Twenty-four Democratic-led states and cities have filed lawsuits against President Donald Trump over his attempt to end birthright citizenship in the U.S. The lawsuits contend that an executive order signed by Trump on January 20 violates the 14th Amendment, which guarantees citizenship to all children born in the country. “Despite the President’s broad authority to…
Over 5,000 Nigerian women are currently stranded in Iraq after being sent there as caregivers, according to the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM). The commission’s chairman, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, shared this information during a seminar on “Sensitisation and Advocacy Program for Promoting Diaspora Investment Potentials in South-West Nigeria,” held in Lagos. The event was organized by…
Officials from the Trump administration shut down a mobile app designed for migrants to schedule appointments at the U.S.-Mexico border just minutes after the new president took office on Monday, January 20. By disabling the CBP One app, officials from Customs and Border Protection (CBP) effectively canceled all pending appointments for migrants without visas who…
Kemi Badenoch, leader of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party, has expressed concerns about the potential consequences of poor governance in Britain, drawing a comparison to the challenges faced by Nigeria. Badenoch made the comments during her first speech of the year at an event organized by Onward, a UK-based think tank focused on economic and…
John Tafara Madzikatire a business manallegedly k!IIed himself outside his girlfriend’s home in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. The married father-of-two and owner of a butchery was found d£ad with a gunsh0t wound to the head on Saturday, January 18, 2025. Police were called to Cowdray Park suburb at around 9PM after residents reported finding the body…
President-elect Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he will soon make a decision regarding TikTok’s operations following the Supreme Court’s ruling. The court upheld a law mandating the platform’s ban unless its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, sells it to an American firm. On Friday, January 17, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to intervene in…
On Friday, January 17, President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of nearly 2,500 individuals convicted of non-violent drug offenses, marking what the White House described as the largest single-day act of clemency in U.S. history. The individuals whose sentences were commuted had been serving what Biden referred to as “disproportionately long sentences” compared to what…
Jack Smith, the special counsel who led the prosecution against U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, has resigned and left the country ahead of Trump’s inauguration on January 20. Officials stated in a document submitted to U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon that Smith had completed his duties and submitted his final confidential report on January 7. He…
American rapper and YouTuber DDG has hinted at the possibility of relocating to Lagos or London amid the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles. In a post on X, the rapper voiced his growing dissatisfaction with life in the United States, calling his home country increasingly unappealing. “America lowkey not it no more ngl.. might have…
Former child star Rory Callum Sykes, 32, tragically lost his life in the devastating wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles. His mother, Shelley Sykes, shared the heartbreaking news of his death in a fire that engulfed his home. It is believed that Rory was trapped inside a small cottage near Malibu when the flames broke out.…
