Wednesday, July 8, 2026

President Donald Trump’s administration

June 29, 2026

Ballots received after election day can be counted across U.S.: Supreme Court

In a 5-4 majority decision on Monday, the apex court rejected the lawsuit filed by the Republican National Congress.

U.S. Supreme Court
June 23, 2026

U.S. Treasury designates Nigerian-based Mukhtar Muhammad, bureaux de change ISIS facilitators, seizes assets

“Any entities that are owned, directly or indirectly, individually or in the aggregate, 50 per cent or more by one or more blocked persons are also blocked,” said U.S. Treasury.

Bureau de Change and Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
May 15, 2026

Trump govt accuses Yale medical school of favouring Blacks, discriminating against White, Asian applicants

The government alleged that between 2023 and 2025, Yale deliberately prioritised black and Hispanic applicants over white and Asian applicants despite lower scores.

Yale School of Medicine
May 14, 2026

Judge orders Trump govt to return Colombian woman illegally deported to DR Congo

Mr Trump has pushed to deport migrants to third countries, signing agreements with Ghana, Uganda, Rwanda, South Sudan and Eswatini to accept deportees from the U.S.

ICE operatives making arrest
April 23, 2026

Trump govt relaxes restrictions on medical marijuana, moves products to Schedule III

formal hearing on the rescheduling proposal is set to begin on June 29.

U.S. President Donald
March 19, 2026

Trump moves to denaturalise Oluwatosin Kazeem for stealing $12 million despite Biden’s commutation

Kazeem also attempted to use his ill-gotten funds to develop a $6 million, four-star hotel in Lagos, Nigeria, the Justice Department said in a statement on Wednesday.

February 3, 2026

Trump government sued for immigrant visa ban on Nigeria, 74 other countries

The State Department in January paused immigrant visa processing from 75 countries “whose migrants take welfare from the American people at unacceptable rates”.

U.S. President Donald
October 23, 2025

Nigeria has enough population; no need to accept U.S. deportees: FG

Mr Tuggar said, “We made our stand clear, and it is no longer on the discussion table.’’

U.S deportees
October 7, 2025

Tinubu downplaying violent massacre of 7,000 Nigerian Christians, govt wracked by corruption: U.S. Lawmaker

”We must never allow outsiders to tell us who we are or sow division among us. We are Nigerians, and we will stand together,” said Mr Tinubu.

Tinubu sleeping; body bags in Plateau
August 22, 2025

U.S. stops visas for Nigerian truck drivers, others, says American lives, livelihoods endangered

The secretary of state explained that a large number of foreign truck drivers are taking jobs from American truckers, adding that they pose a risk to Americans.

Black trucker