Admin Former Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma has been charged with four counts of treason in connection with an attempted coup. Last November, gunmen broke into a military armoury and several prisons in Freetown, freeing almost 2,000 inmates. He has denied any involvement in the attack which killed about 20 people. West African leaders […]
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Admin Soon after the suspension of accreditation and evaluation of degree certificates from Benin Republic and Togo, the Nigerian Government has said that the sanction would be extended to countries like Uganda, Kenya and Niger Republic. “We are not going to stop at just Benin and Togo,” Education Minister Tahir Mamman said on Channels Television’s […]
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AdminTHE Federal Government has banned and suspended more universities from Ghana, UK and US operating campuses in Nigeria. This move followed the Federal Government’s suspension of accreditation and evaluation of degree certificates from Benin Republic and Togo after an investigative report by Daily Nigerian Newspaper titled “How Daily Nigerian reporter bagged Cotonou varsity degree in […]
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Admin The National Hajj Commission has extended the deadline for payment of 2024 hajj. In a statement on Tuesday, its Assistant Director on Public Affairs, Fatima Sanda Usara said the new deadline is now January 31, 2024 as against December 31, 2023. This newspaper had reported that the commission was in dilemma over low turnout […]
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AdminThe Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has warned all government Ministries, Agencies, Embassies and High Commissions as well as Diaspora groups to beware of phoney diaspora groups with apparent sinister and political ulterior motives, parading as authentic diaspora group. A statement by the Director of Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit of NIDCOM, Abdur-Rahman Balogun […]
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AdminThe Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has said that the automation of the passport application process will begin from January 8, 2024, and Nigerians will be able to apply and complete their passport application process online without human contact. “We are good to go live,” Tunji-Ojo said Monday in Abuja during an inspection of facilities […]
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Admin The Nigerian government has suspended the evaluation and accreditation of degree certificates from universities in neighbouring Benin and Togo. The Federal Ministry of Education disclosed this in a statement Tuesday morning. The announcement comes a few days after an undercover report by a newspaper which exposed certificate racketeering from a university in Benin. Augustina […]
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Admin A court in Bangladesh has sentenced the Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to six months in jail for violating the country’s labour laws. Prof Yunus’ supporters say the case is politically motivated. The acclaimed economist and three colleagues from Grameen Telecom – one of the firms he founded – were found guilty of failing to […]
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Admin Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II has announced her surprise abdication in a new year TV address. She will abdicate on 14 January, which will be 52 years to the day since she became queen. “I will leave the throne to my son, Crown Prince Frederik,” she announced. The 83-year-old is the longest serving monarch in […]
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Admin The Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) President Felix Tshisekedi won re-election with more than 70 percent of the vote, the country’s election commission has announced. The preliminary results of the December 20 election were announced in the capital, Kinshasa, on Sunday amid demands from the opposition and some civil society groups for the vote to be […]
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