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The United States Embassy in Nigeria has confirmed that it will partially suspend visa issuance from January 1, 2026. This was confirmed in a post on its official X page on Monday night. Nigeria is one of 19 countries affected by President Donald Trump’s new directive on immigration. The tweet read: “Effective January 1, 2026, at 12:01 a.m. EST, in line with Presidential Proclamation 10998 on ‘Restricting and Limiting the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the Security of the United States,’ the Department of State is partially suspending visa issuance to nationals of 19 countries – Angola, Antigua and…

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced bye-elections for the Ahoada East II and Khana II state constituencies in Rivers State, scheduled for February 21, 2026. The commission disclosed this during its extraordinary meeting held on Monday, where it also reviewed preparations for the Federal Capital Territory Area Council elections, set for the same date. DAILY POST reports that under Section 116 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), INEC is empowered to conduct bye-elections to fill vacancies in state assemblies. Recall that the Ahoada East II seat became vacant following the resignation of its former member, while the Khana…

The Jigawa State Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, has vowed to investigate a suspected trafficking case involving six persons handed over by the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, in the state. The agency’s commander, Mr Abdulkadir Turajo, gave this assurance on Monday in Dutse while receiving the victims. Turajo said the agency received the six victims from NIS personnel at the Babura Plantation Border Patrol Base in Babura Local Government Area of the state. He explained that the suspects comprised two males and four females, aged between 32 and 36. The commander added…

Bayelsa United head coach Meremu Okpara has attributed their Matchday 17 defeat to Kwara United to a loss of concentration. The Prosperity Boys went down 2-0 to Kwara United at the Rashidi Yekini Mainbowl Stadium in Ilorin on Sunday. Strikes from Babatunde Bright and Ini Emmanuel were enough to secure maximum points for Kwara United. Okpara commended Kwara United for their resilience in securing the victory. “We started the game well. Worst would have been a draw as we had the first half; Kwara United had the second half where they got the goals,” Okpara stated after the game. “Kwara…

Galaxy Backbone has topped the latest Bureau of Public Service Reforms scorecard ranking of government agency websites, outpacing other Ministries, Departments, and Agencies in online performance. The ranking places Galaxy Backbone first with a score of 49, followed by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board with 48 points, while several export, revenue, and regulatory agencies clustered closely behind. Speaking at the Scorecard Ranking of Ministries, Departments and Agencies Websites for the 2024–2025 assessment period on Monday, in Abuja, the Director General of BPSR, Dasuki Arabi, explained the purpose of the initiative, saying, “We came up with this idea of…

The Edo State Commissioner of Police, Monday Agbonika, has said the command arrested 821 suspects for various crimes and rescued 377 kidnapped victims across the state in 2025, Agbonika disclosed this on Monday, while addressing journalists during a press conference in Benin, where he presented a summary of the command’s major achievements for the year. According to figures released by the police, the arrests included 39 suspects for armed robbery, 171 for kidnapping, 117 for murder, 62 for rape and sexual offences, 239 for cultism, 36 for unlawful possession of firearms, and 157 for other offences. The command also recorded…

Burnley striker Lyle Foster scored in the 79th minute as South Africa edged Angola 2-1 in Marrakesh on Monday to win their opening match of an Africa Cup of Nations campaign for the first time in 21 years. Since beating Benin in the 2004 tournament, Bafana Bafana have drawn twice and lost four times when they debuted in different editions of the premier African football tournament. The opening Group B match had three distinct phases. South Africa started impressively, and Oswin Appollis scored in 21 minutes before a small crowd in the near-42,000-seat stadium. Angola controlled the rest of the…

Bitcoin culture, by nature, is anarchical and chaotic. It has to be, given the nature of Bitcoin itself and the people who adopted it: free-market libertarians who’ve gone all in on turning computer code into a form of money divorced from central banks, government intervention, and traceability. In short, it’s the exact opposite culture of Washington, DC, home of the federal government, where everyone agrees that the American dollar exists and is worth X amount because the government says so.So it was a bizarre shock to K Street, the corporate lobbying heart of the nation’s capital, when it was announced…

Tokenized US Treasurys have emerged as one of the fastest-growing segments of the real-world asset (RWA) market, with data pointing to 50x growth in less than two years amid rising institutional demand for on-chain yield.Data from Token Terminal shows that the combined market capitalization of tokenized US Treasury products has exploded from well under $200 million in January 2024 to almost $7 billion in late 2025. The growth underscores the rapid acceleration of onchain adoption for government-backed debt instruments. Source: Token TerminalAt the center of this expansion is BlackRock’s USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL), which is widely regarded as…

James Ransone is survived by his wife, Jamie McPhee, and two kids. News broke on Sunday, December 21 that The Wire alum died at age 46. Us Weekly confirmed via the Los Angeles Medical Examiner records that Ransone had died by suicide. McPhee has since spoken out in the wake of her husband’s death with a heartfelt Instagram tribute. “I told you I have loved you 1000 times before and I know I will love you again,” she captioned the social media post on Sunday. “You told me — I need to be more like you and you need to…