Cote d'Ivoire Football Fans Denied US Visas for 2026 FIFA World Cup
Côte d’Ivoire will play two of their three group matches in Philadelphia, against Ecuador on June 15 and Curacao on June 25.
Côte d’Ivoire will play two of their three group matches in Philadelphia, against Ecuador on June 15 and Curacao on June 25.
The Ogun State Police Command PPRO said with the Gateway Shield, Ogun State becomes a model for citizen-centric security, driven by innovation anchored on trust.
The NNPP lawyers said the time for equivocation, hesitation, or administrative delay on the part of INEC has long elapsed, adding that continued refusal by the Commission to comply with subsisting court decisions amount to a direct affront to the authority of the Court of Appeal.
Participants include Chairmen and CEOs of the 20 Clubs in the Nigeria Premier Football League, Chairmen and CEOs of the NPFL, NNL, NWFL and the NLO, as well as some top officials of the NFF.
The suspected gunrunners were identified as EMMANUEL CHUKWUEMEKA, CLIFFORD BOLEYELEFA, AMADI PRINCEWILL, and AMADI FELIX CHIBUIKE, who were arrested in separate intelligence-led operations conducted in Bayelsa and Imo States.
Justice MUSA LIMAN of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja made the decision based on an application by KANU’s lawyer, UCHENNA NJOKU; Senior Advocate of Nigeria, as the annual vacation by judges came to an end today, September 15.
The President directed that the investigation be concluded and a comprehensive report submitted to him within 30 days.
The Coroner’s Court was informed that hearing is suspended pending the outcome of a meeting between the State Attorney General and all parties involved, which is scheduled for May 12, 2026.
NDLEA and US-DEA expressed commitment towards strengthening of existing partnership to counter the operations of drug cartels and decimate their capacity to fund other organized crimes such as extremism and terrorism.
“At this point in my political journey, I have come to the conclusion that I must seek another political platform for the pursuit of the progressive values I cherish. I have now decided to join the Social Democratic Party (SDP)” El-Rufai stated."
Narcotic Commander UZOMA slumped and died in a hotel where he had taken up temporary residence, one month he resumed duty in Calabar on August 18, 2025.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the South African envoy is a "race-baiting politician" who hates President Trump. He has been ordered to depart the US by Friday, March 21.
The suspects in EFCC custody included four Chinese and twenty-seven Nigerians, who are alleged to be suppliers and were found in possession of unprocessed solid minerals, suspected to have been illegally mined.
The high-octane encounter in the Indian Ocean Island lived up to its billing, with both teams matched strength-for-strength and pace-for-pace for large swathes of the game at the Amaan Stadium.
Exhibits recovered from the suspects include 2 exotic cars, 5 laptops, and 14 smartphones, adding that they would be charged to court on completion of investigations.
The Federal Government alleged that the Senator made a false statement when she publicly claimed that the Senate President, GODSWILL AKPABIO, and the former Kogi governor, YAHAYA BELLO, were plotting to have her assassinated.
National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, said El-Rufai “stands diminished as the epitome of a self-interested politician, blinded by ego, driven by untamed emotion, and brimming with a vengeful desire to “collapse the system.”
The PPRO said following a detailed investigation of the case, detectives arrested FAVOUR SUNDAY, 25; IKOT MOSES, 28; DICKSON IGHOBUE HARRISON, 35; JOSHUA ADEDAMOLA, 27; and DANIEL JONATHAN, 26.
NDLEA operatives picked up SEGUN GEORGE following the arrest of one NTORUKA EMMANUEL CHINEDU on June 24, at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos with twenty-two-point-six kilograms of cocaine.
They were accused of killing Police Inspector EREKERE at the Taaba Police Division in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State, on April 24, 2024, during a stop-and-search operation, while they were traveling to Akwa Ibom for a traditional marriage.
The Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, TOKUNBO WAHAB, said the affected individual has been issued a query, and will appear before a Personnel Management Board in accordance with the Lagos State Civil Service Rules and Regulations.
On Saturday, the Cup holders will have their work cut out against nifty Ibom Angels in what is a repeat of the 2017 and 2018 Final matches, which Rivers Angels won on both occasions.
The Director of Social Communications of the Diocese, Reverend Father MATTHEW STEPHEN KABIRAT, confirmed that the terrorists also razed down the Saint Mary’s Catholic Church, as well as the residence of the Catechist, plus a mosque, shops and several houses.
Senator OMO-AGEGE will have to confront successor and current Delta Central Senator EDE DAFINONE, who is on his first term in the National Assembly on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, disclosed in a statement that both men pleaded “guilty” when the one-count charge was read to them.
CP FATAI TIJANI said investigations revealed that the suspects fraudulently obtained seven vehicles valued at approximately N700,000.00 (Seven Hundred Million Naira) after falsely claiming that the vehicles were being supplied to prominent politicians in Abuja.
The PPRO said the breakthrough was made possible through the strong synergy among the Nigeria Police Force, the Nigerian Army and other military formations, including the Department of State Services and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.
National Public Relations Officer of the NCS, Abdullahi Maiwada, disclosed in a statement that the foreign currencies were found during baggage check on one Hauwa Ibrahim Abdullahi, who arrived in Kano from Saudi Arabia.
The EFCC alleged that PRECIOUS WILLIAMS committed the crimes through registered businesses sometime between August, 2019 and February, 2020.
The suspect arrived in Ibiade community on June 13, 2025, on a mission to abduct a prominent individual at Ago Village, Abigi.