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I spent 11 months in US immigration detention. Here’s what happened It was a regular Sunday when they arrested me. I’d just gotten paid – back then I was working in the fields, picking grapes […]

Nervous fliers know the feeling: shaky elbows, white knuckles, sweaty palms—not much makes you feel worse than being flung across the world in a tin can. Except for turbulence. Even the most seasoned business travellers […]

There was chaos at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, on Monday as the new immigration policy of $90 caught many foreigners arriving the country unawares. The new policy imposes an additional $90 on […]

Italy’s interior minister, the far-right firebrand Matteo Salvini, has declared that one of the new populist government’s top priorities will be to “send them home”, signalling that he intends to keep a campaign promise to […]

Queen Obioma, a Nigerian mother of two, has sued United Airlines, claiming she and her two children were booted from its plane because a passenger complained she smelled ‘pungent’. Obioma said she was travelling from […]

Vicent Jack, the Ondo State Sector Commander (RS 11.2) of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Akure, has died. Mr. Jack died after battling with an undisclosed illness, which had also forced him to […]

As Ni­ger­ian asylum seekers flood into Canada across a ditch in Upstate New York, Canadian authorities are asking the United States for help — but not with managing the influx at the border. Instead, they […]

President Donald Trump’s travel ban caused 1,903 people to be stopped during the nine days it was enforced in early 2017, according to a newly public document, BuzzFeed reported. The document, which was released under […]

Forecasters have warned of treacherous driving conditions for Easter holidaymakers with snow and torrential rain on the way. A yellow snow alert has been issued for parts of northern England and Scotland on bank holiday […]

Ibadan is fascinating. Its history, size, opulence and accommodating nature are enchanting and exciting. Ibadan prides itself as supporting non-indigenes to strive on their legitimate business. This is why non-indigenes are almost more than indigenes, […]

More than 160,000 migrants and refugees arrived in Europe in 2017 having crossed the Mediterranean Sea, while about 3,000 people died trying to reach the EU, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said. IOM said […]

The embassy of People’s Republic of China on Monday announced its plan to open visa application centres in Abuja and Lagos. Lin Jing, deputy ambassador, who made this known at a media conference in Abuja, […]

Air passengers traveling within and outside Nigeria experienced a total number of 2,966 delayed arrivals and missing luggage in the first six months of 2017. An investigation by our correspondent revealed that international airlines and […]

The embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Nigeria on Tuesday reminded Nigerians that it is no longer in charge of issuing visas to them. Michel Deleen, the embassy’s charge d’ affaires, told NAN […]