MICHELLE Nehoya, a Namibian resident, has faced nearly two years of delays and has spent nearly $500 on her visa application to visit Canada. Despite her efforts, including multiple forms, bank statements, an invitation letter, and a detailed travel history, the visa has yet to be granted. Nehoya, who lives …
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ON Thursday, Ugandan police detained several individuals in Kampala during the second day of anti-corruption protests calling for the resignation of Parliament Speaker Anita Among. Footage broadcast by local media showed young demonstrators being taken into custody. Inspired by weeks of youth-led protests in neighbouring Kenya, which successfully pressured the president to …
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Rwandan President Paul Kagame dismissed Public Service and Labor Minister Jeanne d’Arc Mujawamariya over ‘matters of accountability under investigation,’ barely a month after her appointment. Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente announced her dismissal on behalf of President Kagame, citing ongoing investigations into accountability issues. Mujawamariya, who was appointed as the minister …
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THE Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) has said within 31 years delivered 39,000 new homes under the National Housing Fund (NHF) scheme. The bank’s Managing Director/Chief Executive, Mr Shehu Osidi, said this when he presented a paper at the ongoing 18th Africa International Housing Show on Wednesday in …
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You know there are somethings that are so simple that it’s amazing that nobody thinks about them or even recognises them when they occur. This statement attributed to influential politician Chief Dele Momodu is one of them. That someone imported the Lagos template to Abuja and that’s why things are …
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Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has demanded transparency and investigation into allegations of importing and foisting ‘dirty’ fuels on Nigerians. HOMEF, in a statement on Wednesday, advocated this in reaction to the feud between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPC Ltd) and Dangote Refineries, noting that the NNPC …
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A total of 158 Nigerian irregular migrants have again been repatriated from Libya, the Charge’ d’ Affaires of the Nigerian Mission in Tripoli, Libya, Amb. Mohammed Mohammed has disclosed. The envoy, in a release made available to journalists on Wednesday, disclosed that the repatriation exercise was carried out by the …
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Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has removed 63,000 accounts associated with the notorious “Yahoo Boys” scam group, the company announced in its Q1 2024 Adversarial Threat Report on Wednesday. The accounts, deleted over the past few weeks, were used for financial sextortion scams and …
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PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu formally received a former Senate President, Anyim Pius Anyim, into the All Progressives Congress on Wednesday. Anyim, a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation during President Goodluck Jonathan’s tenure, recently defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to join the APC. Tinubu welcomed Anyim to the Presidential Villa …
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Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command’s Rapid Response Squad have arrested 90 male suspects during a raid on suspected criminals in the late hours of Tuesday. The operation, which was done in collaboration with Area A Command, targeted notorious hotspots in Obalende, Adeniji, and Lagos Island areas of the …
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