U.S. President Donald Trump may be preparing to reinstate and expand his controversial travel ban to include Nigeria and 35 other nations. This is according to an internal U.S. State Department memo obtained by The Washington Post. The memo, signed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, gave the targeted countries a 60-day deadline to comply…
Masked and armed federal agents carried out sweeping immigration raids in Los Angeles Friday, while others pounced on migrants at a New York courthouse, in forceful displays of US President Donald Trump’s crackdown on people without papers. From courthouses to hardware store parking lots in two of the most diverse cities in the world, federal…
Malian Customs have seized 19 passenger buses found to be operating with fake number plates and forged registration documents. The operation was carried out by the Directorate of Intelligence and Anti-Fraud (DRLF) officers, following targeted intelligence. The buses belonging to a local transport company were reportedly plying various routes illegally across the country. According to…
Worried by rising security concerns and fraudulent activities within Ogun State’s informal transport sector, the Commercial Motorcycle (Okada) Riders Associations have announced a bold digital transformation aimed at revolutionizing riders’ accountability and public safety. Speaking on behalf of the chairmen of all affiliated motorcycle riders’ associations yesterday, Kayode Showunmi said the decision was reached…
Britain unveiled Friday sanctions against four Russian officials and two subsidiaries of Russia’s state-owned civil nuclear energy company, in the “latest crackdown on the Kremlin” following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Announcing the curbs, Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the UK wanted “to keep up the pressure” on Russian President Vladimir Putin, with a…
The police in Edo State have arrested some suspects for being in possession of illegal arms. Moses Yamu, the police spokesperson in Edo, stated this in a statement on Wednesday in Benin. Mr Yamu, a superintendent of police, said operatives from Ehor Divisional Police Station on 5 October arrested a suspect in Irue Community with…
Leopatrizi | E+ | Getty Images Lawmakers want to crack down on “junk fees,” but restaurants are trying to stay out of the fight. Surcharges or fees covering everything from credit card processing to gratuities to “inflation” have become more popular on restaurant checks in recent years. Last year, 15% of restaurant owners added surcharges…
By David Shepardson (Reuters) – The Justice Department late on Friday asked a U.S. appeals court to reject legal challenges to a law requiring China-based ByteDance to divest TikTok’s U.S. assets by Jan. 19 or face a ban. TikTok and parent company ByteDance and a group of TikTok creators have filed suits to block the…
