•Shipwreck No fewer than 61 migrants, including women and children, have drowned following a shipwreck off Libya. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said the boat had set off from the Libyan city of Zwara with about 86 persons on board, reports The Guardian. Libya is a key transit point along the Central Mediterranean route, [&...
•Most motor park The leadership of the Kaduna State branch of the National Union of Road Transport Workers says travellers in the state have reduced by over 50 per cent as the Yuletide approaches. The state NUTRW Secretary, Malam Bature Suleiman, disclosed this yesterday in an interview with NAN. Suleiman said the development was due […...
•US visa Nigerians on X have recounted their experiences and reactions after they were denied visa applications. An X user, Mz_Tosyn, today, posted how she headed straight to a restaurant to get food and drinks after she was denied her US visa application, and “ate like no future.” She wrote, “The last time I was […]
•Alake The Minister of Solid Mineral, Mr Dele Alake, has alleged that powerful Nigerians involved in illegal mining were responsible for other criminal activities and involved in sponsoring banditry and terrorism in the country. Alake said this when he appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Solid Minerals for the 2024 budget...
•National grid Nigerians have taken to social media to lament the collapse of the national electricity grid which resulted in a blackout in the country. They lamented the collapse of the national power grid, amid dollar exchange rates, diesel and fuel price increases in the nation, reports Nigerian Tribune. Lamenting for the frequent occurrenc...
Many households are not finding it easy as the ability to purchase daily and basic needs is becoming a tall order for many amid rising inflation and falling incomes. The households, mostly those in the low-income level, have lamented that nearly 100 per cent of their earnings are now spent on food, whose prices continue […]
•Tinubu President Bola Armed Tinubu has said he is desirous of making Nigerians happy by providing good and responsive governance. He, therefore, pleaded with the people to give him the benefit of the doubt by availing his administration the needed support. Speaking at a graduation ceremony of Senior Executive Course (SEC) 45 of the National [...
No fewer than 416 unarmed citizens have been killed by accidental airstrikes of the Nigerian military within the space of 9 years in 16 communities located in the northern region of the country, findings have revealed. Although the military high command and the Nigerian Air Force had consistently maintained that there was no way collateral [&h...
Sixteen days to this year’s Christmas, many Nigerians have said they do not have plans to travel out of their locations to mark the season as a result of insecurity, high cost of transportation and the general economic hardship in the country. They blame the situation on the removal of fuel subsidy and weakening of […]
The government of Canada has increased the proof of funds for Nigerians and other international students from ₦8,025,000.00 ($10,000) to ₦16,050,000.0000 ($20,000). Marc Miller, Canadian Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, made this announcement in a statement yesterday, saying the new requirement will take effect from January 1...

