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From arbitrary airport screenings to lengthy security questioning, the plight of the Nigerian passport holder is unending, so much that even the bourgeoisie can relate when Bosun Tijani, the minister of communications, innovation, and digital economy narrated how he felt embarrassed with the way officials at the Chinese Embassy treated him for holding a Nigerian passport during the ministerial screening. …

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu says he is he is the one holding back ECOWAS and other unnamed forces from invading Niger to restore constitutional order in the country. Mr Tinubu, who is also the chairperson of the ECOWAS heads of state and government, said this Thursday during a meeting with Nigerian Islamic clerics who are acting as mediators with the Niger …

Oil marketers, on Thursday, insisted on a possible hike in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, following a further plunge in the value of the naira against the United States dollar. The local currency weakened against the greenback at the black market from 900/dollar on Wednesday to 920/dollar on Thursday, raising further concerns about whether the …

Aisha Ibrahim, a Kano-based fashion designer, is struggling with stagnant earnings and dwindling fabric sales. She is being squeezed by the ever-increasing prices of food, leading her to cut down on the amount she can use to put food on her family’s table. “I am really feeling the heat,” said Ms Ibrahim, a widow and mother of three. “I can’t …

Deposit money banks in Nigeria have reported a sharp rise in fraud cases and the amount of money lost in the second quarter of 2023, Q2’23. The latest report also shows that the number of insider involvement rose astronomically. The total amount involved in the fraud cases during the period rose to N9.75 billion, up by a whopping 276.98 per …

• Tinubu’s economic reforms, alliances will attract investments, says Shettima The BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa), yesterday, announced expansion of the emerging countries’ bloc, with the integration of six new members, from January.Conspicuously missing, however, is Nigeria, the supposed giant of Africa. South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, announced that Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates …

Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has taken his protest to the residence of the National Chairman of the party, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje to press home his demand for the immediate resignation of the party’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary-designate, Duro Meseko. Bello and his entourage left the party secretariat for the home of the national chairman at about 6.15pm after …

Donald Trump surrendered Thursday at the Fulton County jail on more than a dozen charges stemming from his efforts to reverse Georgia’s 2020 election results, the fourth time this year the former president has faced criminal charges, the CNN reports. Trump spent a little more than 20 minutes at the Fulton County jail, where he was processed and released on bond. …

The founder of the Wagner military company and six other passengers were on a private jet that crashed Wednesday soon after taking off from Moscow with a crew of three, according to Russia’s civil aviation authority. Rescuers found 10 bodies, and Russian media cited anonymous sources in Wagner who said Prigozhin was dead. But there has been no official confirmation. A part of a …

In his first remarks since the plane crash that presumably killed Yevgeny Prigozhin, Russian President Vladimir Putin called the Wagner founder “a man of difficult fate” but “talented.” “I knew Prigozhin for a very long time, since the early 90s,” said Putin, who referred to the Wagner chief in the past tense throughout his remarks at the Kremlin, where he was meeting with …