The US Mission in Nigeria has opened applications for the 2026 EducationUSA Opportunity Fund Programme, offering high-achieving but financially constrained Nigerian students support to apply to American universities, with a hard deadline of June 30.
Substitute Deniz Undav scored twice, including a dramatic injury-time winner, as Germany came from behind to beat Ivory Coast 2-1 in Toronto and reach the World Cup knockout stage for the first time since 2014.
SaharaReporters found voters in Aramoko Ekiti openly admitting to receiving cash payments — including N10,000 from APC agents and N2,000 from ADC agents — in exchange for their votes during the Ekiti governorship election, despite a heavy presence of security and anti-corruption officials.
PDP governorship candidate Dr Wole Oluyede has alleged voter intimidation by security operatives and accused INEC of an unacceptably slow accreditation process at his polling unit during Saturday’s Ekiti governorship election.
Sources inside the Kuje Correctional Centre have alleged that officials held emergency meetings following a SaharaReporters exposé on prison conditions, during which they allegedly discussed plans to target rights activist Omoyele Sowore if he is remanded there following his bail revocation
The US has warned American citizens in Nigeria that using the online passport renewal system from abroad automatically cancels their current passport, urging them to use embassy or consular services instead.
Nigerian student Qudus Ajeyemi, 27, nicknamed “Spartan,” has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison at Hull Crown Court for attempted rape and sexual assault, with a recorded confession call from the victim helping secure his conviction.
US President Donald Trump declared “I’m the boss” while arriving late to the final G7 session in Évian, France, drawing laughter from fellow leaders and capping a summit where he stayed the full three days, signed the communique, and is set to dine with Macron at Versailles.
Nigeria’s ambassador-designate to Mexico, Reno Omokri, has denied claims that Mexico rejected his appointment, blaming the delay on World Cup-related administrative bottlenecks instead.
Dangote Petroleum Refinery has cut its petrol gantry price by N75 per litre — from N1,250 to N1,175 — following
