Trump administration pauses visa appointments worldwide
US President Donald Trump’s administration has issued a pause on visa appointments for applicants around the…

Rights Advocates criticised President Joe Biden of the United States for referring to an undocumented immigrant as an “illegal”.He was accused of echoing the dehumanising rhetoric of his predecessor, Donald Trump. Rights advocates and progressive lawmakers have long condemned the use of the term “illegal” to refer to human beings who do not have immigration…
When I was a kid, I can still remember situations when I refused to eat. It normally happened when I was annoyed. Whenever that happened, my mother wouldn’t utter a word. She would have her meal, and for what I then thought was an overkill, she would begin singing, Bamubamu la yoAwa o mo p’ebiNpo’mo…
Israel has not relented in its efforts to fire Palestinian civilians. Al Jazeera reports that its cameras captured some Israeli forces firing a crowd of Palestinians awaiting aid distribution at the Kuwait Roundabout in Gaza City. The attack is noted to be the second since yesterday. It is also reported that an Israeli air attack…
A federal judge on Thursday blocked a new Texas law that would give police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S., dealing a victory to the Biden administration with a broad rejection of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s immigration enforcement effort. U.S. District Judge David Ezra’s preliminary injunction pausing a law that…
The U.K.’s Upper House has passed five amendments on the Rwanda bill. If the amendments are ratified, it would make it harder for the lower house to declare Rwanda a “safe” country. It would therefore require the government to comply with domestic and in international laws. The amendments would also severely affect the main purpose…
A breathless, brutal display of attacking football saw us equal our record away win the Premier League for the second time in a matter of weeks. Following a 6-0 win at West Ham late last month, and a 5-0 hammering of Burnley in our last away league game, we were at it again at Bramall…
Di rising cost of living dey push Nigerians to di point wey be say dem no know wetin to do again. Wit inflation wey don almost hit di highest in thirty years for January, almost half of di population dey live inside poverty now. Di money wey dem dey earn dey below $1 a day….
When Donald Trump speaks at the southern border in Texas on Thursday, you can expect to hear him talk about “migrant crime,” a category he has coined and defined as a terrifying binge of criminal activity committed by undocumented immigrants spreading across the country. “You know, in New York, what’s happening with crime is it’s…
US President Donald Trump’s administration has issued a pause on visa appointments for applicants around the world amid ongoing immigration crackdown by the US government. Reuters reports that a US State Department spokesperson said on Tuesday that it launched a global training initiative at all US embassies and consulates worldwide and that appointments for visa service will be…
Canada announced it will match tariffs dollar for dollar on US products on Tuesday, marking a tit-for-tat escalation in the trade conflict with Canada’s largest trading partner. The National Post reports that Canada will impose 15, 25, and 30 per cent tariffs on products drawn from those targeted by US Section 338 and Section 232…
Photo credit: EWN South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has vowed there will be arrests for those who instigated unrest over the presence of undocumented migrants in the country. Eyewitness News reports that Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema on Tuesday told Ramaphosa that the failure to bring those responsible to book gives the impression…
I love great writers! Although they generally prefer not to wear the tag, ‘prophet’, they generally see the end right from the beginning. If Nigeria had listened to some of her writers, I believe our lot as a nation might have been better. I could still remember that Ray Ekpu predicted the burning of the…
Photo credit: Global News Ontario Premier Doug Ford and US President Donald Trump criticized each other on Monday, with Ford throwing the first jab during an interview with a local radio station. Speaking to The Associated Press Monday, Ford said, “He underestimates Canada. We’re all in. Up here, we’re at a fever pitch; everyone’s in…
Photo credit: LA Times The Trump administration is preparing to revoke the business and tourism visas of up to 200,000 foreigners who have applied for or are currently seeking asylum status in the US. Asia One reports that if it happens, the move would be the largest single mass revocation of visas in US history and would…