Diaspora

Human rights lawyer Malcolm Omirhobo has taken a swipe at UK politician Kemi Badenoch, asserting that being “talkative, loquacious, garrulous, or voluble” will not change her racial identity. In a strongly worded statement, Omirhobo emphasized that Badenoch remains a Yoruba woman from Nigeria, regardless of her political affiliations or rhetoric. According to his statement via […] More

United States President, Donald Trump, has dismissed deporting Prince Harry from the United States, despite ongoing litigation questioning the Duke of Sussex’s immigration status. Trump disclosed this in an interview with The New York Post on Friday, saying he does not want to take action against Harry. “I don’t want to do that. I’ll leave […] More

Sam Nujoma, the activist and guerrilla leader who became Namibia’s first democratically elected president after leading the country to independence from apartheid South Africa, passed away at the age of 95 on Saturday, the Namibian Presidency said on Sunday. Nujoma rose to head the thinly populated southern African country on March 21, 1990, and was […] More

The New York Post hasn’t provided any quotes from the reported phone call in its interview with the US president US President Donald Trump has claimed to have discussed the Ukraine conflict with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the phone, according to the New York Post. The Kremlin has yet to comment on the […] More

Controversial American rapper Kanye West has publicly appealed to US President Donald Trump to release imprisoned music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs. Kanye, who has been making controversial statements on social media since the Grammys, took to his X page to plead for Diddy’s release and announce plans for them to do a business deal. He […] More

A Professor of Social Ethics at Boston University, Nimi Wariboko, has said that the sweeping crackdown on undocumented immigrants in the United States has triggered palpable fear among Nigerians living in America. The enforcement of immigration laws has intensified since American President Donald Trump assumed office on January 20, 2025. Legit.ng reported that Nigeria ranks […] More

A group of state attorneys general accused the Trump administration Friday of continuing to block access to federal funding for state climate programs, despite a court order to unfreeze federal funds. The 22 state attorneys general and Washington, D.C.’s attorney general filed a motion to enforce a federal judge’s block on President Donald Trump’s widespread […] More

President Donald Trump’s administration is creating an exemption for an estimated 200,000 workers at the Department of Veterans Affairs who won’t be eligible to take the “buyout” aimed at slashing the federal workforce. The Veterans Affairs Department’s Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer on Thursday sent out a bulletin to human resource officials providing […] More

The Trump administration has tasked two top political appointees with monitoring the Department of Government Efficiency’s access to key systems inside the health agency responsible for managing Medicare and Medicaid, according to internal emails obtained by POLITICO. The appointees, Kim Brandt and John Brooks, are leading the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ “collaboration” with […] More

Donald Trump is gearing up to be the first sitting president to attend the Super Bowl on Sunday in New Orleans, saying on social media that “IT WILL BE A GREAT GAME.” Trump, in a Friday morning post on his Truth Social, said he is eager to see the stars on both teams when the […] More

Russell Vought, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for director of the Office of Management and Budget, is sworn in to testify during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Homeland Security Committee on Capitol Hill, on Jan. 15, 2025. The Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the White House budget office despite Democrats delivering […] More

President Donald Trump says he will sign an executive order reversing former President Joe Biden’s initiative to phase out plastic straws. President Donald Trump said Friday he would sign an executive order next week to undo a Biden-era plan to phase out plastic straws by 2027. Republicans and Democrats butted heads over straws last summer […] More