The United States Embassy has announced revised visa interview requirements for Nigerian applicants, set to take effect from 22 April. According to a statement on Friday by the US mission, all applicants attending interviews in Abuja and Lagos must present a DS-160 visa application form featuring a confirmation barcode beginning with ‘AA’ followed by two zeroes. The barcode must correspond …

As a Nigerians are willing to travel to Canada and several countries, it is pertinent to take note of certain restrictions and regulations, especially with food items. If you want to travel from Nigeria to Canada, you could want to bring some of your home delicacies with you but there are some food items that are not acknowledged and welcomed …

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has officially appointed Max Air as the designated airline for transporting Kano State pilgrims to Saudi Arabia for the 2025 Hajj. This decision was confirmed by the Director General of the Kano State Pilgrims Welfare Board, Alhaji Lamin Rabi’u Danbappa, following a stakeholders’ meeting and the signing of an agreement with airlines at …

The Republic of Niger has begun enforcing restrictions on Nigerians traveling with the ECOWAS passport, barring entry for those without a valid international passport. This move follows the country’s recent withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) alongside Mali and Burkina Faso. Despite maintaining an open border with Nigeria, new immigration measures are being implemented at crossings …

The Federal Government has called on the authorities of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to review visa restrictions for Nigerians, according to the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Barrister Festus Keyamo has said. During the ICAO Global Implementation Support Symposium (GISS) 2025 in Dubai, UAE, the minister signed the amended Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA) between Nigeria and the …

It all came to me as a surprise. I did not expect to go to England and conduct a class of fellow journalists to the BBC, Bush House, London. But that’s exactly what happened on Friday 17 December 2010. We had finished our last paper in a two-week long exam and a palpable sigh of relief overtook the tight class …

The first time I slept over in Enugu was in 1988. I had just finished youth service in Benue State and was on my way back to Rivers, my home state. My dad was not expecting me. My mum was not expecting me. My brothers and sisters were not expecting me, and there were no handy phones to take a …

President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Saturday, 11 January, to participate in the 2025 edition of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW 2025). His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, invited President Tinubu to attend the Summit, which will take place in the emirate from January 12 to 18. The Summit will bring …

The latest Henley Passport Index has ranked Nigeria’s passport 94th out of 199 countries, underscoring the country’s persistent challenges in global mobility. The ranking released yesterday shows that holders of Nigerian passports can access just 46 destinations around the globe without a visa. Global mobility is an important measure of soft power for a nation’s citizens when they go abroad. …

German authorities have launched an online visa application portal for Nigerians and other applicants worldwide. This was announced in a statement by Germany’s Federal Foreign Office on 1 January. “The Consular Services Portal is being launched worldwide today, 1 January 2025, enabling people around the world to submit applications for German visas online”, the statement reads. According to the statement, …