Category: News
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5 most difficult visas to obtain as Nigerian
Vanguard News For Nigerians, securing a visa usually means dealing with a lot of rigorous, time-consuming, and sometimes expensive procedures. Some countries have made things easier with affordable and quick e-visa systems, but others require detailed documents, interviews, or even approvals from multiple agencies. Here are five of the most difficult visas to obtain as…
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CBEX Resumes Operations Nationwide, asks Nigerian Investors To Deposit $200
Controversial digital financial platform, Crypto Bridge Exchange, also known as CBEX, which is categorized as Ponzi scheme, has resumed business across the country weeks after it suddenly halted operation and made away with hundreds of thousands of dollars belonging to unsuspecting Nigerians investors. Investors said they were asked to return to the scheme’s platform to…
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Petrol subsidy removal generates $84bn, 40 roads – Report
Vanguard News The National Orientation Agency, NOA, weekend, said that the removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol, has culminated in the generation of more than $84 billion for the federal government. The agency said the funds generated have enhanced the funding 40 critical road projects across the country in…
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68-year-old Man Falls Into Deep Well in Ibadan While Trying To Retrieve Phone
A 68-year-old man has reportedly fallen into a deep well, on Sunday while trying to recover his lost mobile phone at Mobolorunduro mosque, Molefalafia, Oke-Ado in the Ibadan South-West Local Government Area of Oyo State. The incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday. A resident, Ajadi Olaleye, who spoke with The PUNCH in Ibadan,…
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Anambra, Osun polls: Anxieties in APC as Soludo, Adeleke court Tinubu
Punch Newspaper Members of the All Progressives Congress in Osun and Anambra states have been unsettled by President Bola Tinubu’s ties with their state governors, findings by Sunday PUNCH have revealed. The aggrieved members argued that Tinubu’s open show of support for Governors Ademola Adeleke (Osun) and Chukwuma Soludo (Anambra) could jeopardise the chances of…
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Delayed salaries: ASUU invokes no-pay, no-work policy on FG
Vanguard News The Academic Staff Union of Universities has invoked a no-pay-no-work policy on the Federal Government, following the continuous delay of salaries of its members. ASUU National President, Prof Chris Piwuna, disclosed this in an interview with our correspondent in Abuja on Friday. Piwuna accused the government of trying to frustrate members of the…
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FULL LIST: 12 countries affected by Trump’s new U.S. travel ban
President of the United States Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a proclamation banning citizens of 12 countries from entering the United States. Nationals from these countries will be “fully” restricted from entering the U.S., according to the proclamation. Similarly, the entry of nationals of Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela will be…
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FG begins payment of N44,000 minimum wage arrears to ex-corps members
The Federal Government has commenced the payment of N44,000 minimum wage arrears to former members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC. The commencement of the payment fulfils an earlier promise tied to the recent upward review of corps members’ monthly allowance from N33, 000 to N77, 000. The payment applies to those who completed…
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FG Gives Update on Rollout of CBT For WAEC, NECO Exams
The federal government through the Minister of state for education, Suwaiba Ahmad, says no student, whether in the urban or rural communities, will be left behind in the transition to computer-based tests. Ms Ahmad was speaking during the monitoring of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination in some selected schools in Abuja on Tuesday.…
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‘How driver lost control’ – Survivor narrates crash that killed 22 Kano athletes
Vanguard News A survivor of the ghastly auto crash that claimed the lives of 22 occupants of the coaster bus that was conveying the Kano State athletes returning from the recently concluded Gateway Games 2024, has narrated what happened. The survivor, Dorothy Okwuzuluike, has recalled the fear, anxiety and feeling of resignation that enveloped the…