Tag: UNITED STATES
US considers restricting Nigerian students to two-year courses
Foreign students including Nigerians could be restricted to admission into US universities for not more than a two-year period, a proposed government policy has...
Visa ban: Yahaya Bello accuses US of partisanship
Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello has accused US authorities of being partisan following the visa restrictions placed on Nigerians who stoked violence and election...
Publish names of sanctioned election riggers, Wike tells US
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has called on the United States to publish the names of Nigerians who were recently placed on visa ban...
Ex-US soldier’s kidnappers demand N20m ransom
Kidnappers of the retired United States Army officer Major Jide Ijadare have demanded N20million for his release, a family source has revealed.
Leadership gathered that...
Former US soldier abducted in Ekiti, employee shot dead
One person has been killed while a retired US Army officer Maj. Jide Ijadare and one other person have been abducted in Ekiti, police...
US charges 11 Nigerians with fresh $6m fraud
The United States has arraigned 11 Nigerians over $6 million bank fraud.
This comes just days after the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) declared six...
Nigerian arraigned in US over $6m romance scam
A Nigerian, Martins Inalegwu, 31, was on Wednesday arraigned in a court in the United States for allegedly playing part in a wire and...
Former NLC leader, Ayodele Akele, dies in US
A former labour leader and human rights activist, Ayodele Akele, has died in the United States.
Mr Akele, a former chairman of the Nigerian Labour...
6 Nigerians indicted in US over $6m fraud
The United States government has indicted six Nigerians for alleged internet-related fraud that caused American citizens and businesses over $6 million losses.
The US Department...
Probe killing of Toyin Salau, Abike Dabire tells US
Chairman/chief executive of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has called on the United States to ensure thorough investigation into the death of...