Tuesday 10 December 2024 Defamation: Farotimi gets N50m bail, to submit passport Nigeria’s debt profile, burden for current, next generations – Obasanjo South Korea bans more officials from foreign travel Syrian rebel leader vows to hunt perpetrators of torture, war crimes Bandits reject N3m ransom to release abducted villagers Borno court jails Mama Boko Haram, […]
Olusegun Obasanjo, a former president of Nigeria, says the best approach to tackling corruption in government is to start from the top. According to Channels Television, the retired army general made the remark on Sunday during a programme titled ‘Boiling Point Arena’, hosted by a private radio station in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital. Obasanjo […]
The United Kingdom says it granted 300,000 new visas to Nigerians in the “last couple of years”. While there are claims in some quarters that the UK’s immigration policies are harsh, the British High Commissioner to Nigeria Richard Montgomery said the country is a major beneficiary of the UK’s visa policies. “I have to contest […]
The federal high court in Ekiti has granted Dele Farotimi, a human rights activist, N50 million bail with one surety. On Monday, the court asked the surety to provide evidence of two years’ tax clearance, land document and a letter of authorisation from the telecommunication operator. The suit bordering on defamation and libel, as filed […]
South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol was banned from leaving the country on Monday, the justice ministry said, less than a week after he plunged the country into chaos by briefly imposing martial law. Yoon sent special forces and helicopters to parliament on the night of December 3 before lawmakers forced him to rescind the […]
Monday 09 December 2024 Lakurawa: Nigeria, neighbours begin offensive against new terror group Syrian rebels oust Assad, end 60-year family rule Tax reform: Akume plays down northern opposition as Senate meets AGF Ondo poll: INEC blames bank as ad hoc staff demand payment Edo: APC, PDP begin legal battle at tribunal today Farotimi: Protest organisers […]
No fewer than 11,852 Nigerians have been repatriated from 10 countries from January 2023 to November 25, 2024. This is according to the Migrant Profile Report obtained from the International Organisation for Migration, which includes details of migrants who received assistance to return to Nigeria over a 23-month period. IOM is the leading intergovernmental organisation […]
Troops of Joint Task Force South-East, “Operation UDO KA” have carried out clearance operations in camps of Indigenous People of Biafra and Eastern Security Network, apprehending two suspected terrorists. This is contained in a statement issued by the spokesman for the task force, Lt.-Col. Jonah Unuakhalu, on Sunday in Enugu. Unuakhalu said that in continuation […]
President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview aired Sunday he would “have to” deport all undocumented immigrants in the United States, as he doubled down on his hardline campaign pledges including ending birthright citizenship. “You have to do it,” he said during an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press,” after being asked if he planned […]
Festus Keyamo, minister of aviation and aerospace development, says the Department of State Services (DSS) should not search passengers’ bags at airports. Keyamo spoke on the ‘This Morning’ programme on Arise News on Sunday. “We’ll sit down, but we needed to take this step. DSS, you are not, you have no business searching people’s bags,” […]
