Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has faulted officers of the Nigerian Immigration Service for asking people, especially married women to come to the headquarters in Abuja to effect a change of name on their passport. Speaking at a recent dinner with members of the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu ABAT Media Centre and some social media influencers in Abuja, Tunji-Ojo described the act as “inhumane.” He said women are not subjected to such inhuman practices on account of marriage anywhere in the world. “There is one stupid thing I have seen and it is that a woman gets married, changes…
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Japanese rescuers battled against the clock and powerful aftershocks on January 2 to find survivors of a major earthquake that struck on New Year’s Day. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP) Japanese rescuers battled the clock and powerful aftershocks Tuesday to find survivors of a New Year’s Day earthquake that killed at least 48 people and caused widespread destruction. The 7.5 magnitude quake that rattled Ishikawa prefecture on the main island of Honshu triggered tsunami waves more than a metre high, caused a major fire and tore apart roads. On the Noto Peninsula, the destruction included buildings damaged by fire,…
Harvard President Claudine Gay has resigned following allegations levelled against her and other presidents of Ivy League schools for their congressional testimony about antisemitism on campus. The New York Times quoted Harvard Crimson student newspaper that Gay who has been under fire for weeks because of how she has handled controversy at Harvard over the war in Gaza tendered her resignation on Tuesday. It revealed that Gay resigned amid allegations of plagiarism adding that she failed to properly cite sources in her academic papers, making her become the shortest-serving president of the university with just six months and two…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, paid a condolence visit to the wife of late Governor Rotimi Akeredolu at their Jericho residence in Ibadan. Obi visited the Akeredolu family alongside renowned economist Prof. Pat Utomi on Tuesday. They were received by the brother of the late Governor Akeredolu, Pastor Kola and the wife of the former Ondo State governor, Mrs. Betty Akeredolu.
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have grilled the National Co-ordinator and Chief Executive Officer of the National Social Investment Programme Agency, NSIPA, Hajia Halima Shehu for hours in her office located at Maitama, Abuja. Recall that Shehu was suspended from office by President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday. But, as of the time of filing this report, the Presidency, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, and the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation have yet to make any official statement about the alleged suspension of the NSIPA National Coordinator. Shehu was expected…
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu said that talks were ongoing to free Nnamdi Kanu from detention. This was contained in a statement by his chief press Secretary Levinus Nwabughiogu in Abuja. Recall that the Supreme Court recently ordered the retrial of the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) who has been in detention for a long while now. Consequently, his incarceration has generated a lot of agitatons including the Sit-at-Home observed on Mondays in the south east region. Speaking virtually on the “South East political Roundtable”, a current affairs radio programme…
The United Kingdom through its Home Office has announced the commencement of the implementation of its dependant visa ban which prohibits Nigerian students and other foreigners from bringing family members. The announcement was made via X by the UK’s Home Office on Monday reiterating that only foreign students in postgraduate research or government-sponsored scholarship could bring their dependants through the study visas. “We are fully committed to seeing a decisive cut in migration. From today, new overseas students will no longer be able to bring family members to the UK. Postgraduate research or government-funded scholarships students will be exempt,” the…
Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has asserted that the decisions taken by his administration in the lingering political crisis in the state were not borne out of fear. He said his decisions werefor peace to reign in the state. Governor Fubara’s stance was revealed in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media, Boniface Onyedi. It said Fubara spoke while addressing Rivers people at the maiden state banquet by his administration at Government House Port Harcourt on January 1. The governor wished the people a fruitful and prosperous 2024. He also appealed to the people of the state…
It gives me immense joy to welcome each and everyone of you – young and old- to this brand new year 2024. We must lift up our hands to Almighty God, in gratitude, for His grace and benevolence to our country and our lives in the year 2023 that has just gone by. Though the past year was a very challenging one, it was eventful in so many ways. For our country, it was a transition year that saw a peaceful, orderly and successful transfer of power from one administration to another, marking yet another remarkable step in our 24…
Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia yesterday described the Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF) Senator George Akume as a national pride. He personally welcomed Akume, a former governor, to Benue State, for his 70th birthday, saying that he is the father of Benue. The governor also dispelled rumours of a rift between him and the SGF. He said: “I want to unambiguously debunk the circulating rumours of discord between the SGF and myself. These speculations exist solely in the imaginative realm of opportunists, instigators of turmoil, and merchants of mischief who thrive on chaos. The said fracas is only…