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Africa & World Politics, Canadian Politics, Headlines
Saturday, December 9th, 2023
By Jimisayo Opanuga The Government of Canada has announced that the cost-of-living financial requirement for study permit applicants will be raised significantly, starting January 1, 2024. The government says the increase is necessary to ensure that international students are financially prepared for life in Canada, which has become significantly more expensive since the previous requirement […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Saturday, December 9th, 2023
The Nigeria Police Force has arrested some of its officers caught in a viral video begging a foreign biker for money in Oyo State. This was made known in a statement by the Force PRO, Muyiwa Adejobi on Friday. The statement said that the Constabularies were arrested by the police authority for their “unprofessional, unacceptable, […]
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Economy, Headlines, Naira (Currency)
Friday, December 8th, 2023
By Elizabeth Adegbesan The naira yesterday depreciated to N951.22 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM). Data from FMDQ showed that the indicative exchange rate for NAFEM rose to N951.22 per dollar from N806.73 per dollar on Tuesday, indicating 18 percent or N144.49 depreciation for the naira. Similarly, the naira depreciated to N1,172 […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Friday, December 8th, 2023
Tinubu approves blueprint for S’East’s ‘political emancipation’ By Omeiza Ajayi In what appeared to be a grand design to take over the South East, the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday said President Bola Tinubu had approved a blueprint for the “political emancipation” of the geopolitical zone, starting with Anambra State. National Chairman of the […]
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Headlines, Latest Politics, Ondo, State News
Saturday, December 2nd, 2023
By Abdul Babajide A lawyer, Kayode Ajulo, has faulted President Bola Tinubu’s intervention in the political logjam that has been rocking Ondo State. Ajulo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), while speaking on Silverbird Television program, Inside Politics, stressed that constitutional provisions relating to the situation in Ondo State ought to have been activated. According […]
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Economy, Headlines, Naira (Currency)
Saturday, December 2nd, 2023
By Elizabeth Adegbesan The naira today depreciated to N927.19 per dollar in the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM). Data from FMDQ showed that the indicative exchange rate for NAFEM rose to N927.19 per dollar from N832.32 per dollar on Thursday, indicating N94.87 kobo depreciation for the naira. The market recorded an intraday high of N1160 […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Headlines
Saturday, December 2nd, 2023
A fellow inmate stabbed disgraced former police officer Derek Chauvin more than 20 times with a shiv, US prosecutors said Friday as they announced charges of attempted murder. Chauvin, whose killing of George Floyd in Minnesota sparked massive racial justice protests in 2020, was attacked in the law library of an Arizona prison last month. […]
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Headlines
Saturday, December 2nd, 2023
A middle aged man who identified himself as Mr Chimaobi Agah, has cried out for help as a tricycle operator engaged to convey his four children to school has disappeared with the kids. The children were aged eight, one, four, and a year and half. The incident, according to the Amasiri, Ebonyi State-born father of […]
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Aviation, Headlines
Saturday, December 2nd, 2023
Ethiopian Airlines bans Nigerian passengers from using ‘Ghana Must Go’ bags By Bayo Wahab Due to its affordability, many Nigerians prefer to use the Ghana Must Go sacs as travel bags to convey their light and heavy luggage. The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has clarified that the ban on the use of Ghana […]
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Headlines, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Saturday, December 2nd, 2023
By Richard Ogunsile The embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has issued a fresh directive to members of the separatist group amid speculations about his possible release from detention. Kanu, who is currently in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS), directed his followers to stay on […]
