Thousands of students across Canada are protesting the Justin Trudeau government’s recent decision to limit study permits and reduce permanent residency nominations. This backlash comes as over 70,000 international student graduates face the threat of deportation due to recent changes in federal immigration policies. On Monday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also announced plans to…
Former presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad has described reports that former President Muhammadu Buhari is ill and has been admitted in an intensive Care Unit at an hospital in London as exaggerated. Some reports had indicated that the former president has been admitted into ICU at a London hospital due to severe illness. However, Ahmad who…
The Police Command in Nasarawa State says two people were killed in the Agyaragu community in Obi Local Government Area due to a clash between a member of the police special constabulary and a soldier. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ramhan Nansel, disclosed this at a news conference on Sunday in Lafia. Mr…
Former military Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, is worried given the acute hunger, hardship, and worsening economic conditions in the country. General Abubakar, who lamented these issues, added that the country’s situation is “getting out of control.” The former Head of State made this known when he hosted the leadership of the Campaign for…
The Publisher of Egalitarian Voice Media, Ambassador Segun Akinlabi, has extended warm felicitations to his colleague in the media industry and Publisher of 9janews247, Mr. Olusegun C.A. Taiwo, popularly known as OCAT, on the occasion of his birthday today, September 2, 2025. In his goodwill message, Ambassador Akinlabi described OCAT as “a God-fearing, passionate, and…
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has criticized Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi over his recent remarks about the current state of the country. Obi, while speaking at the Memorial Lecture in honour of elder statesman Edwin Clark on Wednesday, said that the sacrifices made by Nigeria’s past heroes had been wasted due to the present…
A new bill aimed at banning the use of foreign currencies, including the US Dollar and British Pound Sterling, for domestic transactions in Nigeria has passed its first reading in the Senate. The bill, titled “A Bill for an Act to Alter the Central Bank of Nigeria Act, 2007, No. 7, to Prohibit the Use…
The African Development Bank (AfDB) said it has approved a $100 million investment for the establishment of the Nigerian Youth Entrepreneurship Investment Bank, a dedicated financial institution aimed at empowering young entrepreneurs across Nigeria and Africa. According to a report by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), this announcement was made by President of the…
Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents have killed students at Faudiya School in Geidam Local Government Area of Yobe State. Faudiya School belongs to the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), a Shiia sect in Nigeria. According to sources, the assailants invaded Hausari quarters in Geidam LGA around 3:44am, on Friday. A source told Daily…
Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina State has recounted a conversation he had with the late President, Muhammadu Buhari. Radda recalled how Buhari told him he pitied President Bola Tinubu for being brave enough to remove the subsidy on fuel. Buhari passed away on Sunday at a London clinic at the age of 82 and was…