When Dr. Paul Ezike’s video on the alleged plight of some Nigerians in the Ethiopia’s Kaliti Prisons, Addis Ababa, recently hit the social media space, it was a quick reminder of what Nigerians have been going through in several prisons outside Nigeria, particularly in the Asian countries, and Libya over the past couple of years. […]
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The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, on Saturday, said Africans were no longer dependent on foreigners as a result of the power of history. Oba Ogunwusi made the remarks during the finale of the international conference on Ile-Ife and Yoruba Civilisation, held in Ile-Ife. He claimed that Ile-Ife remains the nucleus and
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Here’s a brief update of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Friday 13th October 2023. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced an increase in the supply of dollars in the foreign exchange market. Additionally, the CBN has lifted the ban on 43 items that were previously ineligible for forex transactions in the
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Many people are experiencing homelessness as housing prices and rents have increased in Canada’s real estate markets. Reports said tens of thousands have started living on the streets of Canada, which remains a top destination for immigrants and refugees. According to a new study in September, one in two homeless people in Quebec can be
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The Federal Government, on Monday, denied reintroducing the subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, amid the closure of many filling stations nationwide due to various challenges in the downstream oil sector. It also said the pockets of queues observed by motorists in petrol stations across the country stemmed from hiccups in product distribution
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FAREWELL SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA My fellow Nigerian brothers, sisters and friends of Nigeria. I address you today, in my last assignment as a democratically elected President of our great and well-endowed nation, with a deep sense of gratitude to God, a great deal of appreciation
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Former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, Okey Wali, who was abducted on April 17, 2023, has been released by his captors, as reported by the Punch Newspaper. Wali, who is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), was kidnapped at Obiri-Kwere junction on the East-West Road in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Viktor Benibo, the Chairman of
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The Minister of Labour and Employment in Nigeria, Dr Chris Ngige, has revealed that he earns a monthly salary of N942,000 after tax and takes no allowance. He made this disclosure during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today program on Tuesday, April 25, 2017. According to Ngige, his gross salary is N1,058, 964.00, out
According to SaharaReporters, two Nigerian students who were stranded in Sudan due to the ongoing war in the Northeast African country have claimed that they were extorted during the evacuation process. On April 29, the Nigerian government provided an additional six buses to the International University of Africa (IUA) in Sudan, where the Nigerian students
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The Federal Government declared on Thursday that 1,940,004 vulnerable Nigerians are currently receiving N5,000 cash gift each every month. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya Farouq, stated this at a One-Day Stakeholders’ Retreat On National Social Investment (Establishment) Bill organised by the Senate Committee On Social Duties. Farouq was
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