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The chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has said some Nigerians who have been sent back from Dubai tried to circumvent the new visa rules of the United Arab Emirates. Dabiri-Erewa made this claim on Thursday, while reacting to recent reports that some Nigerians were stranded in Dubai, and some others have been turned back from ...

The Academic Union of Universities (ASUU), says it did not ask for students’ hel before it embarked on its struggle. The union’s comment is in response to Sunday Asefon, president of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), who had accused the of being “self-serving,” while noting that students would no longer support its call for intervention. ASUU has been ...

The federal government has released N6.25 billion for the establishment of cattle ranches in local government areas affected by banditry in Katsina State. Alhaji Mannir Yakubu, the state deputy governor and commissioner for agriculture and rural development, disclosed this during the Ranch Stakeholders Development Meeting in Katsina on Monday. He said that the frontline local government areas where grazing reserves ...

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has struck out a Federal Government request to extradite the detained Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, to the United States of America, USA, to face trial over his alleged involvement with a notorious internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi.   The court, on Monday, in a judgement that was ...

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has suspended the revocation of licences of African Independent Television (AIT), Silverbird TV, and broadcast stations who have failed to renew them. Balarabe Shehu Ilelah, director-general of the NBC, said this in a statement on Friday. ”The National Broadcasting Commission on Friday, August 19TH, 2022, issued a shutdown notice to licensee that are indebted to ...

Leader Of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele said Nigerians will experience more hardship because the government is in debt that cannot be fully paid in the next six years. The cleric made the comment via a statement issued by his media aide Osho Oluwatosin. Ayodele, in his “fresh prophetic warnings”, noted that the people will start protesting against ...

The Joint Union Congress of the Police Service Commission has issued a notice of indefinite strike to the management of the commission over a breach of agreement. The union noted that the strike will commence with effect from Monday, August 29, 2022. Chairman of the Joint Service Union, PSC chapter, Mr Adoyi Adoyi, disclosed this on Thursday. The notice is ...

Ayo Adebanjo, the head of the pan-Yoruba sociopolitical organization Afenifere, asserted that Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, shares his ideals. Recall that the LP presidential flagbearer and Adebanjo met on Tuesday with the leadership of the Southern and Middle Belt Forum (SMBLF). In an interview with Channels TV, Adebanjo discussed his conversation with the former governor ...

Eno Otu, director of finance and account, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), is being grilled by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Otu is being questioned over the alleged diversion of N25 billion in tax remittances. Sources told this newspaper that the NDDC account director arrived at the EFCC facility on Wednesday, and he is still being held for ...

Nigerian governors are of the opinion that elections may not hold in several north-west states as a result of the prevalent insecurity in the geopolitical zone. North-west comprises seven states — Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto, and Zamfara. It was gathered that the governors shared their perspective with President Muhammadu Buhari in a policy brief. The brief was part ...