Washington continues. In notices posted on official channels, the diplomatic missions said they would suspend routine updates āuntil full operations resume,ā while still sharing urgent safety and security information when necessary….
The State of Georgia in the United States has conferred honorary citizenship on former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi. Obi disclosed the development in a statement on X on Friday, following his participation in the Black Congressional Week events in Washington, DC. He said the dayās activities began with the Congressional…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a nationwide alert for a Nigerian man, Olumide Adebiyi Adediran, wanted for violating conditions of release in connection with multiple federal fraud charges. Adediran, also known by numerous aliases including Kevin Olumide Adediran, Eric O. Williams, Stephen Dediyi, and Maxo Alexandre, is accused of bank fraud, identity…
A U.S. federal court has handed down a second life sentence to David Deval Martin, 40, of McIntosh County, Oklahoma, for the savage 2013 killing of a Checotah woman he once dated. Martin was convicted by a federal jury in October 2024 of murder in Indian Country after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the…
A top US official, Tom Homan, was caught accepting a $50,000 cash bribe in exchange for facilitating government contracts for business executives in an undercover investigation by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), a report by MSNBC has shown. Mr Homan, the White House border czar responsible for co-piloting the present administrationās immigration crackdown,…
US President Donald Trump publicly urged his Justice Department on Saturday to take action against his enemies, the latest in a series of moves that critics say have shattered the agencyās traditional independence. In a social media post addressing āPamā ā apparently Attorney General Pam Bondi ā Trump fumed over the lack of legal action…
The United States Department of State has released its 2025 Fiscal Transparency Report, a congressionally mandated assessment designed to evaluate the openness and accountability of governments around the world. According to the report, published on September 19, 71 of the 140 governments and entities assessed met the minimum fiscal transparency standards, while 69 failed to…
Nigerian-Americans, Christopher Adesoji Falade, 62, and his son Emmanuel Oluwademilade Falade, 32, have been federally charged with wire fraud in connection with a housing stabilization programme in Minnesota, according to the U.S. Attorneyās Office for the District of Minnesota. The pair, operating through their company Faladcare Inc., are accused of submitting inflated and fraudulent reimbursement…
A Nigerian man living in the United Kingdom, Farouk Adekunle Adepoju has been arrested following a U.S. request for extradition on charges of wire fraud and computer fraud, Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced. Adepoju was arrested by U.K. authorities on September 15, 2025, and is awaiting extradition to face a seven-count indictment in…