Some countries offer a fast-track path to citizenship for foreigners who marry their citizens. This shortens the usual residency requirements and helps spouses gain citizenship more quickly. While the rules vary, marriage is often accepted as a valid reason for granting citizenship or residency. This also comes with benefits like the right to live, work,…
There’s something undeniably comforting about a steaming cup of tea or coffee, especially on a chilly morning. For many, the hotter, the better. But before you pour that next scalding-hot cup, it’s worth considering what science has to say about the potential health risks of drinking beverages that are too hot. According to a studypublished…
A graduate of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Rhoda Odeyale, has been abducted by gunmen while travelling to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. She was reportedly kidnapped alongside other passengers on an inter-state commercial bus on Wednesday. According to sources close to the family, the kidnappers have…
Few days after nearly 100 persons lost their lives in tanker accident in Niger State, some youths trooped out to the scene of a tanker accident in Jalingo, Taraba State capital, on Wednesday. According to witnesses, the youths were scooping fuel from the faulty truck when security operatives arrived at the scene. Men of the…
An Abeokuta High Court on Wednesday sentenced 22-year-old Jamiu Malomo to death by hanging for stabbing a sex worker to death. Malomo, who pleaded not guilty to the charge, was convicted on a one-count charge of murder. Delivering his judgment, Justice .O. Ogunfowora held that the prosecutor proved his case beyond reasonable doubt that Malomo…
A middle-aged man (name withheld), from Abagana in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State has allegedly set his wife ablaze over alleged family dispute. Vanguard gathered that the incident happened on Tuesday at Eziezekwe village in Abagana. However, the victim, who was identified as Chioma Nwana, died on Wednesday at a nearby hospital, where…
The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), on Wednesday, lambasted the federal government and telecommunications companies for increasing tariff by 50% amid rising cost of living in the country. It described the recent hike of telecommunications tariff as an assault on Nigerians’ welfare, adding that it exemplified the government’s apparent preference for prioritising corporate…
Founder and Lead Pastor of Streams of Joy International, Jerry Eze, has warned young girls engaging in hook-ups with other people’s husbands to desist from it. “I’m not validating anybody that is doing hookup. If you’re into hook-up it will hook you,” the 42-year-old told his congregation at a recent meeting. “And this is 2025,…
Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), visited Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, at the Government House in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. This auspicious occasion afforded the esteemed Man of God the opportunity to offer heartfelt prayers for the well-being and prosperity of the Governor, his family,…
Nigeria would soon become a trillion-dollar economy notwithstanding the initial difficulties, the Minister of Communications, Innovations and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, said yesterday. Tijani said Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) would increase substantially within the next two years, with 21 per cent of the increment coming from the information and communications technology sector (ICT)….