The President of the United States, Donald Trump has signed a broad executive order that imposes a $100,000 annual fee on companies seeking H-1B visas for skilled foreign workers, BBC reported on Saturday. The new policy is set to take effect on September 21, 2025. “Companies need to decide — is the person valuable enough…
Dangote refinery sells a litre of petrol to international traders at N65 cheaper than the amount it gives the product to marketers in Nigeria. This is going by some fuel importers in the country. This was confirmed by the Depot and Petroleum Product Marketers Association of Nigeria, Petroleum Products Retail Outlet Owners Association of Nigeria….
Despite his exit as the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, has again ordered the Inspector General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun, to arrest the former INEC chairman, Prof Mahmoud Yakubu, for an offence relating to contempt of court. The Court order…
Below is how Kemi Olunloyo, Nigerian retired journalist wrote it on her Facebook. Tonto has a LIFETIME BAN from the UAE after she hit the face of a Dubai police officer who caught her with drugs during the Bobrisky trip. Tonto has a 10 yr ban from the USA for attempting to apply and forge…
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has sacked all commissioners and officers of the public “affected by the Supreme Court judgement” that nullified some of the governor’s decisions. Governor Fubara’s spokesperson, Nelson Chukwudi, made public in a statement on Wednesday that the governor made the decision during a valedictory session he held with his cabinet in…
Edo state police command have detained Precious Oruche also known as Mama Peace over her faceoff with Julius Abure, the factional chairman of Labour party. Earlier today, Mama Pee spotted Abure at the airport and confronted him over the internal wranglings in the party. She accused him of destroying the party. Later, she released a…
Parents in Abuja’s satellite towns are voicing serious concerns as mushroom private schools continue to spring up in large numbers. While these schools promise quality education, many parents insist they are nothing more than businesses disguised as schools. Investigations reveal that several of these schools employ underqualified teachers, some with only SSCE certificates, and pay…
World-famous music mogul, Sean Combs, who is better known as ‘Diddy’, has been sentenced to 50 months in prison following a conviction on prostitution-related charges. Prosecutors had pushed for an 11-year sentence, but Judge Arun Subramanian imposed just over four years following an emotional daylong hearing on Friday. Combs’s lawyers had urged a far lighter…
Nollywood star Regina Daniels has publicly accused her husband, Senator Ned Nwoko, instigating domestic violence, a claim that has ignited widespread public concern. A video that recently went viral shows the actress visibly distraught, stating: “In Ned Nwoko’s house I am nothing. In my house I am a queen. I cannot stand the violence again, it’s too…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its ongoing two-week warning strike 10 days after it began. Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, ASUU President Chris Piwuna directed members of the union to return to work starting tomorrow, Thursday. Mr Piwuna said the decision was taken at an emergency National Executive Council (NEC)…
