The United States Embassy has introduced updated requirements for Nigerian visa applicants, effective from April 22, 2025. In a statement released on Friday, the US mission stated that all applicants attending visa interviews in Abuja and Lagos must bring a DS-160 confirmation form featuring a barcode that begins with “AA” followed by two zeroes (00). This barcode must match the one used to schedule their interview online. The embassy stressed that applicants who present a mismatched barcode will be denied access to the consular section and will not be allowed to attend their interview.

Members of the Nigerian Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have picketed the Ministry of Steel Development Complex at Wuse 2 in Abuja, Thursday over member’s unfair welfare. They also opposed what they described as the unjust sack of workers and a ban on workers’ rights to practice unionism.

The Minister of State for Youth Development, Comrade Ayodele Olawande, has appealed to the management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to review the early start time for physical drills during the three-week orientation programme. He recommended that the routine should commence by 7:00 am, against the former practice of 4:00 am. This is to enable corps members to have enough rest during their 21-day orientation camp thereby making them more active. The minister made this request during the 2025 annual management conference, themed ‘Transforming the NYSC Scheme to Meet the Yearnings of the Contemporary Nigerian Graduates and Society’, held in Abuja on Monday. He further stated that he has started making consultations to make this a reality, adding that he is dedicated to the welfare of the Nigerian youths.

A Public Accountability and Governance Advocacy Group, the Executive Watchdog, has given Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan a seven-day ultimatum to produce evidence of the assassination attempt she brought against Senate President Godswill Akpabio or get arrested. The group spokesman, Mr Fedelis Ella, in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja, urged security agencies to arrest Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan if she failed to provide the evidence within the seven days period while describing the assassination claim as “reckless, unfounded and deeply injurious to democratic integrity.

Three Staff of the Lagos State House of Assembly (LSHA) have tendered formal apologies to the Department of State Services (DSS) after being arrested for assaulting DSS operatives during the recent leadership crisis at the legislative chamber.

The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Olakunle Nafiu, has on Thursday announced that corps members will start receiving monthly allowance of N77,000 starting from March, 2025.  This was disclosed in a statement by the Acting Director, of Information and Public Relations, Caroline Embu, during an interactive session with Corps Members at the Wuse and Garki NYSC zonal offices in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.  “With effect from March, you are going to receive the sum of Seventy-Seven Thousand Naira as your monthly allowance. NYSC is good at record-keeping, and I can assure you that your money will be paid. The nation and the scheme appreciate you.”