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The United States of America Consulate in Nigeria said the immigration visa ban imposed on Nigerians by its President, Donald Trump, would be reviewed once Nigeria meets the required criteria. The US Government had on January 31 announced the new visa regime, which involved the suspension of the issuance of immigrant visas to Nigerian passport […]

An annual mass wedding ceremony in the Philippines saw face masks and health checks included in the proceedings this year. The precautions have been brought in due to the threat of coronavirus. The city of Bacolod, Philippines saw 220 couples married in the government-sponsored event. Annual mass weddings are a post-Valentine’s Day tradition in the […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Sunday said customers can deposit dollar into their domiciliary accounts but are not allowed to transfer it to another party. In a statement, CBN, Corporate Communications Director, Isaac Okorafor, said  the apex bank had not  prohibited the acceptance of foreign currency  cash deposits by Deposit Money Banks (DMBs). […]

A woman, Hadiza Bello, and three other accomplices have been sentenced to 160 years in prison by a Federal High Court, sitting in Yola, Adamawa State, for dealing in fake naira notes. The convicts were dragged before the court by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, after they were caught at a […]

A former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, on Saturday took a swipe at political office holders in the country. The ex-vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections said it is madness for political office holders to have 22 cars in their convoy. He said as a former governor, […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has given the condition for reopening Nigeria’s land borders to goods from neighbouring countries. He revealed that the reopening the borders would be determined by the report from the Tripartite Committee comprising the governments of Nigeria, Benin Republic and the Niger Republic. The President stated this when he met with President Roch […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has called for more investment in the agricultural sector of the country. Receiving members of the Council for New Nigeria Initiative (CNNI) in Abuja on Friday, he gave an assurance that his administration would make faster strides through it as a nation. “Those who went into farming have no regrets, and we […]

The United States Department of Justice has alleged that the Federal Government led by the President, Major Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is planning to hand over about $100m out of the money looted by former Head of State, late Gen Sani Abacha, to Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Bagudu. The US Department further stated that the […]

Larry Tesler, a pioneer of personal computing credited with creating the cut, copy and paste as well as the search and replace functions, has died. He was 74. Tesler was not nearly as well known as computing giants such as Bill Gates or Steve Jobs. But he played an early, central role in making computers […]

The Federal Government has called on the United States of America to consider the long-standing relationship between the two countries and reverse its Visa restrictions on Nigeria. Mr Mohammed Manga, Director Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Interior, in a statement said the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, made the call on Thursday. Manga […]

Nigerians should be prepared to pay cost-reflective electricity tariffs in order to enjoy the benefits of the liberalisation of the power sector, the government-owned Transmission Company of Nigeria has said. The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, TCN, Mr Usman Mohammed, who said this on Thursday, noted that the government had continued to pump money into the […]

At least eight people have been killed in shootings in the German city of Hanau, according to a statement by the Southeast Hesse Police. The shootings occurred in two locations on Wednesday evening. Two hookah lounges reportedly were targeted. Authorities were searching for the perpetrators early Thursday, hours after the shootings at about 10 p.m. […]

The United States government has given the Nigerian government conditions under which the recent visa policy affecting six countries, including Nigeria, could be reviewed. The US government maintained that once Nigeria improves her data intelligence, such that it would be easy to investigate any immigrant wishing to visit the United States and meet information-sharing systems, […]

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has said that the US travel ban on Nigeria came as a rude shock to the country. The minister, who spoke during the visit of the United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Leonard, to his office, stressed that owing to the impact Nigerian professionals have on […]

A Kosovo female police officer on Tuesday committed suicide after she shot and killed four in-laws, in Gnjilan town 50 kilometers south-east of the capital Pristina. According to prosecutors, the killer, an officer with the local police precinct, shot her husband’s parents and two brothers. A spokesman for the prosecutors was quoted as saying all […]

The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has said corruption is worse than coronavirus. He said this on Tuesday in Kaduna during the Passing Out Parade of 281 Detective Inspectors of the EFCC, who were trained for 14 months at the NDA. According to him, corruption is a huge burden to Nigeria. […]