The United Kingdom has officially launched its largest Visa Application Centre (VAC) in Africa, located in Ikeja, Lagos, through its new commercial partner, VFS Global. This marks a significant milestone in strengthening the UK’s visa application services for Nigerian residents. According to the British High Commission, the new VAC, alongside facilities in Abuja and Victoria…
Professor Aliyu Abdu, a nephrologist and academic at Bayero University, Kano (BUK), and a consultant at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH), has disclosed that between 2015 and 2020, at least 651 kidneys were illegally harvested and transplanted in Nigeria, with an estimated global value exceeding $41 billion. Professor Abdu shared the staggering figure while speaking…
A video capturing a moment of apparent tension between the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Abimbola Owoade I, and the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, is making rounds on social media. The footage, recorded at an event hosted by Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, in Ibadan on Tuesday, shows the…
Officials of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission and voters, on Saturday, ran for their lives as armed men dressed in police uniform arrived at Elekahia Primary School in Port Harcourt City Local Government shooting teargas and seizing election materials. About 21 Hilux Patrol Vans with heavily armed men were spotted driving into the venue…
A former nun-turned-social media influencer has tied the knot with a Catholic priest after their friendship blossomed into love during prayer sessions. Lais Dognini, once a devout Carmelite nun, met priest Jackson Dognini years ago when he offered to pray for her while she battled depression, according to Brazilian outlet O Globo. The couple, who…
Mrs. Funmilayo Ogunseyi, the mother of Naomi Silekunola, a former wife of the Ooni of Ife, has called on President Bola Tinubu and well-meaning Nigerians to intervene in her daughter’s legal troubles. Silekunola is among three individuals taken before the Iyaganku Magistrate Court in Ibadan in connection with a tragic funfair stampede that resulted in…
The suspended Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has denied claims that she apologised to the leadership of the Nigerian Senate over the actions to led to her suspension. In a statement issued on Monday, March 24, Akpoti-Uduaghan described the reports as false and misleading. Stating that she stands firmly by her actions and words over…
A tragic accident took the life of 35-year-old Patience Ashenenye, when a policeman reportedly crashed into the commercial motorcycle she was riding with her three-month-old son. The accident, which took place behind Ta’al Conference Hotel near the School of Health, left both Ashenenye and the motorcycle rider, Tasiu Mohammed, injured, while her son suffered a…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has reached an agreement with the federal government to temporarily suspend its planned nationwide protest against the 50 percent increase in telecommunications tariffs. Following a meeting on Monday with government representatives, NLC leadership, led Joe Ajaero, president of the congress, agreed to delay the protest for two weeks. As part…
Nigeria’s former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili said she has accepted an invitation to become an Advisor to Club de Madrid. Ezekwesili announced this in a post on her X handle on Tuesday. According to her post, Club de Madrid is “the world’s largest forum of democratic former Presidents and Prime Ministers”. Ezekwesili explained that…