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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Saturday the U.S. is revoking all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders, accusing the country’s transitional government of refusing to accept its repatriated citizens deported by the Trump administration. It marks the first time the Trump administration has singled out passport holders of an individual country as President Donald Trump warns…
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Amnesty International Nigeria has accused the Nigeria police of killing at least 24 people during peaceful protests over economic hardship and hunger in several northern states between August 1 and 10, 2024. In a statement released Saturday via its verified social media platforms, the organization stated that the deaths occurred in Borno, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina,…
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Good morning from MEZIESBLOG! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian newspapers: 1. The Federal Government has declared Monday, March 31 and Tuesday, April 1, 2025, as public holidays to mark the Eid-el-Fitr celebration. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government on Wednesday in a statement by the Ministry’s…
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Good morning from MEZIESBLOG! Here is today’s summary of news from Nigerian newspapers: 1. The House of Representatives has retained Value Added Tax, VAT, at 7.5 per cent and rejected a staggered increase to 15 per cent by 2030 as proposed in the Tax Reform Bills being debated at the National Assembly. 2. Following the remarks…
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Good morning from MEZIESBLOG! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian newspapers: 1. Two persons were confirmed dead yesterday, while 14 others were rescued alive from the rubble after a three-storey building with a penthouse under construction collapsed, on Oriwu Street, in the Lekki area of Lagos. The victims were labourers working at the site located at…
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A retired Joint Task Force (JTF) Commander, Isma’il Tanko Wudilawa, has responded to claims by U.S. lawmaker, Scott Perry that United States Agency for International Development, USAID, is allegedly sponsoring acts of terrorism worldwide, including in Nigeria. Recall that US Congressman, Scott Perry had alleged that USAID was providing funding to terrorist organisations, including Boko…
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The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun was under fire on Tuesday when the Senate told him that it was not satisfied with the explanation by the Nigeria Police Force over a total of 3,907 assault rifles and pistols allegedly missing from its armoury as at January 2020, insisting that the police must account for…
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Good afternoon from MEZIESBLOG! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Nentawe Yilwatda, says some politicians, including state governors, are trying to influence beneficiaries captured in the social register for the federal government’s conditional cash transfer. The minister, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily,…
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Good morning from MEZIESBLOG! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian newspapers: 1. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed board chairpersons for 42 federal organisations and a Secretary to the Board of the Civil Defence, Immigration, and Prisons Services. This was contained in a statement by Bayo Onanuga, the presidential spokesperson on Friday. 2. President Bola Tinubu…
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Benefit fraudsters could be banned from driving and subject to bank account snooping if they fail to pay back the taxpayer, under a new government crackdown. In an effort to curb welfare fraud, the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched what has been dubbed the biggest fraud crackdown in a generation. The Public…
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Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have killed the abductors of Folashade Odumosu, the wife of former Assistant Inspector General of Police, Hakeem Odumosu. The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who disclosed this to Channels TV on Thursday morning, said the victim also regained her freedom on Wednesday. The retired AIG’s wife was kidnapped…
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Good morning from MEZIESBLOG! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian newspapers: 1. A wave of opposition grew on Wednesday against the 50 per cent telecommunications tariff hike approved by the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC. Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Trade Union Congress, TUC and Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG described it as insensitive. They said it came…
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Good morning from MEZIESBLOG! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian newspapers: 1. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday met with the leadership of the Ogoni nation at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The Ogoni leadership was led by the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara and His Royal Majesty, King Festus Babari Bagia Gberesaako XIII, the Gberemene…
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Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Monday declared a state of internal commotion in the northeastern Catatumbo region. Petro made the declaration citing the humanitarian crisis after the recent attacks by the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas that left at least 80 dead and 11,000 displaced. Condemning the attacks by the guerrillas, he said that the…
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended the pardons he doled out to people who were convicted for roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, protests — violent in some cases — on Capitol Hill, telling reporters that offenders have “already served years in prison.” Trump made the comments after an AI infrastructure announcement at the White House. Trump…
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Gunmen have shot and killed a 54-year-old prophet of the Celestial Church of Christ’s Eagle Parish in the Odo Eran Idiroko area of the Ogun State. The gunmen opened fire on the cleric during an active Sunday service and then escaped. The police spokesperson in the state Omolola Odutola confirmed the incident in a statement…
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