Category: News
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Minutes After Taking Over as President, Trump Takes First Decision Against Migrants
Minutes after the new president of the United States of America took office on Monday his administration officials shut down a mobile app designed for migrants to schedule appointments at the U.S.-Mexico border. By disabling the CBP One app, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials effectively canceled all pending appointments made by migrants without visas…
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Nigerians To Pay More For Airtime, Data, as NCC Approves Tarrif Increase
Telephone subscribers in Nigeria will pay more for data and airtime as the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Monday approved a 50% tariff increase for telecoms operators in the country. In a statement, a spokesman for the regulator Reuben Muoka said the price adjustment though lower than the “over 100% requested by some network operators,…
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Moment Popular Nigerian Pastor, Kumuyi Leads Prayer at Trump Inauguration (Video)
General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Folorunsho Kumuyi, on Monday participated in the Inauguration Praise and Prayer Convocation, an event held ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 47th President of the United States. The programme, hosted at the Greater New Hope Baptist Church, was organised by Jim Garlow’s Well Versed…
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Hardship: ‘70 Million Nigerians To Get N75,000 Each’
The federal government has concluded arrangements to distribute N75,000 in cash to 70 million Nigerians in a bid to cushion the effects of hardship. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Hon. Aliyu Audu, in a statement on Sunday, explained that the gesture aligns with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration’s determination to address…
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TikTok Restores Service In US After Supreme Court Verdict
Social media platform TikTok says it is restoring service to its 170 million users in the U.S., thanking President-elect Donald Trump for his intervention. In a statement on Sunday, the social media platform, which was banned by a law promulgated by the U.S. Congress based on national security, said it is resuming operations in the…
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Just In: U.S. Supreme Court Delivers Judgment on TikTok Ban
AFP The US Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law that will ban TikTok in the United States, potentially denying the video-sharing app to 170 million users within two days. In a significant defeat for TikTok, the court ruled that the law does not violate free speech rights and that the US government had demonstrated…
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Donald Trump Invites Nigerian Pastor To Inauguration
The General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, DCLM, Pastor William Kumuyi has been invited to join other global leaders to witness Donald Trump’s second inauguration as the United States president on January 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C This was revealed in a statement by A. Larry Ross Communications, a U.S.-based communications outfit. According…
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Footballer Slumps, Dies During Match in Osun
Osun State Police Command has confirmed the death of Adeyemi Adewale, a football player for the Ilesa West Local Government Area team, who slumped during a match in Osogbo, the state capital. Adewale, 29, was participating in the Adeleke Memorial Cup Final match at the Ataoja School of Science on Thursday when he collapsed on…
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Just In: Dangote Announces Increase in Price of Petrol, Gives Reasons
Punch Newspaper Sequel to a consistent surge in the price of Brent, the global benchmark for crude, the Dangote Petroleum Refinery has communicated an upward adjustment in the price of Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol, to its customers. In an email statement obtained by our Correspondent on Friday, the refinery announced that its…
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Nigerian Governors Take Stance on Proposed Increment of VAT
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has rejected the move to increase Value Added Tax (VAT). Rising from a meeting in Abuja on Thursday, the governor said the move is untimely. The governors also expressed support for the ongoing legislative process of the Tax Reform Bills. Last year, Chairman, Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee,…