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The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) is probing the destruction of the country’s passport by a lady and has also invited the woman for questioning.    A viral video captured the female traveller identified as Favour Igiebor destroying the Nigerian Standard Passport – said to belong to her husband – at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport […]

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has invalidated the certificates of 101 individuals mobilised for national service by the University of Calabar (UNICAL) during the 2021, 2022, and 2023 service years.   According to a statement signed by the Director, Information and Public Relations of the Corp, Eddy Megwa, the organisation took this action to […]

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the 2024 results for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).    This is according to a post on the examination body’s X account on Monday. “The West African Examinations Council is pleased to inform Candidates who sat WASSCE for School Candidates, 2024 that the result […]

The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde has denied taking part in the ₦570bn hardship grant claimed to have been given to the state governments by the Federal Government.   President Bola Tinubu while addressing Nigerians in a broadcast during the #EndBadGovernance nationwide protests against hunger and hardship, said the government has disbursed ₦570bn to […]

Authorities of the Nigerian Immigration Services (NIS) have placed sponsors of nationwide #EndBadGovernance protest on its watchlist.   Comptroller-General of NIS, Kemi Nandap, who disclosed this at Defence Headquarters, Abuja on Tuesday, said these persons who are in the diaspora would be arrested immediately they step their legs on Nigerian soil.    She spoke shortly […]

General Christopher Musa, Chief of Defence Staff, says those flying Russian flag in Nigeria have committed a treasonable offence.   Speaking after an emergency security session with President Bola Tinubu at Aso Rock, the General vowed that the law would catch up with such people.   Warning those calling for coup, Musa said the military […]

Operatives of the Department of State Services have arrested one of the leaders of the ongoing Endbadgovernance protests in the Federal Capital Territory, Micheal Lenin.   Lenin was picked up by the DSS around 2 am on Monday at his residence in the Apo area of the FCT.   Speaking with our correspondent, the Director […]

President Bola Tinubu will address the nation in a broadcast on Sunday, August 4, 2024, at 7:00 am.   Television, radio, and other electronic media outlets are enjoined to plug into the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) for the broadcast.   The broadcast will […]

The Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) has disconnected the Kaduna Government House over N2.9 billion debt.   The company in a statement signed by the Head, Corporation Communication, Abdulazeez Abdullahi, said the government house had not paid for electricity consumed in seven months.   Recall that in the early hours of Friday, the state government […]

Amnesty International has claimed that 13 persons were killed in the first day of the nationwide protests that hit parts of the country, calling for a probe.    In a public statement on Friday, the humanitarian group listed the states where the killings took place. It said six persons were killed in Suleja, Niger state, […]

The Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Owan Enoh, has said he will probe the exclusion of Nigerian athlete, Favour Ofili, from the 100m Women’s event at the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympic Games.   On Tuesday, the sprinter announced that she will not be competing in the 100-metre race at the ongoing Olympics in Paris […]

Twenty-four hours before the planned 10-day hunger protest, the Federal Government took some proactive steps to quell the demonstration.   Recall that recently, a group, the Take It Back movement called for a nationwide protest against hunger and bad governance in the country.   The group tagged the protest, “Days of Rage” which it said […]