U.S. House Panel to Review Trump’s Re-Designation of Nigeria as Country of Particular Concern.

The United States House of Representatives Subcommittee on Africa, is set to hold an open hearing on Thursday, November Twenty, 2025, to examine President Donald Trump’s recent re-designation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern.

The CPC designation, if ratified by the Senate, would allow the US to impose sanctions on Nigerian officials found complicit in religious persecution and limit certain forms of bilateral assistance. The hearing, will include Senior Bureau Official of the Bureau of African Affairs, Jonathan Pratt, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Jacob McGee.

In another development, the US Federal Aviation Administration, has confirmed that flights will return to normal schedules today, after reductions imposed during a government shutdown were lifted.