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Group calls for continental free movement, slams visa barriers
The Trans-African Tourism and Unity Campaign on Monday strongly criticised African governments for enforcing visa policies that undermine the goal of a united and prosperous continent. Speaking at a press conference held at the Ghana High...

Full List Of Countries Nigeria Offers Direct Flights To
The services are handled through five international airports in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kano, and Enugu, with Lagos and Abuja being responsible for the majority of intercontinental traffic. Within Africa, Nigeria maintains extensive...

Full list: The 30 countries Nigeria offers direct flights to
Nigeria currently offers direct flights to 30 countries across four continents, with a new route to Brazil set to begin soon, according to aviation data compiled by Statisense from FlightConnections. The list spans Africa, Asia, Europe and North...
The Digital Shift: Redefining Insurance with Smarter Payments
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French-speaking citizens of these countries have a direct study to permanent residence pathway
The Francophone Minority Communities Student Pilot (FMCSP) provides a study to permanent residence (PR) pathway for French-speaking students who are citizens of select countries. If you’re admitted to study in Canada under the FMCSP, you can apply...

Tinubu’s Brazil Visit and Kaduna’s Strategic Gains
Aliyu Ahmed Aliyu In an era where the clamour of global diplomacy often drowns the voice of meaningful intent, President Bola Tinubu has charted a distinctly focused course, one rooted in a resolute commitment to tangible outcomes for Nigeria and...

What Bangladesh can learn from global LDC experiences
In the early 1990s, Botswana faced a paradox. On the verge of graduating from the UN's Least Developed Countries (LDC) category, the country confronted serious risks. Landlocked, and constrained by limited human capital and weak infrastructure, it...

State Department Slams Latest Instance of Leftist ‘Judicial Overreach’
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The State Department is condemning a Biden-appointed federal judge’s ruling barring the Trump administration from using the president’s latest travel ban to deny visas to foreigners from certain countries. U.S. District...

Tinubu’s visit to Brazil and Kaduna’s strategic gains
BY ALIYU AHMED ALIYU In an era where the clamour of global diplomacy often drowns the voice of meaningful intent, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has charted a distinctly focused course, one rooted in a resolute commitment to tangible outcomes for...

African migration: 5 trends and what’s driving them
The Donald Trump administration issued an executive order in June 2025 banning nationals from 12 countries from travelling to the United States. It also imposed entry restrictions on nationals from seven others. About half of the countries...

How to watch Man City vs Tottenham today: live stream Premier League 2025/26 game, TV channels, team news
The Man City vs Tottenham live stream is a heavyweight clash this early in the Premier League 2025/26 season, not least after the sides won their respective opening fixtures 4-0 and 3-0. City purred in winning by four goals at Wolves. An Erling...

The Kingdom Where Kings Never Die, By Osmund Agbo
I was minding my own business, staring dismally at Delta’s underwhelming low-budget Jollof rice and resigned to the dreary choice between chicken and fish, when a man, leaning forward from the row behind, tapped me on the shoulder. Apparently,...

Historic pan-African road trip kicks off in Accra today to promote visa-free Africa by 2030
The Trans African Tourism & Unity Campaign has embarked on a historic 40,000-kilometre road journey across 39 African countries, starting from Accra on Monday, August 18, 2025. This groundbreaking initiative spans 163 days with the core objective...

Interview Waiver No Longer Available for Most Nonimmigrant Visa Applicants, Starting September 2, 2025
Quick Hits Most applicants for nonimmigrant visa interview waivers will be required to attend in-person interviews after September 2, 2025. For certain nationalities, these changes are effective immediately and without exception. These changes may...

Africa Intelligence Brief Comprehensive News Roundup For August 22, 2025
(MENAFN- The Rio Times) Today's Africa Intelligence Brief provides a comprehensive analysis of major developments across the African continent on August 22, 2025 roundup is organized by region (North Africa, East Africa, West Africa, Central...

How to watch Bundesliga 2025/26: live stream guide, TV channels and free streams
2025/26's Bundesliga live streams see Bayern Munich set out to defend their crown, as the likes of Borussia Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen and RB Leipzig try to stop them. Below we have all the information on how to watch Bundesliga 2025/26 season...

The kingdom where kings never die, By Osmund Agbo
Three pairs of human hands tied up together with rope Power ultimately resides in the people. But when the people grow timid in wielding it, tyrants flourish and endurance is mistaken for virtue. Until that changes, the myth will persist, and the...

Trump’s New Bans on International Students Harm U.S., Experts Say
U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision this summer to ban travel to the United States by citizens of 12 countries, mostly in Africa and the Middle East, and to restrict travel by citizens of seven other countries has upended numerous students’...

Injury to Al Ain striker Asamoah Gyan forces Ghana to cancel friendly
Experienced striker Asamoah Gyan has emerged as an injury worry ahead of Ghana’s opening African Nations Cup ficture against Senegal on Monday. - This time for Africa: Premier League players prepare for Cup of Nations Gyan picked up an injury in...

UNGA 2025 schedule: Eyes on returning Trump and welcoming Syria's Al Shara to UN
World leaders will converge on New York next month for the 80th session of the UN General Assembly, facing a crowded agenda of protracted wars, climate change and UN reforms, with the spotlight firmly on the return of US President Donald Trump....