US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday ordered a suspension of student visa processing in the latest swipe at foreign students in the country. The White House is cracking down on foreign students at US universities, revoking visas and deporting those involved in protests against the war in Gaza, accusing them of supporting Palestinian…
The Wenchi West District of the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church in the Bono Region of Ghana has recognised 20 girls, aged 13 to 16, for preserving their virginity. During a thanksgiving service held over the weekend on the sidelines of the church’s observation of the first Sabbath of the year, the girls were each…
The Federal Government has lined up Senate President Godswill Akpabio, former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello, and four others as witnesses in its criminal case against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. The case, filed before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja, follows allegations made by the senator during a live television interview, where…
The Kano State Police Command has arrested five men for allegedly impersonating police officers. The suspects, Aliyu Abbas (35), Sani Iliyasu (47), Ashiru Sule (41), Abubakar Yahaya (45), and Adamu Kalilu (45), were apprehended on Thursday by operatives of the command’s Special Intervention Squad. This was contained in a statement issued by the command’s spokesperson,…
The new Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nentawe Yilwatda, has vowed to take tough decisions in his position as the leader of the ruling party. Yilwatda stated this on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme hours after he emerged as APC chair in Abuja. The new APC chairman said he would invest in legwork…
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has raised the salaries of 67 security guards at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Teaching Hospital from N18,800 to N80,000 following their emotional appeal during his visit to the facility. During an interactive session at the hospital recently, one of the guards narrated their struggles. He also spoke…
The removal of fuel subsidies has been hailed as a pivotal decision to confront long-standing economic challenges. This is according to Taiwo Oyedele, Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms. Speaking at The Platform, an annual event organized by Covenant Nation in Lagos, Oyedele outlined how previous subsidy regimes perpetuated economic…
The Nigerian Army has discharged a female soldier, Private Ruth Ogunleye, from service after she accused a senior officer, Colonel I.B Abdulkareem, of sexual harassment. In January 2024, Ogunleye made the accusations via her TikTok page, @Ogunleyeruthsavage1, where she alleged that Colonel I.B Abdulkareem, Colonel G.S Ogor, and Brigadier General I.B Solebo had made her…
A herdsman has lamented how lightning struck and killed his 32 cows in Osara, a community in the Obantoko area of Abeokuta, Ogun State. The herder, Abdullahi Idris, a father of six, described the loss as devastating, stating that the cows were his only source of livelihood. The incident occurred around 12 p.m. on Saturday,…
Some members of the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists have killed three officers of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) in Kebbi State.Nigerian political art prints The terrorists also burnt the patrol vehicles used by the officials of the NCS during an operation, the Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adeniyi said. Speaking during a…