Brass was one of the places I wanted to visit again after I lost my son. I wanted to go far away and still be close enough to be certain about what had happened, and learn to live with the fact of the matter. I wanted to visit everywhere I had been as a boy, to traverse the years of …

A few days before Christmas and New Year, most domestic flights to some parts of the country have been fully booked while prices have gone up by over 100 per cent in some Southern routes, Weekend Trust can report. The most affected routes are the South-East and South-South destinations, which usually record increased passenger movements during the Yuletide festivities. Daily …

The United States Embassy in Nigeria has reviewed its immigration visa processes for immigrants starting from 1 January, 2025. According to the embassy, applicants with interviews will now visit the Consulate General in Lagos at least twice during the process. The directive was announced on its official X page on Tuesday. It read, “For applicants with interviews scheduled after January …

The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to the protection of Nigerians abroad, as Nigeria assumes the leadership of the Euro-African Dialogue on Migration and Development in 2025. Alhaji Tijani Ahmed, Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) stated this at a news conference on Friday in Abuja, ahead of the National Migration Dialogue scheduled …

President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sunday to attend the 19th meeting of the G20 Leaders’ Summit taking place in the South American country. The Summit will be held from Monday, 18 November to Tuesday, 19 November  2024. “The Nigerian leader’s participation is at the instance of the Brazilian President and current President of …

President Bola Tinubu, alongside the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, Ministers and heads of agencies will, on Sunday, depart Abuja for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to attend the Joint Arab-Islamic Summit, scheduled to commence on Monday, 11 November 2024. The Summit is being held at the invitation of King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and follows last year’s summit …

The current economic headwinds in Nigeria have caused a significant decline in passenger traffic at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. LEADERSHIP Sunday investigation revealed that outbound foreign travel dropped by over 60 per cent in Nigeria this year. It was gathered that the continuous high rates of foreign currencies, especially the …

In the first part of this report, we exposed the excessive number of checkpoints along one of West Africa’s busiest highways, which connects Nigeria, Benin Republic, Togo, and Ghana, highlighting acts of impunity and human rights violations committed by state agencies charged with maintaining law and order. In this second part, we delved deeper, uncovering how these agencies and their accomplices …

In the heart of West Africa, a long stretch of road connecting Lagos, Cotonou, Lome, and Accra conceals a dark secret —a corridor plagued by human rights violations, extortion, and crimes of impunity committed by those entrusted with law enforcement.  GuardPost Nigeria in collaboration with the Norbert Zongo Cell for Investigative Journalism in West Africa (CENOZO), and other partners embarked on a …

Vice President Kashim Shettima will depart Abuja on Wednesday for Sweden on a two-day visit to represent Nigeria in bilateral engagements with the Scandinavian nation. The visit is “at the instance of President Bola Tinubu,” Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Communication, Mr. Stanley Nkwocha, revealed in a statement he signed Wednesday titled, ‘VP Shettima embarks …