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Tuesday, 01 February 2022 06:13

US embassy has restored ‘drop box’ visa renewal applications in Nigeria. These are the conditions to be met to qualify

The United States embassy in Nigeria has lifted the restriction on drop box service or interview waiver for those renewing visas in the country. The interview waiver was suspended for Nigerian applicants in May 2019. Applicants must, however, be applying to renew a visa in the same classification as their prior non-immigrant visa. “Right now, this service is only available to applicants renewing a B1/B2, C1/D, F, M or J, H and L visa. Applicants must satisfy all the following criteria for their visa class. If applying as a group or family, all members must fulfill all criteria to qualify…

Tuesday, 01 February 2022 06:05

French ambassador expelled from Mali

Mali's military leaders are expelling the French ambassador over what they called "outrageous" comments made by the French foreign minister about the transitional government. France said it was recalling Joel Meyer, who was given 72 hours to leave. Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian last week said the Mali junta was "illegitimate" and "out of control". Western powers are also concerned about Russia's growing involvement in the former French colony. Moscow reportedly sent military advisors in recent weeks to bolster local security forces in their fight with jihadist insurgents. Unconfirmed reports say hundreds of Russian mercenaries are also operating in the…

Monday, 31 January 2022 06:24

Scores of former Afghan officials killed by Taliban - UN

A U.N. report seen by Reuters says the Taliban and its allies are believed to have killed scores of former Afghan officials, security force members and people who worked with the international military contingent since the U.S.-led pullout. U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres’ report to the U.N. Security Council paints a picture of worsening living conditions for Afghanistan’s 39 million people despite an end of combat with the Taliban's takeover in August. "An entire complex social and economic system is shutting down," Guterres said. The report sounds the latest in a series of warnings the U.N. chief has issued in…

Sunday, 30 January 2022 06:06

110 abducted Chibok girls still not found - Community leaders

Kibaku Area Development Association (KADA) in Chibok, Borno state, says 110 girls are still unaccounted for. The girls are among the over 200 girls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents in 2014. Speaking on Saturday at a media briefing held in Abuja, Dauda lliya, KADA president, urged the government to deploy more security operatives to the area. “By doing so, we expect our remaining 110 daughters abducted in 2014 and numerous others subsequently abducted at different times to be brought back to us,” he said. He also accused governments at all levels of “abandoning” the community. “Chibok has been for all…

Saturday, 29 January 2022 06:22

More Nigerians receive Covid-19 jabs after expired doses destroyed - Report

Abubakar Yusuf, an informal Nigerian trader, said he was scared to get a Covid-19 shot after hearing the country had stocks of expired vaccines. That changed, however, when health authorities destroyed more than a million expired doses last month. Nigeria's vaccine rollout has slowly gained pace since then as public confidence increases and the government has assured citizens they will not receive expired doses. Nigerians like Yusuf were rattled by reports of vaccines with looming expiry dates and worried about whether the shots they would get were safe and effective, complicating the government's efforts to get as many shots into…

Saturday, 29 January 2022 06:20

ECOWAS suspends Burkina Faso after military coup

West Africa's main regional bloc on Friday suspended Burkina Faso from its governing bodies over this week's military coup but stopped short of imposing any sanctions, its member states said in a statement. Burkina Faso's army overthrew President Roch Kabore on Monday, presenting the latest test to the 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which has struggled to mount an effective response to a series of coups in the region over the past 18 months. A delegation of ECOWAS defence chiefs will travel to Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou on Saturday, followed by a ministerial mission a few days…

Friday, 28 January 2022 06:09

Despite FG’s repeated vow to stop petrol subsidy, Buhari suddenly backtracked. This is what happened

Details have emerged on how security advice forced President Muhammadu Buhari to make a U-turn on the decision to remove fuel subsidy. An impeccable security source told one of our correspondents that intelligence handed over to the president by security officials showed that the protests that would have accompanied the subsidy removal might have been far worse than the #EndSARS demonstrations, mass protests against police brutality that grounded many parts of the country in 2020. The official, who spoke on strict condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak with the press, said the president was eager to…

Friday, 28 January 2022 06:08

I’m overwhelmed by security situation in Northwest Nigeria - Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari says he is overwhelmed by the security situation in the northwest region. Buhari spoke on Thursday at the palace of Sa’ad Abubakar, Sultan of Sokoto. The president said while the situation in the northeast and southsouth has improved compared to when he assumed office, the challenges in the northwest are a different matter. Buhari, however, said he has charged the military and other security agencies not to spare any criminal posing a threat to the peace and safety of Nigerians. “Every day, we are worried about what is happening in the northwest. When we came, if Nigerians…

Friday, 28 January 2022 06:07

FIRS generated N6.4trn revenue in 2021 - Report

Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has raked in N6.4 trillion as revenue in 2021, the highest in its history. The 2021 revenue collection surpassed the N5.3 trillion generated in 2019 when Babatunde Fowler was the head. Johannes Oluwatobi Wojuola, special assistant on media and communication to the chairman of FIRS, said this in a statement released on Thursday. According to Wojuola, Muhammad Nami, executive chairman of FIRS, said that despite the limitations faced in 2020/2021, the agency achieved over a hundred percent of its collection target. “The FIRS, in the year 2021 collected a total of N6.405 trillion in both…

Friday, 28 January 2022 06:02

UAE lifts entry, transit ban on passengers from Nigeria, Ethiopia, 10 other African countries

The United Arab Emirates will lift an entry and transit ban on Saturday on travellers who had recently visited South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Ethiopia and eight other African countries. National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Emergency Management Authority (NCEMA) said late on Wednesday it was lifting the ban on those who had visited certain African countries in the previous 14 days, imposed due to the Omicron Covid-19 variant. The other countries are Tanzania, Republic of Congo, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia and Zimbabwe. Those travelling from African countries will have to obtain a negative Covid-19 PCR test 48 hours prior to…

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Thursday, 27 January 2022 06:34

FG pays $298m for 29m doses of Covid-19 vaccine

Nigeria has spent $298 million on procurement of 29 million doses of the Johnson and Johnson jab. Besides, 14,093,873 eligible persons have received the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, while 5,252,406 eligible Nigerians have been fully vaccinated as at January 25, 2022. Also, National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) is integrating childhood immunisation and other medicare in the current phase of Covid-19 mass vaccination. Speaking at the Covid-19 vaccination update Tuesday in Abuja, NPHCDA’s Executive Director (ED)/chief executive, Faisal Shuaib, linked emergence of the various variants to the large proportion of the eligible population yet to be vaccinated, thus giving…

Thursday, 27 January 2022 06:32

Rivers defeats FG in court case over FG’s deductions from Federation Account to fund police

A federal high court in Abuja has declared that the direct deduction of funds from the federation account to fund the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) is illegal. In a judgment delivered on Wednesday, Ahmed Mohammed, the presiding judge, held that the provisions of section 4(1)(a) (b) of the Police Trust Fund Act 2019, requiring the deduction of 0.05 percent of any funds in the federation account and 0.005 percent of the net profit of companies operating in Nigeria to fund the police are unconstitutional. Mohammed said the provisions are contrary to the provisions of section 162(1) (3) of the constitution,…

Thursday, 27 January 2022 06:31

Nigeria may have shortage of policemen as Southwest youths refuse to join police - PSC

Chairman, Police Service Commission (PSC), Musiliu Smith, has raised the alarm that if care is not taken, Nigeria may face shortage of policemen in the nearest future, which may make the campaign against crime and criminality more difficult. He made the observation at a one-day Southwest Zone police recruitment sensitisation forum at the Kola Daisi Civic Centre, Idi-Ape, Ibadan, Oyo State, yesterday. Smith, retired Inspector-General of Police (IGP), noted that the strength of the Nigeria Police of many years was far below the United Nations recommended police-population ratio. He added that his fear stemmed from the inability of many states…

Thursday, 27 January 2022 06:25

Popular Ekiti pastor, Samuel Aina, is dead

Samuel Olugbade Aina, a popular pastor in Ado- Ekiti is dead. He passed on to glory on Monday 24 January 2022. Aina,70 was until his death the founder of Pillar of Grace and Truth Ministry with 11 branches in Ekiti State. He was a regular face on the Nigerian Television Authority Ado- Ekiti every Sunday with his regular programme titled “Timeless Truth”. A graduate of the University of Lagos, Aina started his ministry over a decade ago. He is survived by his wife Grace Oseyemi Aina, nee Olamiti a younger sister of the well known media chief, Folu Olamiti, and…

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