Canada will increase the amount of money international students must show for living expenses when applying for a study permit from September 1, 2026. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada in a post on X today said a single student applying from outside Quebec will be required to demonstrate access to C$23,448 for living expenses, up [&...
•Naira notes and NFIU logo The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) has raised the alarm over emerging methods being used by terrorist financiers to conceal the identities of individuals controlling illicit funds, including the use of pre-registered SIM cards and bank accounts opened in women’s names. The disclosure was contained in the...
•A collapsed building following the earthquakes The twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela last month killed over 5,000 people, officials said, while announcing they drew hundreds of millions of dollars from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for reconstruction. The 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude quakes struck within a minute of each other on June 2...
•Abubakar Malami A Federal High Court in Abuja heard yesterday how funds were moved into the accounts of some companies linked with a former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, his wife, Hajia Bashir Asabe, and his son, Abdulaziz. Two prosecution witnesses, who are bank officials, gave details of how the funds were [&hel...
•France PM Emmanuel Macron and Indian PM Narendra Modi France warned today it could block the disbursement of climate funds to India under a recent trade deal with the EU if New Delhi does not up its game in fighting global warming. France’s ecological transition minister Monique Barbut told our correspondent the European Union should [&hellip...
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has directed the immediate release of approved funds for the maintenance of Nigeria’s space assets in line with the National Space Policy and Programme. He reiterated his administration’s commitment to the realisation of Nigeria’s space policy and programme as outlined in the revised 25-year roadmap for space deve...
•Actress Halima Abubakar now (L) and before (R) Nollywood actress Halima Abubakar has once again gone public with appeal for financial assistance, saying she urgently needs money for surgery. In a now-trending video shared today, the actress was seen sitting on the floor as she begged Nigerians for support. “I’m tired of begging, I need [&hell...
•Nigerian Senate Some Senators have raised the alarm over what they described as a paucity of funds, which has adversely affected the functioning of standing committees and the implementation of budgets. Senators cried out today during a meeting between Senator Olamilekan Adeola (APC, Ogun West), who led the Senate Committee on Appropriations,...
•Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, today, appealed to individuals and organisations to support the government’s dream of sustaining the security of lives and properties in the state through the Lagos State Security Trust Fund. Sanwo-Olu spoke during a private breakfast meeting with select Managing Director...
•Central Bank of Nigeria Abdulrahman Musa, on March 12, 2024, walked into a bank in Kaduna metropolis looking confused and agitated. He had just mistakenly transferred N200,000 to the wrong account number. He immediately rushed to the customer service unit to lodge a complaint about the erroneous transfer, which had gone to an account in [&hel...
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