The United Kingdom (UK) may soon introduce tougher visa requirements for citizens of Nigeria, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, citing concerns over high rates of overstaying and subsequent asylum claims. According to a report by The Times, the UK Home Office is taking steps to curb what it sees as growing abuse of work and study visas. Citizens from these countries are reportedly more likely to remain in the UK beyond their visa limits and later seek asylum. “To tackle abuse by foreign nationals who arrive on work and study visas and go on to claim asylum, we are building intelligence…
Author: Damilola Olufemi
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has sounded the alarm on global health disparities, revealing that people born in the world’s wealthiest countries can expect to live over three decades longer than those in the poorest nations. This striking revelation comes from WHO’s World Report on Social Determinants of Health Equity, launched Tuesday by Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The report underlines how deeply social and economic conditions affect health outcomes globally. Read also: WHO says poor children 13 times more likely to die before age five “Our world is an unequal one. Where we are born, grow, live, work, and…
The Nigerian Senate has inaugurated an 18-member committee to oversee the activities of the Rivers State Sole Administrator.
Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has revealed that security forces neutralised more than 8,000 terrorists and armed criminals across Nigeria in 2024,
The UNDP has revealed that Nigeria suffers economic losses exceeding N2 billion each year due to its unstable and insufficient electricity supply.
President Bola Tinubu has directed all Federal Government Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) to stop purchasing foreign goods and services where viable local alternatives exist. The new policy, introduced during the Monday Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, aims to strengthen Nigeria’s domestic industries and reduce dependence on imports. The policy, tagged the Nigeria First Policy, was announced in a statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Public Communication, Sunday Dare as a key part of Tinubu’s broader economic reform agenda. It mandates MDAs to prioritise Nigerian-made products and services in their procurement processes, except in cases where a…
The Tanzanian government has officially prohibited the use of foreign currencies in local transactions. The East African country disclosed reason for the ban.
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has raised concern over the alarming rates of child malnutrition in Nigeria, revealing that the country holds the highest number of malnourished children in Africa and ranks second globally. During a press briefing on Monday in Abuja, Nemat Hajeebhoy, UNICEF’s Chief of Nutrition, shared that around 600,000 children across Nigeria are currently suffering from acute malnutrition. Of this number, roughly half are at risk of progressing to severe acute malnutrition—a condition that significantly increases the likelihood of death. “Children with severe acute malnutrition are nine to eleven times more likely to die,” she said. The…
JAMB had earlier clarified that candidates are free to sit the UTME in any part of the country, regardless of where they registered.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed the arrest of social media influencer Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, following multiple petitions filed against him. Speaking to BBC News Pidgin on Monday, EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale stated that the arrest was based on allegations of cyberstalking submitted by several individuals. “We arrested him to respond to a series of allegations raised against him by some petitioners,” Oyewale said. He added that VeryDarkMan would be released once he meets the bail conditions and that the matter would be taken to court in due course. “We are law-abiding,” he emphasised.…
