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*Individuals who unlawfully cross the U.S. Southwest border will generally be processed under Title 8 expedited removal authority in a matter of days *will be barred from reentry to the United States for at least five years if ordered removed *would be presumed ineligible for asylum under the proposed Circumvention of Lawful Pathways regulation, absent an applicable exception United States …

*VP at 5th Awards dinner highlights PEBEC successes by the Buhari administration *MDAs, state government, others honoured for their roles in implementation The Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari has made significant efforts in improving the business environment in Nigeria through the implementation of ease of doing business reforms, but more needs to be done in the coming years to …

Charges on entrenching professionalism, community-oriented policing Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba has ordered the immediate deployment of Commissioners of police to various commands across the country.   IGP Baba’s action followed the approval of his recommendation for the posting of Commissioners of Police to various State Commands by the Police Service Commission (PSC). The IGP tasked …

Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on Wednesday, lashed out at the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), saying his alleged ‘sins’ against Nigerians would never be forgiven. The separatist group, in a statement by its Director of Media and Publicity, Emma Powerful, was reacting to Buhari’s recent appeal that “all those that I have hurt, I ask that they pardon …

Nigeria’s Federal Government said $1.2 million was spent to deploy 40 buses to evacuate at least 2,400 stranded Nigerians out of Sudan. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, disclosed this to State House correspondents shortly after the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by the President Muhammadu Buhari at the Council Chambers of Aso Rock Villa, Abuja on Wednesday, …

Helena, Mont. (AP) — Montana Republican leaders will vote Wednesday on censuring or expelling lawmaker Zooey Zephyr, a transgender state representative who has been silenced in the House since last week after telling colleagues that if they voted for a bill to ban gender-affirming medical care for transgender children they would “have blood on their hands.” On Tuesday night, Zephyr …

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, on Wednesday, received a team of the Nigeria Air Force War College who were in Edo to understudy the state’s mining sector security management system, said to have repositioned its mining sector as the third most active in the country. The Commandant, Air Force War College Nigeria, Air Vice Marshall Abraham Adole, led the …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday, commissioned the Imose tablet Production Center at the Benin Technical College, where students will be equipped with the skills to produce and repair tablet computers. Obaseki was accompanied on the commissioning by the Secretary to State Government, Osarodion Ogie Esq.; Chief of Staff, Hon Osaigbovo Iyoha; Commissioner for Education, Dr. Joan Osa …

—Says some evacuations already done via sea—Diplomats to remain on ground to oversee exercise–Gives priority to childre, women—Spends $1.2m to hire buses The Federal Government on Wednesday, said that no Nigerian life has been lost in the war-torn Sudan, since the outbreak of the conflict on April 15 as a result of a power struggle between the leaders of Sudan’s …

Barring any unprecedented legal decisions, Bola Tinubu will be sworn in as Nigeria’s next president on 29 May 2023. This follows the 1st March declaration by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of his victory in the keenly contested February 25th election. The runners-up of the contest have already submitted petitions to the courts protesting this declaration and, in this election of many …