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The Japanese government issued the rebuttal in a statement about four days after the Nigerian presidency announced a special Japanese visa opportunity for Nigerians. The Japanese government has denied the President Bola Tinubu administration’s claim of a newly created visa category allowing skilled Nigerians to relocate to Japan. It said, through its Ministry of Foreign Affairs, that the claim of inclusion of …

President Donald Trump said that his administration will seek the death penalty in murder cases in Washington, DC. “Anybody murders something in the capital, capital punishment. Capital, capital punishment. If somebody kills somebody in the capital, Washington, DC, we’re going to be seeking the death penalty,” the president said during a meeting with Cabinet members today. He said it’s a …

Justice Emeka Nwite issued the directive following an ex-parte motion filed by the IGP’s lawyer, Wisdom Madaki. The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday ordered six banks to provide the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun with comprehensive account documents and transaction records linked to human rights activist Omoyele Sowore from January 2024 to the present. The transaction is …

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has resolved that the party’s presidential ticket for the 2027 general elections will be zoned to the South. This decision was disclosed by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, while reading the communique issued at the end of the NEC’s 102nd meeting held on Monday at the party’s national secretariat …

National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, has handed over 128 rescued kidnap victims from Zamfara State to their families in Abuja. The victims, comprising males, females and children, were rescued by security forces in two different operations in Kaura Namoda in Zamfara State. Ribadu said the victims would be treated for trauma and helped to settle down in their communities. …

President Bola Tinubu has ordered a temporary ban on the export of raw shea nuts, with immediate effect.The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Abubakar Kyari, made this known at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports Vice-President Kashim Shettima is presiding over an implementation meeting with critical stakeholders on the Presidential directive. …

Sowore also described the IGP as “illegal” following multiple controversies surrounding his appointment, adding that the charges against him are part of a grand attempt to silence him. Human rights activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has called on members of the public to witness proceedings at the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, where the Inspector General of …

Academic activities were halted on Tuesday for several hours at the two campuses of the University of Benin in Ugbowo and Ekheuan Road as the Academic Staff Union of Universities joined a one-day protest organised across the country over the non-implementation of the 2009 agreement reached with the Federal Government. The lecturers and other academic staff took the protest from …

The Kaduna–Abuja rail corridor, one of the busiest in the country, has suffered multiple disruptions in recent years, including the March 2022 deadly attack by armed men. A passenger train travelling from Kaduna to Abuja derailed on Tuesday, leaving some of its cabins overturned. SaharaReporters learnt that the incident occurred along the popular route in the morning, sparking panic among …

By Erasmus Ikhide When a critical sector of human evolution and development is left in the hands of greedy business concerns, whose innate motive is bizarre exploitation and banal profiteering, such society is doomed for implosion. For too long, the warped and hijacked educational system operated by never-do-well businessmen and women can be attributed to the collapse of our value …