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In a post on X, the embassy refused to provide details on the visa statuses, stating that it does not disclose such information for “privacy reasons”.The Canadian High Commission in Nigeria has declined to comment on reports that Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, Chris Musa, and other senior military officers were denied visas.In post on X, the embassy said it would not provide details on...

The Federal Government has announced plans to establish a special security unit, dubbed “Power Rangers,” to protect the nation’s electricity infrastructure.This was disclosed by the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, during an interview “We have decided now with the Minister of Power to have what we call the power rangers,” He stated.He explained ...

President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, to participate in the 38th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union Heads of State and Government.The meeting is slated for February 14 – 18, 2025.Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a statement he signed in the early hours of Friday titled ‘President T...

Justice Chinyere Nwecheonwu of the FCT High Court Kuje has shifted the ruling in the bail application of the former executive secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Professor Usman Yusuf, who is facing corruption allegations, to February 27.Justice Nwecheonwu ruled that the defendant be remanded in the Nigerian Correctional Service facility in Kuje pending the ruling on his bail application....

The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, LAMATA, has announced an 18 percent increase in fares for its Bus Reform Initiative, BRI, scheme. The upward review will take effect from February 17.LAMATA said the decision to hike the fares was due to the rising cost of diesel and the high number of buses that were out of operation due to the lack of spare parts.“The fare rise is because of the incr...

The authorities of the Nigeria Customs Service have handed over a total of 1,599 assorted arms and 2, 298 live cartridges to the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW).Speaking during the handover ceremony in Lagos, the Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, stated that some of the importers of the assault weapons have been convicted while other cases are still undergoing court p...

National Assembly has passed the sum of N54,990,165,355,396 Appropriation Bill into law for the 2025 fiscal year.The 2025 Budget was passed on Thursday by the both chambers of the National Assembly after due consideration.The passage of the bill followed a recent revision by President Bola Tinubu, who raised the budget from an initial N49.7 trillion to N54.2 trillion.The president said th...

A State High Court sitting in Kano, has Adjourned till April 15 hearing of all pending preliminary objections in the state government’s case against the national chairman of the All Progressive Congress, Abdullahi Ganduje alongside seven others, over alleged bribery and misappropriation of funds.It would be recalled that the state government instituted a case against Ganduje, alongside his wife, Hafsat Umar and others...

Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu State has appealed to aggrieved PDP members to seize the opportunity presented by the ongoing reconciliation process to come back to the party.The Governor also called for peace and unity among the members of PDP in the Southeast Zone and the entire country.Mbah made the appeals when he received members of the PDP National Reconciliation Committee, led by a former governor of Osun ...

Nigeria has finally met the quota set for it by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, a report by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission has shown.In January, Nigeria made real its focus on ramping up oil production, raising average daily crude output to 1,538,697 barrels. This is about 39,000 barrels above the 1.5mbpd set for the oil-producing country by OPEC.It was gathere...