•An American Airlines Boeing 737-823 passenger aircraft The United States said yesterday it is bolstering precautions to prevent the spread of Ebola, including screening air travelers from outbreak-hit areas and temporarily suspending visa services. The measures shared by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) come as the Wor...
•Genevieve Nnaji Star actress Genevieve Nnaji is set to make her acting comeback in ‘Wahala’, a six-part drama series produced by BBC Studios. The thriller, adapted from Nikki May’s debut novel of the same name, is written by BAFTA-nominated screenwriter Theresa Ikoko and will stream on BBC iPlayer and broadcast on BBC One. BBC announced [&hel...
•Prof Joash Ojo Amupitan and the Senate Barring any last-minute changes, the Senate will tomorrow screen and confirm Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan (SAN) as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). This follows a request from President Bola Tinubu, who today transmitted a letter to the Senate seeking legislative ...
The United States government has announced that it will now screen the social media profiles of all student and exchange visitor visa applicants before granting entry, as part of enhanced vetting measures. In a statement issued yesterday, the U.S. Department of State said the new requirement affects all applicants seeking F (academic), M (voca...
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has introduced a new measure to prevent the Nigerian government’s delegation to the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 29) in Azerbaijan from becoming overly large. To achieve this, the president has ordered the creation of a new portal designed to streamline the selection and number of governm...
•Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite All is set for the disbursement of the N275 billion palliative support funds announced in July by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to mitigate the pains arising from the removal of petrol subsidy. Minister for Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite, yesterday said that two programmes under the multi-layered inte...

