Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Bans Cash Payments At Passport Offices. The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has banned cash payments for passport processing as part of efforts to eliminate corruption at all passport offices nationwide.‎ NIS spokesperson, Sunday James, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja. He‎ said that the Comptroller General ...

Floyd Mayweather ended his all-time gret career undefeated after beating a tougher than expected Conor McGregor with a 10th round TKO. Floyd Mayweather has beaten Conor McGregor in Las Vegas, claiming his 50th victory and maintaining his unbeaten record. McGregor had been written off before the fight, but the Irishman ...

The leading anti-graft agency in Nigeria has frozen the accounts of a close friend of the popular ex First Lady, Patience Jonathan over suspicions of fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has frozen over N8, 627,458,773.36 billion in three accounts of Hajiya Muinat Bola Shagaya, an associate and ...

Men of the Nigeria army yesterday under the orders of Governor Rochas Okorocha allegedly killed a 10 year old boy at the Ancestral Ekeukwu Onunwa in Owerri. A Governor that was once loved by the people has turned his back on them, unleashing great terror and affliction on his own. ...

The spate of insecurity in Nigeria has affected the sales of ram as Sallah approaches following an unprecedented inflation rate. Less than six days to Eid-el-Kabir celebration, ram dealers in Maiduguri are lamenting low patronage by customers. Eid-el-Kabir celebration is marked on the 10th day of the 12th month of ...

Southeastern politician, Tony Nwoye will be testing his popularity in the November 18 gubernatorial election in Anambra State under the banner of the All Progressives Congress as he has emerged the winner of the primaries. Mr Tony Nwoye has emerged the winner of the governorship primary election of the All ...

And on Tuesday US President Donald Trump seized upon the lack of immediate North Korean missile tests as evidence that the country’s leader Kim Jong-Un “is starting to respect us./ AFP US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson declared Sunday that North Korea’s latest missile test was a “provocative act” but ...

Police officers stand guard at a police cordon next to Buckingham Palace following an incident where a man armed with a knife was arrested outside the palace following a disturbance in London on August 26, 2017. Scotland Yard has said two male police officers suffered minor injuries when they detained ...

Policemen stand guard the Boulevard Emile Jacqmain – Emile Jacqmainlaan in the city centre of Brussels on August 25, 2017, where a man is alleged to have attacked soldiers with a knife and was shot.<br />A knife-wielding man attacked a soldier in Brussels on August 25, 2017, before being “neutralised” ...

MR. DONALD NEATE, ex-husband of the 72-year-old British grandmother of six, who married a Nigerian man 45 years her junior, says she will “have to deal with the consequences” of her action at some point. Neate, 71, is quoted by the Daily Mail of London, as also calling her “quite ...

Citing irregularities, Senator Oduah has petitioned the National Caretaker Committee Chairman of the PDP, Sen. Ahmed Makarfi, threatening to withdraw from the primary if the party failed to address the problem. Sen. Stella Oduah, an aspirant in the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra, has threatened withdrawal from the race, alleging ...

A terrible hurricane has hit Texas, US, with storm surge, coupled with the deluge of rain, predicted to lead to billions of dollars of property damage and almost certainly loss of life. U.S. State of Texas is facing a serious challenge which appears to be the country’s major disaster in ...

A Nigerian senator has accused the IGP of fraudulently obtaining billions of naira yearly from companies and other bodies in the country with the leadership of the Nigeria Police Force also reacting. The senator representing Bauchi Central Senatorial District in the upper chamber of the National Assembly, Isah Misau, has ...

Former President and ex People’s Democratic Party chieftain, Olusegun Obasanjo appears skeptical about the idea of restructuring Nigeria and he is not mincing words. Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has distanced himself from the clamour for the restructuring of Nigeria by some section of Nigerians. Obasanjo, who faulted the call said ...

Governor Fayose of Ekiti State has made open his reason for failing to attend the meeting President Buhari had with state governors and other political leaders in Abuja. Ekiti State governor Peter Ayodele Fayose has said he couldn’t attend the Friday meeting of the 36 State governors with President Muhammadu ...

Ex-Ogun State governor, Gbenga Daniel has raised an alarm over an alleged threat to his life, fingering a PDP chieftain in a petition to the Police boss. A former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris; and the Director-General of the ...

A foreigner who has been remanded in the Kirikiri Maximum Prison in Lagos has pleaded with the court to release him on bail as his health allegedly deteriorates. An American national, Marco Ramirez, who allegedly defrauded 3 Nigerians of $565,000 on the false pretense of obtaining a green card for ...

A dangerous snake was yesterday eliminated at the conveniences of one of the private universities in Nigeria before it could cause any harm among unsuspecting students. Yesterday morning, a very long snake which the students in London hostel of the Madonna University, Okija Anambra State claimed to have been seeing ...

Clothes don’t make the man, but makeup might just make the French politician following reports that he has been expending a lump-sum of the sweat of the masses on his face. Le Point, a French news magazine, revealed Thursday that French President Emmanuel Macron has spent 26,000 euros on makeup ...

Gallant men of the Civilian Joint Task Force have shot dead three notorious Boko Haram terrorists in Borno state. Luck has ran out on three deadly Boko Haram members after they were ambushed ad killed by members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF) in Gubio town of Borno. The ...