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Between January 2013 and December 2022, the Canadian government turned down at least 11,921 asylum applications from Nigerians. This is based on information acquired from the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada's Refugee Protection…

The Federal Government has commenced the payment of the 40 per cent pay rise salary arrears for civil servants. This was contained in a report issued by Saturday PUNCH. The report revealed that some federal civil servants started…

The current turmoil in Sudan, according to the Federal Government, is making it impossible for stranded Nigerians to be evacuated. Although the Nigerian Mission in Sudan and the National Emergency Management Agency had put plans in…

One of the few remaining relics from the time before Elon Musk became the owner of Twitter, the legacy blue checkmarks, appear to have been officially retired. The free blue checks Twitter provided to journalists, celebrities, and…

Infractions committed by Hudu Yunusa Ari, the residential electoral commissioner (REC) for Adamawa State, must be handled by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), according to the minister of information, Lai Mohammed.…

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, refused to hear an ex-parte motion filed by the All Progressives Congress candidate in the Adamawa governorship election, Senator Aisha Ahmed, popularly called Binani. Justice Inyang Ekwo,…

Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers State, cannot be expelled from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) due to suspected anti-party conduct, according to the Federal High Court in Abuja. The Federal High Court in Abuja, in February,…

The People’s Republic of China says it is not ”and will never be involved in funding terrorism”. Read Also: CANADA: Public Workers To Embark On Strike Over Refusal Of Govt To Increase Wages The Chinese government’s position is…

The Kogi State Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate for November 11 governorship poll, Dino Melaye, has commended the leadership of the party, his co-contestants and party members for their conduct in the primary election…

Omoyele Sowore, a presidential candidate in the 2019 and 2023 elections, on Saturday said contrary to claims by some of his handlers, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the president-elect of Nigeria, was not seen anywhere in Mecca, Saudi Arabia…

Those who are visiting the US on a B-1 or B-2 visa for business or tourism are now able to apply for employment and attend job interviews, according to a recent announcement from the US Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS).…

In celebrating World Health Organisation, WHO at 75, different programmes and awareness have been embarked on by the group. And one of them is, the group, WHO cautioned Nigeria and other countries to prepare for the flu pandemic by…

The latest update on the huge debt profile of Nigeria has been made available by Debt Management Office, resulting in the rejection of new loan requests by the China Development Bank, and frantic efforts by the Federal Government to…

United Kingdom, UK has placed Nigeria on the red list of countries that should not be actively targeted for recruitment by health and social care employers. This is coming one month after the World Health Organisation listed 55…

Charles Oputa better known as Charly Boy has taken a dig at Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka over his recent outings in the media, saying he can never be the man Chinua Achebe was. Read Also: Datti Declines Offer To Debate Soyinka,…