US Government Launches New ‘Self-Deportation’ App For Illegal Migrants
The United States government under President Donald Trump has launched a new app designed to facilitate the self-deportation of illegal immigrants. The CBP Home app replaces the controversial CBP One app, which was widely used during the Joe Biden’s administration to allow migrants to schedule appointments at U.S. ports of entry and gain temporary legal […]
Marketers lost billions to NNPC, Dangote’s fuel price reduction – PETROAN pushes for 6-month stability plan
The Petroleum Products Retail Outlet Owners Association has said that petrol marketers lost billions due to the downward review of fuel prices by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and Dangote Refinery. PETROAN spokesman Joseph Obele disclosed this on Monday while commenting on the need for healthy competition and price stability within Nigeria’s petroleum downstream […]
Japa: Nigerian professionals will start returning soon, says Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu on Monday assured that Nigerian professionals who left the country for greener pastures abroad would soon start returning home. The president while speaking at the inauguration of the National Youth Confab Planning Committee in Abuja said the emigration of Nigerians from the country can be reversed once the economy improves. He assured […]
NURTW Appoints ‘Asiri Eniba’ as Caretaker Chairman for Abuja Council
The National Headquarters of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has announced the appointment of Alhaji Kazeem Oyewale popularly known as ‘Asiri Eniba’ as the Caretaker Chairman of the NURTW FCT-Abuja Council. Oyewale, who is the Gbobaniyi of Osogboland, was formerly the Osun State Chairman of the union. According to information made available […]
X hit by major cyberattack – Elon Musk
Elon Musk said X was hit by a major cyberattack on Monday as outages plagued users of the platform once known as Twitter. “There was (still is) a massive cyberattack against X,” Musk said in a post on the platform. Musk blamed a cyberattack, providing no evidence, for crashing the site last year when an […]
Full Statement of Mallam Nasir Elrufai Leaving APC
As a founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), I have fond memories of working with other compatriots to negotiate the merger of political parties that created the APC. It had been my hope since 2013 that my personal values and that of the APC will continue to align up to the time I […]
NURTW Appoints Chief Kazeem Oyewale as Caretaker Chairman for FCT-Abuja Council
The National Headquarters of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has announced the appointment of Alhaji Kazeem Oyewale as the Caretaker Chairman of the NURTW FCT-Abuja Council. Oyewale, who is the Gbobaniyi of Osogboland, was formerly the Osun State Chairman of the union. According to information made available to the general public, his […]
Fire ravages technology incubation centre in Minna, entrepreneur loses N20m
A fire outbreak has destroyed a business unit at the Technology Incubation Centre in Minna, leaving entrepreneur Mrs Ogochukwu Tosin Juliana reeling from losses estimated at N20 million. Mrs Juliana, after several calls, arrived at the scene to find her workspace reduced to ashes. Narrating her ordeal, she said, “When I woke up this morning, […]
Over 7 Million Businesses Shut Down In Nigeria In Tinubu’s Two Years Amid Economic Crisis – Report
Nigeria’s economic downturn has led to the closure of approximately 7.2 million businesses between 2023 and 2024 under the President Bola Tinubu-led government, exacerbating concerns about the country’s financial stability. During this period, Nigeria recorded an estimated N94 trillion loss due to multinational divestments and business closures, according to Dr. Segun Omisakin, Chief Economist and […]
31-year-old paedophile found dead in UK prison
A 31-year-old child rapist who was serving a 12-year prison sentence, Rebecca Holloway, was found dead at HM Prison Low Newton in Durham, England. People, a US-based magazine, reported that she died on February 13. The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman confirmed her death, and the details of her death have been made public on its […]