President Bola Tinubu has returned to the Presidential Villa in Aso Rock after the Christmas and New Year celebrations in Lagos State. Recall that Tinubu had on December 21st departed Abuja for Lagos to celebrate the yelutide break. This was the first Christmas Tinubu would be celebrating since he was sworn in as the…
The United Kingdom Home Office has announced that from Monday, January 1, 2024, it will implement its policy stopping Nigerian students and other overseas students from bringing their dependents via the study visa route. This was disclosed in a post on X, formerly Twitter. The Home Office, however, stated that only those on postgraduate…
Tragedy struck on Sunday, December 31, 2023, as a health assistant simply identified as Victoria ended her own life inside a medical centre where she worked in Surulere, Lagos state. The police in the Surulere Police Division received a report from the Medical Director of the Health centre where she worked that on the…
The Northern Elder Progressive Forum has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to direct the armed forces to sustain air and ground offensives against bandits and other criminals across North-West states. The forum’s chairman, Dr. Usman Sani, made the appeal during an interview with journalists while assessing insecurity within the Northwest state on Saturday. The…
The Senate has granted approval to President Tinubu’s request to borrow $7.8 billion and €100 million, constituting a portion of the Federal Government’s 2022–2024 borrowing plan. The request was approved after the Senate considered and adopted the report of its committee on Local and Foreign Debt during Saturday’s plenary. Tinubu had said that the…
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has urged Nigerians at the local government level to be prepared and willing to provide information to the anti-graft agency regarding the utilization of their resources. A statement issued by EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, on Saturday said Olukoyede made the call during a…
Numerous users of the social media app X expressed condolences and heartfelt emotions on early Saturday following the passing of Ayokunle Odekunle, a well-known Canada-based Nigerian lawyer. Odekunle lost his life to stage 4 cancer. Announcing his death on Saturday, one X user, @KayceeMaduYEG, tweeted, “It is with profound sadness that I bring to…
The House of Representatives has proposed a bill to criminalize failure to pay salaries by employers of labor and corporate bodies across the country. The bill was sponsored by Wale Hammed, a member representing the Agege Federal Constituency, Lagos State. When the bill titled ‘The Employees Remuneration Protection Bill, 2023,’ comes into effect employees can…
The Kenyan police have confirmed the arrest of a 27-year-old man in Kaiboi village, Kapsimatwo sub-location in Tinderet, Nandi County, for allegedly stabbing his 22-year-old younger brother to death following a conflict. The two brothers engaged in a fight at around 5 am, during which the elder brother picked up a knife and stabbed his…
We Won’t Dismiss An Officer For Picking Money On The Floor. We Would Only Educate Him – Police Spokesman, ACP Adejobi Says The spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has stated that the police force will never dismiss an officer seen picking money on the ground. He clarified after some Nigerians expressed…