•Lola (left) stands with her husband, Samson, and children David, 8, and Daniel, 3 Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has asked Nigerian student Lola Akinlade to leave the country over a fake acceptance letter she used to obtain a study visa and work permit. Akinlade, who graduated with a diploma in Social Services from Nova [&hellip...
•Billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola Nigerian banks should scale back their flamboyancy, including spending on private jets, and pay a new windfall tax to regain public trust and support the economy, Femi Otedola, chairman of FBN Holdings has said. In an emailed statement to Bloomberg, Otedola said: “Nigerian banks are spending an estimated ...
•Nigerian lawyers The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has established Legal Support Services Teams across the country to offer free legal services to protesters whose fundamental rights may be breached during the nationwide protests that started this morning. President of the NBA Yakubu Maikyau (SAN) directed all chairpersons of the 130 branche...
•Immigration officers Some officers of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) today in Benin, Edo State, assaulted Joy Odigie, a journalist with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Odigie had visited the Edo command of the service to interview its Public Relations Officer, Ake Kenneth, regarding a reported burglary at the command’s offices. A so...
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has condemned the recent report issued by the Lagos State Police Command concerning the events at the Federal College of Education (Technical), Akoka. In a statement signed by NANS Senate President, Afeez Akinteye and made available to our correspondent yesterday, the students association no...
•A nationwide protest The Southwest Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has appealed to all the groups planning to protest across the nation to have a rethink and retrace their steps for the interest and development of the country. This is just as the region Executive called on all government officials and political [&he...
•Anthony Esan A Nigerian has been charged after an army officer was stabbed near a barracks in Gillingham in Kent. Anthony Esan, 24, was arrested after the attack on Lieutenant Colonel Mark Teeton at around 5.55pm on Tuesday which took place in Sally Port Gardens, near Brompton Barracks, headquarters of the 1 Royal School of […]
The leadership of the Association of Nigerian Students in Russia has rejected the recent announcement by the federal government on the reduction of supplementation allowances for Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) scholars for the 2024 academic year. This was contained in a letter signed by the president of the association, Alabi Jeffrey and ...
•Governors Forum Governors from the 36 states of the federation are currently convening in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, they are meeting at the NGF secretariat in the FCT, reports Channels TV. Some of the governors have already started to arrive at the meeting venue. Those already present [&hell...
A Nigerian medical doctor and visual artist, Fola David, has completed a massive drawing measuring 1,000 square metres in Lagos. With this, David surpassed the previous Guinness World Record of 629.98 square metres held by Ravi Soni from India. David’s six-day record-breaking attempt began on July 16 at the Onikan Stadium in Lagos. His artwork...
The Frontier is Nigeria’s leading online newspaper. It is published by Okims Media Links Limited headed by Sunny Okim, a veteran journalist who is widely known as The Grandmaster, fondly called so by colleagues and friends for being Nigeria’s pioneer movie journalist.
© 2026 The Frontier, Published by Okims Media Links Limited.
designed by winnet services
