Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Columbia

June 13, 2026

World Cup: Ghana, Pakistan, India, Nigeria, Columbia top countries with highest applications, refusals for Canada visitor visas

Ghana ranked as the country with the highest visa applications, which stood at 1,953 as of March.

World Cup
April 16, 2026

Live Nation illegally monopolised ticketing market, jury rules in anti-trust trial

Live Nation’s stock dropped over 5% after the news broke on Wednesday.

Live Nation 
January 29, 2025

24-year-old Nigerian extradited to U.S. for sextortion causing American lawmaker’s son’s death

This investigation was launched after Gavin Guffey, a 17-year-old from Rock Hill, died by suicide in July 2022 after being victimised by Lawal’s scheme.

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
August 15, 2024

Columbia University president Minouche Shafik quits over campus pro-Palestinian protest

Ms Shafik becomes the third president of an Ivy-league institution to quit over the demonstrations by students who were aggrieved about Israeli incursion in Gaza.

Columbia University president Minouche Shafik
October 24, 2023

Relief for Tinubu as U.S. judge denies Greenspan’s motion to fast-track confidential records disclosure by FBI, CIA, others

Beryl Howell said the transparency activist did not adequately justify his request for an urgent hearing on his motion for expedited release of the Nigerian leader’s files.

Bola Tinubu and FBI
September 29, 2023

Systemic racism pervades U.S. police, justice systems: UN Report

Black people in America are three times more likely to be killed by police than whites and 4.5 times more likely to be incarcerated.

Black Lives Matter
July 5, 2023

Achunike Okafor honoured by U.S. school for record-breaking GPA in Newark; gets 40 scholarship offers

Achunike Okafor received an International Baccalaureate diploma with a record-shattering 4.625.grade-point average from the school.

ACHUNIKE OKAFOR
February 14, 2023

Babies of wealthy black families likely to die early than poor white kids: Report

The study explained that systemic racism was at the root of this discrepancy.

Newborn baby used to illustrate the story
October 24, 2021

Cargo ship off British Columbia on fire as big storm approaches

Mariners have been advised to stay clear of the area as the 40 containers that had fallen overboard pose a significant risk to mariners.