Author: Elizabeth Jenrola Oso

The United Kingdom (UK) government has announced a major update to its immigration rules, significantly raising salary thresholds for Skilled Worker visas. This adjustment was to ensure that only highly skilled and well-compensated workers are able to enter the UK job market, with some salary thresholds increasing by as much as 82%. Starting from January 1, 2025, the UK said it will implement the most significant salary increases for Skilled Worker visa applicants in recent years, raising the minimum salary from £26,200 to £38,700 for most applicants. This review will affect a wide range of industries, including technology, healthcare, and…

United States President, Joe Biden has declared January 9, 2025 as a national day of mourning for Jimmy Carter. Carter, the 39th US president, died on Sunday at 100. He was the first ex-US president to become a centenarian. Biden described Carter as an extraordinary leader, statesman, and humanitarian. “With his compassion and moral clarity, he worked to eradicate disease, forge peace, advance civil rights and human rights, promote free and fair elections, house the homeless, and always advocate for the least among us,” Biden said in a statement following Carter’s death. “He saved, lifted, and changed the lives of…

The Nigerian Army, in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State, says it has destroyed 20,000 illegal refining sites and recovered 90,000 stolen petroleum products in the Niger Delta. The division’s assistant director of public relations, in a statement on Sunday, Jonah Danjuma, said the military also arrested several suspects. Danjuma said the raids were conducted in collaboration with other security agencies in Rivers, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom, and Delta states. The statement reads, “Troops of 6 Division, Nigerian Army, in conjunction with other security agencies, have sustained the onslaught against economic saboteurs in the Niger Delta region. “This effort led…

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested six foreigners after intercepting two boats loaded with 1,960 kilogrammes of cannabis, popularly known as “Ghanaian Loud,” at Eleko Beach in Lekki, Lagos on Christmas Eve. The suspects, who brought the consignments from Ghana, were arrested during a midnight operation. Confirming the arrests in a statement on Sunday, the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said the suspects include two Ghanaians, Godsway John (38) and Freedom Kelvin (33); and four Beninese, Chegoun Hounsou (23), Gadabor Nyameto (47), Adantg Sasa (34), and Ayao Kayivi (21).He added that the cannabis consignments were smuggled…

The Federal Government of Nigeria has commiserated with the government and people of South Korea following the tragic crash of Jeju Air Flight 2216. The tragic incident occurred on Sunday, December 29, 2024, when the Boeing 737-800, returning from Bangkok, Thailand, attempted to land at Muan International Airport in southern South Korea. The plane skidded off the runway and collided with a wall, resulting in a fiery explosion. Out of the 181 passengers and crew on board, 179 lost their lives, leaving only two survivors. This photo by the South Korean National Fire Agency shows the scene where a Jeju…

At least 11 people lost their lives on Sunday, after another Israeli attack in the industrial zone of Adra, located about 15 kilometers northeast of the capital of Syria. Local sources quoted by the press indicate that the bombing involved two missiles and targeted several shops and a warehouse, causing powerful blasts and great destruction in the place. According to sources, estimated life losses may rise as operations to recover bodies from the rubble continue, indicating all the victims are civilians. There has still been no reaction from the current authorities in power regarding this Zionist aggression. After the overthrow…

Pope Francis expressed his condolences on Sunday to those who lost loved ones in the crash of a Boeing 737-800 plane during landing at the international airport of the city of Muan in South Korea. On Sunday noon, after praying the Angelus from the window of his study, in the Vatican Apostolic Palace, before more than 30,000 people gathered in St. Peter’s Square, Francis said that “my thoughts are directed to the numerous families of South Korea who are today in mourning after the dramatic plane crash.” “I join in the prayer for the survivors and the dead,” added the…

President Joe Biden believes he could have beaten Donald Trump in last month’s US presidential election if he had stayed in the race, it has been reported. The White House incumbent, who is set to hand over the keys to Trump next month – withdrew from the race in July amid pressure over his low polling numbers and rocky performance in a televised debate against his Republican rival. He was replaced as the Democratic Party’s candidate by Kamala Harris, who later lost to Mr Trump in November’s election. Now it is being reported by The Washington Post that Biden and…

…Pushing to get aid out before Biden leaves office The United States is expected to announce that it will send $1.25 billion in military assistance to Ukraine, U.S. officials said Friday, as the Biden administration pushes to get as much aid to Kyiv as possible before leaving office on January 20. The large package of aid includes a significant amount of munitions, including for the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems and the HAWK air defence system. It also will provide Stinger missiles and 155 mm- and 105 mm artillery rounds, officials said. The officials, who said they expect the announcement…

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), have arrested a 48-year-old businessman, Ifeanyi Orizu for ingesting 74 wraps of heroin and cocaine. NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that Orizu was intercepted while attempting to board an Air France flight 844 from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, (NAIA) Abuja to Paris, France. He said that the suspect was arrested at the boarding gate of the Abuja airport on Sunday, Dec. 22 during the outward clearance of passengers on Air France. “When he was pulled aside for a body…