•Japa The Home Office of the United Kingdom on Monday announced that it had commenced the implementation of its policy banning Nigerian students and other overseas students from bringing in dependants via the study visa route. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the Home Office reiterated that only those on postgraduate research or government-s...
•Apapa and Abure The National Chairman of the Labour Party, LP, Julius Abure, yesterday carpeted the plan by Lamidi Apapa-led faction of the party to conduct governorship primary election in Edo State, saying all the decided court cases across the country on the leadership crisis in the party point to the fact that he remains […]
•Tinubu The organised Labour yesterday said President Bola Tinubu’s administration must not fail to fulfill its promises to Nigerian workers in 2024. The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, which gave the warning in separate interviews with one of our correspondents in Abuja, said the president must “walk the talk’’ in the Ne...
•Matchete A suspect identified as Ibrahim Salisu has been taken into custody by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly macheting his brother, Malaimi Yellow, to death over alleged sexual demand. It was learnt from the state command that the incident happened in the Araromi Street, Sango-Ota area at about 11:00 p.m. on Friday, reports [&he...
•CP Abiodun Alamutu The Commissioner of Police in Ogun State, Abiodun Alamutu, has described ritual killings as the most disturbing trend of criminal activity in the state. He said it is more worrying because ritual killings by nature “are never done in the open except through credible intelligence before the act is committed,” reports Daily [...
•Tinubu Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the New Year broadcast by President Bola Tinubu as a harvest of deceit, false claims and empty promises. The party stated this position in a statement issued yesterday by Debo Ologunagba, National Publicity Secretary, describing the speech as unpresidential, uninspiring and amounts to a wast...
•Scene of the explosion Piqued by the spate of gas explosions, the Permanent Secretary of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, has warned persons storing gas cylinders indiscriminately without following safety rules and regulations to desist or face sanctions. Oke-Osanyintolu gave the warning during an assess...
•Prof Bello Malami A university lecturer from Usmanu Danfodio University Sokoto, Professor Bello Malami, has asked President Tinubu to redouble efforts in the fight against corruption in Nigeria which he described as the base for progress, development and solutions to prevailing insecurity in the country. While expressing optimism that the eco...
•Tinubu The Labour Party (LP) says President Bola Tinubu’s New Year’s broadcast to Nigerians lacks empathy. Tinubu, in his nationwide broadcast to Nigerians yesterday, urged the citizens not to falter despite the tough times and difficulties they face. “Dear Compatriots, take this from me: the time may be rough and tough, however, our spirit m...
The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, says automation of passport application process will begin from January 8, 2024, and Nigerians will be able to apply and complete their passport application process online without human contact. “We are good to go live,” Tunji-Ojo said yesterday in Abuja during an inspection of facilities of the Ni...

