The Department of State Services (DSS) says it has confirmed a plot “by some key players” to install an interim government and stop Bola Ahmed Tinubu from being inaugurated as president. In a statement on Wednesday, Peter Afunanya, the public relations officer of the secret police, said: “The Department of State Services (DSS) has identified…
The United States Department of State has increaseed fees for its nonimmigrant visa applications, including travel visas. It said the fee for B-1/B-2 visitor visas, Border Crossing Cards for Mexican citizens aged 15 and above, and student and exchange visitor visas will increase from $160 to $185. Also, the fees for certain nonimmigrant visas for…
The Nigeria National Population Commission, NPC, has assured Nigerians of credibility during the census unlike in 2006, where figures were falsified. The National Commissioner representing Rivers State in NPC, who also is the Chairman of the 2023 Census Standing Committee, Dr Ipalibo Harry, spoke in Port Harcourt during the inauguration of the Publicity Committee for…
The President-elect, Bola Tinubu, has said that his victory at the February 25 presidential election is the greatest gift he could receive as he celebrates his 71st birthday today March 29. In a birthday message he released today, the President-elect reiterated his commitment to the great and important task of rebuilding the nation and renewing…
The Lagos State Police Command says it has arrested a 27-year-old man from Railway Ijora Badia for allegedly defiling a nine-month-old baby. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this on Wednesday. Hundeyin said that the case was reported to the Police on Monday at about 10:00 pm by a concerned member of the public….
The 75-year-old grandmother, Iforiti Olowo, who set her son, daughter-in-law, and two grandchildren ablaze in the Akure South local government area of Ondo State, is dead. It was gathered that the septuagenarian, who sustained some degrees of burns in the fire, passed away at the weekend in an undisclosed hospital. It would be recalled that the…
Suspected herdsmen have killed a driver identified as Ome Osesa and injured others in the Sobe community in Owan West Local Government Area of Edo State. The attack was the seventh attack on the community with five people killed, including a pastor and his two workers. A source in the community, who confirmed the incident…
The government of Lagos state has announced that the 50% slash on transport fares on all regulated buses has ended. The discount was announced on Feb. 8, 2023. It has now been announced that it will stop by the end of March and the bus fare will return to 100% by April 1, 2023. Lagos…
China-Exim Bank has rejected a loan request by the federal government. As a result, the House of Representatives, on Tuesday, approved the request by the Federal Government to borrow $973,474,971.38 from China Development Bank. This followed the decision by the China-Exim Bank to reject Nigeria’s $22,798,446,773 loan request earlier approved by the National Assembly. The…
A Boko Haram chief bomb maker and a high-ranking terrorist identified as Awana Gaidam has been killed by his own Improvised Explosive Device (IED). Zagazola Makama, a Counter Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst, who disclosed this on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, said the 39-year-old chief bomb maker, apart from his high status in the command…