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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has disclosed that the United States lost nearly $65 million over the past two years due to financially motivated sextortion crimes allegedly perpetrated by Nigerian nationals. 
A recent PwC report has revealed that 448,400 Nigerian immigrants may be directly impacted if the U.S. government enforces stricter immigration policies in 2025. 
The United States (US) government has warned travelers against overstaying their visas, threatening to permanently ban them from coming into the country, as well as face criminal prosecution.
Justice I.O. Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court, sitting in Ikeja, has convicted and sentenced Oluremi Phillips, the CEO of Omritas Energy Limited, to 17 years' imprisonment for failing to supply Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) worth N57,690,000 despite receiving payment.
The United Kingdom has revealed that Nigerians account for 10% of all new visas issued in the past two years.  
Stagnant labor incomes have pushed an estimated 14 million more Nigerians into poverty in 2024. 
A new report has revealed that up to 93% of Nigerians think that they are living in an economic recession in 2024.  
It was the Buhari administration that fast-tracked the impoverishment of Nigerians started by the dim-witted Jonathan but Asiwaju Tinubu has completed the process with a systematic outflow of not well thought after policies mixed with cryptic nepotism and a huge sense of monarchical entitlement. 
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB)  announced the outcomes of the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), revealing that a mere 0.4% or 8,401 candidates managed to attain scores of 300 and beyond.
A new report by Cadre Harmonise reveals that no fewer than 31.5 million Nigerians are on the verge of food insecurity between June and August 2024.
The former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, has berated the federal government over the soaring price of food in the country, saying Nigerians are now “united by hunger and starvation.”  
As Nigerians gear up to celebrate the season of love, the economic backdrop casts a rather unromantic shadow over Valentine's Day this year.