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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced an increase in visa application fee paid by immigrants. The announcement came after a speech regarding an increase in public sector wages.  Sunak confirmed that part of the funding for the wage increase will be raised from the foreign migrants who come to the United Kingdom to live and work, the British media …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will travel to Nairobi, Kenya, on Saturday, July 15, to attend the Fifth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting (5th MYCM) of the African Union (AU), the Regional Economic Communities (RECs), the Regional Mechanisms (RMs), and the African Union Member States. Tinubu, as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) chairman, will join heads of state and government, …

This was disclosed by the outgoing Theatre Commander of the Joint Task Force in the North East, Operation HADIN KAI, Major General I.S Ali. Ali, who revealed this while handing over the theatre operation to Maj Gen Gold Chibuisi, said more than 100,000 insurgents and their families had surrendered so far in the North East. He explained that the theatre …

* Berates EFCC for abusing court processes * Says anti-graft agency must operate within ambit of law Justice Yusuf Halilu of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has discharged Senator Rochas Okorocha of corruption charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ((EFCC). This is the third time Okorocha has been freed by courts …

….FG plans N8,000 monthly palliative for 12m poor households …NLC, TUC kick, Experts, stakeholders lampoon palliatives plans, suggest alternatives The Senate has approved President Bola Tinubu’s request for $800 million borrowing from the World Bank. The president’s request was in a letter read by Godswill Akpabio, Senate President, at the plenary on Thursday. Tinubu, in the letter, explained that the …

Police authorities, on Thursday, in Abuja paraded no fewer than 20 suspects arrested for offences including conspiracy, attempted murder, murder, kidnapping, armed robbery and possession of illicit drugs among others. One of the suspects is 32-year-old Yusuf Isah who was arrested in connection with the October 2022 attack on the General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, Apostle Johnson Suleman. …

The Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja has directed troops of the Nigerian Army to assert control over regions where Simon Ekpa, a self-acclaimed disciple of Nnamdi Kanu, detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, imposed a sit-at-home order in the South-East. He spoke as the Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Aderemi Adeoye assured yesterday that …

…dazzles investors, guests with progress of Benin Port, Enterprise Park, others The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Thursday showcased investment opportunities in Edo as well as the impacts of the public-private partnerships that have translated to the remarkable transformation of various sectors of the State’s economy including education, agriculture, healthcare, public service, security, infrastructure, among others. Obaseki, who …

The National Assembly is to get N70 billion in the 2022 Supplementary Appropriation Bill to improve the working conditions of its new members. Conversely, farmers who suffered the devastating 2022 floods across the country, will be getting N19 billion. These are contained in the bill considered by the House of Representatives on Thursday during plenary. A breakdown and details of …

The Department of State Services has said the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele had been charged to court. An Abuja High Court had on Thursday ordered the DSS to either release Emefiele or charge him to court. Reacting in a statement by its spokesperson, Peter Afunanya, the DSS said the service had in 2022 applied …