US to Pause All Visas to Nigerians, 4 Rivers Lawmakers Make a U-Turn, Group Moves to Deregister ADC

Join us on Part 2 of HaveYourSay247 this Saturday January 17, 2025 at 9:00PM Nigerian Time and 3:00 PM New York Time as we travel around the world to bring you interesting and trending news stories.

Trump threatens to invoke The Insurrection Act to quell Minnesota protests following the shooting of another protester in the leg after the fatal shooting of Reene Nicole Good by ICE official.

Iran protests have seen more than 2000 people killed in the past 19 days, even as Trump promises that help would soon be on the way for Iranians.

The US has said it is pausing all visa processing for 75 countries in an effort to crack down on applicants deemed likely to become a public charge or persons considered to rely primarily on public assistance for their living expenses. The countries include Nigeria, Somalia, Russia, Afghanistan, Brazil, Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Thailand, Yemen and many others, and will begin January 21 and will continue indefinitely.

FG of Nigeria set to pay $9m over a 12 month period to US lobbyist, DCI Group to help is reshape the Trump administration’s view of insecurity and Christian genocide in Nigeria.

In another development, US has earmarked $413m for security operations in Nigeria and other parts of Africa, and the world. This move has reinforced Trump administration’s focus on fighting insurgency in parts of the world, especially West Africa where ISIS is working to establish a stronghold.

Wike ends tour of 23 Rivers LGA, asserts he still controls Rivers politics, insisting that only President Tinubu can remove him from office

Four Rivers Lawmakers, including member representing Obio/Akpo State Constituency II, home LGA of FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, who pulled out of Fubara’s Impeachment have made a u-turn and rejoined 22 of their colleagues to call for the immediate Impeachment of Sim Fubara saying that he is recalcitrant and is not open to peace in Rivers.

Former governor of Abia State, and Senator representing Abia North, Senator Orji Kalu has lashed out a Abia governor, Alex Otti saying that Otti received in just two years, allocations he got in eight years, and according ro Kalu, "I don't see what he has done with the money"

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) sitting in Gwagwalada has arraigned a former senator representing Adamawa North, Ishaku Elisha Abbo, over allegations of rape involving a 13-year-old schoolgirl.

Nigeira crashes out of AFCON 2025 after losing to host Morocco in an penalty shoot out