The United Kingdom has issued fresh security advice to its citizens in Nigeria or that may be considering travelling to the country. The UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in its updated foreign advisory asked its citizens to avoid at least 12 states in Nigeria, while saying some other …
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Thirteen-year-old Nigerian-born Emmanuella Mayaki has set a new record as one of the youngest persons to be accepted into a university in the United States. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Mayaki was accepted into the Programme for the Exceptionally Gifted at the Mary Baldwin University, US, to …
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A former presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress in the 2019 elections, Chief Charles Udeogaranya, on Monday, warned the Federal Government not to proceed with the new naira notes before the 2023 general election. Udeogaranya, who gave the warning in a statement issued in Abuja, said the move …
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The prestigious All Africa Music Awards will hold its eighth edition in Senagal from January 12-15, 2023. A statement sent to The PUNCH noted that the government of Senegal had accepted and undertaken to host the 8th edition of AFRIMA at a joint world media conference held at the …
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The Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, on Monday said the state government was ready to appear in court with five Senior Advocates of Nigeria to challenge the planned suit by the Civil Society Organisations in the state. The CSOs had on Sunday threatened to institute legal action against the …
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Sonia, the daughter of federal lawmaker, Ike Ekweremadu, on Monday, appeared in court over the accusation of trafficking a homeless man into the United Kingdom to harvest his organs for herself. According to the Daily Mail, the younger Ekweremadu was accused alongside her father Ike Ekweremadu, 60, her mother …
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The National Youth Council of Nigeria has reiterated its determination to put an end to oil theft/bunkering, pipeline vandalism and adulteration of petroleum products in Nigeria. The council disclosed this on Monday by the Secretary of its Directorate of Petroleum and Solid Minerals and National Coordinator on the fight …
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MTN, Airtel, Others Appointed By FIRS To Withhold VAT Charged To Them MTN, Airtel, as well as money deposit banks in Nigeria have been appointed by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to withhold Value Added Tax (VAT) charged on all taxable supplies made to them, and remit to …
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The Nigerian Navy Ship BEECROFT, Monday, rescued 10 crew members from a fishing trawler christened OLOKUN XII which capsized within the Lagos channel in the early hours of the morning. The fishing trawler was being towed by its sister trawler OLOKUN IV within the Lagos channel when the vessel collided …
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Sonia, the daughter of Nigerian lawmaker, Ike Ekweremadu, has appeared in court over the allegation of trafficking a homeless man into the United Kingdom to harvest his organs for herself. According to the Daily Mail, Sonia was accused alongside her father Ekweremadu, 60, her mother Beatrice Ekweremadu, 56, and 50-year-old doctor …
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