Boko Haram threatens to kill 400 women and children if Nigeria refuses $3.5 million ransom
Boko Haram militants have threatened to execute more than 400 women and children they are holding hostage within 72 hours. A faction from the terror group delivered the ultimatum in…
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U.S.: Court rejects States’ lawsuit over federal layoffs
A federal appeals court has struck down a multistate lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s decision to terminate thousands of probationary federal employees, ruling that the states had no legal basis…
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to freeze $4 billion in foreign aid
The Trump administration has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a high-stakes dispute over billions of dollars in foreign assistance funds. At the center of the clash is…
Trump announces new federal guidance on prayer in public schools
Speaking at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump declared that his administration will soon release updated federal guidelines designed to strengthen protections for prayer in…
Supreme court backs Trump’s immigration raids in Los Angeles
The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily cleared the path for the Trump administration to press forward with expansive immigration enforcement operations in the Los Angeles area, a decision that overturns…
Ivory Coast excludes ex-President Gbagbo, opposition leader Thiam from October 25 election
Ivory Coast’s constitutional council has excluded former president Laurent Gbagbo and opposition leader Tidjane Thiam from the October 25, 2025 presidential election. Both were removed from the electoral register –…
U.S. tightens non-immigrant visa rules
Travellers planning to visit the United States will now face stricter guidelines when applying for non-immigrant visas, following a new directive from the U.S. Department of State that took effect…
Atiku mourns victims of deadly Boko Haram attack in Borno
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has expressed profound grief over the killing of dozens of people, including Nigerian soldiers, during a recent Boko Haram attack on Darajamal, a community in…
63 lives lost in Borno Jihadist attack
At least 63 people have been confirmed dead after jihadist militants stormed the town of Darul Jamal in northeastern Nigeria, an area near the Cameroon border that has long been…
USAfrica: Dr. Anakwenze’s vision and “Visit of Brotherhood” to Igbanke
Special to USAfrica magazine (Houston) and USAfricaonline.com, the first Africa-owned, US-based newspaper published on the Internet By Chris Agbedo, Professor of Linguistics at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Fellow at the…
Ministry of judges welfare. By Chidi Anselm Odinkal
When the House of Lords, as the upper chamber of the UK Parliament is called, debated the Courts Bill introduced by the government of Edward Heath in December 1970, Lord…
Jihadists kill 63 in attack on Nigerian town
By Adamu Aliyu Ngulde with Audu Ali Marte in Darul Jamal and Nicholas Roll in Abuja. Ref: AFP Jihadists killed at least 63 people in northeastern Nigeria while storming a…
As Trump Enrolls in the Evil Axis. By Chidi Amuta
Dr. Chidi Amuta is Executive Editor of USAfrica, since 1993. in the first week of August 225, China seized the opportunity of its celebration of the 80th anniversary of the…
Rising land disputes threaten peace efforts in Eastern Congo
Farmers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo who recently returned to their villages after fleeing a violent offensive by the M23 rebel group are discovering that their land is no…
CBN launches compliance unit to tackle financial risks
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has unveiled a dedicated Compliance Department, a move that underscores its determination to strengthen oversight of non-prudential risks across the nation’s financial system. This…
U.S. halts EB-2 VISA approvals until October
The U.S. State Department has announced that the employment-based second preference (EB-2) immigrant visa category has become unavailable for the remainder of the 2025 fiscal year, following the exhaustion of…
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