US Nigeria Law Group

06/23/2026

06/23/2026

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has told a federal court that concerns about Nigerian documents being unreliable and public officials falsifying records prompted its decision to implement policies to halt the processing of green card, work permit, and other immigration benefit applications for its citizens.

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06/22/2026

The escape exposes a growing network of forest camps where armed groups hold hostages and move victims across state lines with little resistance. By Onibiyo Segun ILORIN, Nigeria — A chaotic gunfight inside a militia‑run forest camp allowed two hostages to flee, revealing how kidnapping gangs ha...

06/22/2026

The Save Nigeria Rally included speakers such as Alveda King, PhD, the niece of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr., along with representatives from all six geopolitical zones of Nigeria.

06/21/2026

After denouncing the movements, former Boko Haram fighters like Goni are seeking peace and redemption from a society they once devastated.

06/20/2026

$311 billion in fifteen years. That is how much Nigeria’s diaspora sent home, averaging $20.7 billion every single year.

The money kept coming through recessions, repeated currency devaluations, oil price crashes, and a global pandemic. In most of those years, remittances matched or beat what Nigeria earned from non-oil exports, and they consistently outran foreign direct investment.

That makes diaspora remittances one of the most dependable sources of foreign exchange this economy has, anchored by family bonds that market conditions have never been able to move.

While Nigerians abroad keep showing up for their families, it tells you something simple about what truly holds an economy steady.

06/20/2026

UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM INTERIM TRIP REPORT ON NIGERIA