DSS arrests two suspected kidnap kingpins at hajj camps in Abuja and Sokoto
Two high-profile kidnap suspects were apprehended by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) during a strategic covert operation on Sunday, May 19, 2025, as they attempted to travel…
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Access holdings declare N125.29bn dividend amid robust 2024 financial performance
Access Holdings Plc has received shareholder approval to distribute a total dividend of N125.29 billion for the 2024 financial year, marking a substantial 67% increase from the N74.6 billion paid…
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Trump begin resettling White South Africans amid diplomatic backlash
Resettlement Plans Move Ahead. President Trump had initially suspended refugee admissions shortly after taking office in January. However, a February…
UK to restrict visa applications from Nigeria, certain nationalities
The UK government is reportedly preparing to restrict visa applications from certain nationalities deemed more likely to overstay or claim…
Air Seychelles partners with Airbus to boost A320neo fleet efficiency
Air Seychelles has entered into a strategic agreement with Airbus to adopt the aircraft manufacturer’s Flight Hour Services – Fleet…
Rwanda confirms early talks with U.S. on receiving deported migrants
Rwanda has confirmed that preliminary discussions are underway with the United States regarding the possible transfer of deported migrants, according…
Air Peace grounds flights as NiMet strike halts weather services
Nigeria’s largest carrier, Air Peace, suspended all flight operations on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, following an indefinite strike by the…
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Soma Francess Okereke takes the stage in Paris on flare gas solutions.
By Chido Nwangwu. Follow on X (Twitter) @Chido247 Special to USAfrica magazine (Houston) and USAfricaonline.com, the first Africa-owned, US-based…
U.S. pushes 10% tariff to strengthen domestic production – Jamieson Greer
According to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, the United States plans to retain its blanket…
Naira struggles as dollar gains, despite oil output rise
The Nigerian naira faced renewed volatility in the unofficial market, trading around the ₦1,620.25/$ mark…
Market dips as NGX-ASI holds N68tn; TANTALIZER, VFDGROUP lead trades
Nigerian Stock Market Dips 0.43% Amid Lower Trading Volume The Nigerian equities market began the…
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Trump: Beyond the Deal Making. By Chidi Amuta
Dr. Chidi Amuta is Executive Editor of USAfrica, since 1993. Special to USAfrica magazine (Houston) and USAfricaonline.com, first African-owned, US-based newspaper…
Nigeria and Drift to One-Party State. By Abdu Rafiu
Abdu Rafiu is the contributor of 'The Ram Column' to USAfrica. Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, the national chairman of APC, does not see…
Jim Nwobodo @85: visionary and titan. By Chiedozie Ogbonnia
On Friday, May 9, 2025, people from all walks of life gathered at the country home of Chief Jim Nwobodo,…
Insecurity in Nigeria: 614,937 killed in 1 year; 2.2 million kidnapped, $1,438,040,707 paid in ransom
Nigeria recorded more than 600,000 deaths from insecurity between May 2023 and April 2024, according to data by the National…
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Cassie testifies against Diddy, says she would return $20M to erase years of abuse
In a deeply emotional testimony that has drawn national attention, singer Cassie Ventura told a New York court that she…
Diddy’s sex trafficking and racketeering trial begins in New York court
Legal proceedings are now underway in New York in the high-profile trial of music industry icon Sean “Diddy” Combs, who…
Halle Bailey granted restraining order against ex-boyfriend DDG over abuse allegations
A Los Angeles judge has issued a restraining order in favor of actress and singer Halle Bailey, following serious allegations…
Blogger convicted for libel against MFM founder
A blogger, Adewale Ajimisogbe, has been convicted by the Federal High Court in Lagos on charges of cyberbullying and libel…
Portable sentenced for assault, and resisting arrest
Habeeb Okikiola, the Nigerian street-hop singer widely known as Portable, has been handed a three-month prison sentence with an option…
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Karua condemns Tanzania deportation and warns of East Africa’s democratic decline
Kenyan lawyer and opposition figure Martha Karua has raised serious concerns about the state of democracy in East Africa following her deportation from Tanzania, where she had planned to attend…
Wike urges PDP to zone 2027 presidency to South, warns against repeating 2023 mistakes
Federal Capital Territory Minister and former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has called on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to commit to zoning its 2027 presidential ticket to the…
Ramaphosa slams emigrating Afrikaners as “cowards,” rejects U.S. refugee claims
President Cyril Ramaphosa has strongly criticized the recent emigration of 59 white South Africans to the United States, describing their departure as an act of cowardice and rejecting claims that…
The patriots and the inevitability of resetting Nigeria
This message is for concerned and patriotic Nigerians who may have missed the news of the momentous Inauguration Ceremony of Convening/Coordinating Committee of The National Summit on the Future of…
Mali’s military junta dissolves all political parties
In a significant escalation of its grip on power, Mali’s ruling military junta has officially disbanded all political parties across the country. The decision, which further entrenches military rule, was…
Ganduje and China’s execution noose. By Suyi Ayodele
Special to USAfrica magazine (Houston) and USAfricaonline.com, the first African-owned, US-based newspaper published on the Internet. Suyi Ayodele, a columnist for the Nigerian Tribune, is a contributor to USAfricaonline.com "I have…
First group of White South Africans relocate to U.S. under Trump’s “refugee policy”
A group of 49 white South Africans who have been granted refugee status by the United States on the grounds of racial discrimination departed for Washington on Monday, May 12,…
Nigeria’s education system remains under threat. By Abdu Rafiu
Abdu Rafiu is the contributor of 'The Ram Column' to USAfrica. Our education system has been under threat for a very long time. Consequently, standards have been going rapidly downhill. The…
Nigeria, Burkina Faso, and latest challenges to Africa’s progress. By James Mbanugo
Special to USAfrica magazine (Houston) and USAfricaonline.com, the first Africa-owned, US-based newspaper published on the Internet. By James Mbanugo I think that the docile Africans are the core reason foreign countries…
U.S. and China reach 90-day tariff truce amid renewed trade talks
In a significant step toward easing prolonged trade hostilities, the United States and China have agreed to a temporary reduction in tariffs, setting the stage for further negotiations aimed at…
Pope Leo XIV appeals to world powers for “no more war”
Pope Leo XIV appealed to the world's major powers for "no more war", in his first Sunday message (today May 11, 2025 to crowds in St. Peter's Square since his…
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