Diaspora
Tuesday 07 April, 2026 New rates take effect April 8. The visit visa is now N230,000 before exchange rate moves. If you’re planning to apply for a UK visa and you haven’t submitted yet, today matters. From tomorrow, April 8, 2026, the UK Home Office...
Diaspora
Monday 06 April, 2026 Three Nigerians with valid visas were detained at Johannesburg airport. One had old posts the South African government didn’t like. Three Nigerians arrived at OR Tambo International Airport last week with valid visas and complete...
Diaspora
Nigerian-owned property was burned in South Africa. The Nigerian government told Nigerians to hide. On March 24, an Igbo community in KuGompo City in the Eastern Cape installed Solomon Ogbonna Eziko as their community leader, under the title “Igwe Ndigbo Na...
Diaspora
Thursday 02 April, 2026 The Super Eagles defeated Iran 2-1 in a March friendly. Some weeks you take what’s available. Iran is the country at the centre of the Middle East conflict that sent Nigerian petrol prices to ₦1,332 per litre in March. The Dangote...
Diaspora
UK visa fees rise from April 8. For Nigerians, every pound increase is amplified. The UK’s Home Office raised visa fees from April 8. Student visa up from £524 to £558. Permanent residency up from £3,029 to £3,226. Naturalisation up from £1,605 to £1,709....
Diaspora
The Windsor visit produced trade deals and photographs. It also produced a deportation agreement nobody announced properly. Nigeria traded away the main administrative obstacle to deporting its own citizens from the UK. Most Nigerians in Britain are only finding out...