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No fewer than 21,476 Nigerians have overstayed their visas to the United States within the last one year, Per second news media reports on Thursday. It said that information it gathered from Washington indicated that those who overstayed include students, workers and tourists, with increase in numbers of those that has refused to return to Nigeria. Visa Illegal immigration by overstaying a visa has been shown to outweigh a number of people entering by an illegal border crossing. More than 700,000 foreigners who were supposed to leave the United States during a recent 12-month period overstayed their visas, according to U.S Department of Homeland Security ‘ Fiscal Year 2017 Entry/Exit Overstay Report. 185,375 Nigerian visitors were expected to depart after their stay, with 630 of them overstaying their visas, while 19,046 visitors and business men and women refused to return to Nigeria and residing illegally inside the United States. In the report obtained, a total 9,245 stud...

Actress Lindsay Lohan is trending online for her comments on the #MeToo movement. In  an interview with The Times , Lohan said she is “very supportive” of women but she had contrary opinion about the movement against sexual assault/misconduct. She said: I don’t really have anything to say. I can’t speak on something I didn’t live, right? Look, I am very supportive of women. Everyone goes through their own experiences in their own ways. If it happens at that moment, you discuss it at that moment. You make it a real thing by making it a police report. I’m going to really hate myself for saying this, but I think by women speaking against all these things, it makes them look weak when they are very strong women. You have these girls who come out, who don’t even know who they are, who do it for the attention. That is taking away from the fact that it happened.

Real Madrid have unveiled former Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois after sealing a  £35m move which will see him stay with the Spanish club for six-years. The 26-year-old Belgian was presented by the club president Florentino Perez at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium on Thursday. ‘Arriving at the best club in the world makes me very happy. I have always given my best and will continue to do that,’ Courtois said in perfect Spanish. I dreamed of this moment when I was a kid. I have been a rival player here. Now I’m one of yours and I can't wait to wear the badge. Thanks to the president, my representatives, and my children and their mother. Even though we are not together she is still very important to me.’ Meanwhile, Chelsea has completed the signing of Croatian midfielder Mateo Kovacic from Real Madrid on a season-long loan. The 24-year-old moves to London as part of the deal that saw goal stopper Thibaut Courtois move in the opposite direction for £35million. Th...

Media personality Toke Makinwa has stripped down completely for a new ad campaign. Toke has been sharing photos like the above on her Instagram page to promote the product, but maybe that didn't get enough attention. Then she decided to go further. See below.

A Uganda politician Patrick Okumu-Ringa who failed to make a comeback to Parliament in the Nebbi Municipality parliamentary by-election has reacted to his loss by dismantling the 10 boreholes he constructed in the area. Speaking to New Vision , the former lawmaker accused the constituents of not appreciating his efforts to empower them. “I am hurt, but I will reconcile with residents and assemble the boreholes. For now, let them look for water elsewhere. Our people are not appreciative. All I wanted from them was votes. I have educated so many children, but all they tell me is that I have done nothing,” he said. On what his action means for the government he once served, Okumu-Ringa said: “I don’t think the Government should be offended. I used my money to sink the boreholes, and in any case, even National Water and Sewerage Corporation doesn’t supply free water. Okumu-Ringa, a former public service state minister, lost his party’s primar...

American singer, Ciara has announced a collaboration with talented Nigerian singer, Tekno on a new song, Freak Me. The music star made the announcement on her Instagram page. She posted a picture of herself and backups all dressed in African prints with the caption, "#FreakMe Ft @TeknoOfficial out this Friday! Been dying to share this with you! Can’t wait! #AfroBeats #AfroWave#FreakMeFriday."

Davido has announced that his private jet has landed in Nigeria. The music star who disclosed in May that he acquired a private jet, made the latest announcement on his Instagram Story on Thursday, sharing a photo of the jet’s airstair. Davido had been sharing how him and his friends started in the music industry and how far they’ve come, posting a throwback of him, his manager Asa Asika, B-Red, Sina Rambo, among others. He ended by saying: “Now we up as f***! And yes my jet has landed on y’all f*** n*****” See the post below:

Marvel movies are some of the biggest and most successful films, so it makes sense that many actors would want to be a part of them. Now,  Caitlyn Jenner  is joining the list. Speaking with  Variety  in their issue on transgender Hollywood, Jenner revealed that her dream acting role would be as a villain in a Marvel movie. "In a Marvel movie, I want to play the baddest-ass lady you've ever seen in your life," Jenner said. "They got the wicked queen or the wicked lady. Just do the makeup and the outfit. And I got the deep voice." While most people are familiar with Jenner for her public transition as well as her time as part of the Kardashian family, Jenner isn't a stranger to acting. Jenner appeared in a handful of made-for-TV movies in the early 1980s and even had a guest-starring role as Officer Steve McLeish for six episodes of the police series  CHiPs . Jenner also auditioned for  Superman , ultimately losing out to Christopher Reeve for the iconic...