U.S. Mission Country Consular  Advisor , Susan Tuller on Friday revealed that the Embassy in Abuja and Consulate General in Lagos will make every effort to assist student visa applicants in a timely fashion while keeping personnel and customers safe.  “As we continue to prioritize the health and safety of our staff and customers, processing student visas remains a high priority for the U.S. Mission in Nigeria. “We will increase the number of student visa appointments in May and June to ensure that we can offer appointments to as many students as possible. If your U.S. studies are scheduled to begin this Fall, we encourage you to schedule your appointment as quickly as possible.” The consular coordinator explained that all student visa appointments must be booked through the  specified US travel website . She also cautioned applicants against the use of third-party services, including touts, and fixers who broker visa appointments. “Both Nigeria and the United ...

    India has now recorded 18.38million infections, over  360,000  cases in 24 hours,  about 201,180 people have now died, this week there have  been 3,293 fatalities according to health ministry data. Hospitals are running out of oxygen and beds, and many  patients  are being turned away. In the capital of New Delhi, carparks have been converted to crematoriums  to combust the dead  bodies .  Details coming soon.

Three police officers working in Ogun state police command were unceremoniously kicked out of the service after they were caught extorting Onehundred and fifty-three thousand Naira from one Sheriff Adedigba.   A statement from the police command's spokesperson, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, says the three policemen namely Inspector Sunday John, Sgt Jimoh Asimiya, and Sgt Solomon Adedapo, were alleged to have forcefully extorted the said amount from the victim while he was traveling from Abeokuta to Lagos.    Oyeyemi said having heard about the incident on social media, the state's commissioner of police, Edward Awolowo Ajogun, ordered the immediate arrest and detention of the officers involved in the dastardly act. The three policemen were quickly identified and apprehended.  He said the money was recovered from them and returned to the victim.  “The money was recovered from them and returned to the victim. They were subsequently arraigned for depart...

  Mohammed Yerima, army spokesman, in a declaration on Tuesday, said such distribution of soldiers’ photos on social media is unkind and  disrespectful. T he  army   b lustered  to take legal action to protect troops who   have died in the  line of  duty. “The Nigerian Army condemns in the strongest term possible, the indiscriminate sharing on social media of graphic pictures of personnel who paid the supreme price in the cause of defending and protecting the country from its adversaries,” Yerima said. “This act is not only unpatriotic but very insensitive and utterly reprehensible. Officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army deployed to various theatres of internal security operations are on legitimate duties and are in the harm’s way to defend and protect the country from those who are intent on destroying it. “In the course of carrying out this constitutional mandate, troops put their lives on the line to ensure that innocent citizens and i...

The Nigerian Air Force on Monday said it was investigating report that it killed 20 Army personnel by explosive in an air strike at Mainok, Borno State. It was reported  that an Air Force fighter jet on a mission against Boko Haram  fundamentalists   accidentally attacked  men of the Nigerian Army, killing over 20 officers. The troops were said to have been reinforced from Ngandu village to Mainok, which was under attack by militants from the Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). Reacting, NAF in a tweet on Monday said the general public will be duly updated after it concludes its investigation on the incident. It, however, urged Nigerians to forward their enquirers to info@airforce.mil.ng. “The attention of the @NigAirForce has been drawn to reports alleging “How NAF Killed over 20 Nigerian Army Personnel by Accident in Air Strike,” at Mainok which is about 55klm to Maiduguri. ”The NAF wishes to state that visual...

#EndSARS The Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution of Victims for  The Special Anti-Robbery Squad ( SARS )   and other related matters continued  its session on Saturday. During the sitting, a trader, Mrs Gift Effiong, told the panel that she has been looking for her husband since he left home during the #EndSARS protests in 2020. The witness narrated how she went from one police station to another searching for her husband, she also went  to prisons, hospitals and  mortuaries,  but all  efforts  proved abortive The mother of six pleaded with the panel to help her find her husband. Also family members and relatives of late Paul Lucky are still looking for the missing body, a former driver and security officer at Jakande Estate, in the Ilasan/Ajah area. On October 20, Mr Lucky reportedly had an altercation with a police officer, Sgt John Dagbo of the Ilasan police station, who allegedly shot him and took his body away. A witness, Mr Olanre...

Popular Nollywood  actor, Olarenwaju James Omiyinka, aka Baba Ijesha, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command.   The 48-year-old actor was detained for allegedly molesting a 14-year-old girl over the course of 7 years.   The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this in a statement titled, "Lagos police arrest, investigate popular Nollywood actor for defilement". The statement reads: "The Lagos State Police Command has arrested one Olarenwaju James ‘male’ 48, aka Baba Ijesha, popular Nollywood actor for defiling a minor.   "The case of defilement was reported on 19th April, 2021 by one Princess Adekola Adekanya ‘female’ at Sabo Police Station and transferred to the Gender Unit of the State CID, Panti, Yaba Lagos for proper investigation.   "Based on preliminary findings, the suspect started sexually assaulting the victim, 14 years, since she was seven years old.   "The suspect confessed to the crime and was a...