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Canada ends visitor-to-work permit policy
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Ajaero honours police summons, faults terrorism allegation
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Buttock enlargement doctor declared wanted as client dies during surgery
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Tinubu okays 50% electricity subsidy for hospitals, others
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Canada ends policy allowing visitor visa holders to apply for work permits
Govs' jobs bazaar: States’ wages rise by N900bn
Amid calls by Nigerians for a lower cost of governance, the personnel costs of the 36 states in Nigeria for the 2024 financial year have hit N2.76tn, an analysis of the budgets by The PUNCH has reveal...
30th August 2024
Canada ends visitor-to-work permit policy
The Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has ended a temporary public policy that allowed visitors to apply for a work permit from within Canada. The IRCC introduced the policy in August 2020 ...
30th August 2024
Ajaero honours police summons, faults terrorism allegation
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, on Thursday, visited the Intelligence Response Team headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force in Abuja to honour the invitation extended to him...
30th August 2024
Buttock enlargement doctor declared wanted as client dies during surgery
The Lagos State Police Command has declared a doctor, identified as Idara Bassey, wanted in connection with the death of a 36-year-old lady simply identified as Abiola, who passed away during a buttoc...
30th August 2024
Tinubu okays 50% electricity subsidy for hospitals, others
President Bola Tinubu has approved a 50 per cent electricity subsidy for public hospitals and educational institutions to alleviate their financial burden. Minister of State for Health, Dr Tunji Alaus...
30th August 2024
Canada ends policy allowing visitor visa holders to apply for work permits
Holders of Canadian visitor visas will not be able to apply for a work permit within the country. This is coming amidst recent immigration reforms that have sparked protests, especially amongst intern...
29th August 2024
Don't follow my footsteps, Israel Adesanya tells aspiring athletes
Nigerian-born UFC star, Israel Adesanya, has revealed what led to his decision to become a professional fighter. This is as he also urged aspiring athletes not to follow his footsteps but to create th...
29th August 2024
NiMet predicts three-day thunderstorms, rains from Friday
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has predicted thunderstorms and rains from Friday to Sunday across the country. NiMet`s weather outlook released on Thursday in Abuja forecasts thunderstorms on Frid...
29th August 2024
'I can't be deported,' Canadian-Nigerian woman threatening Yoruba, Benin people with poison boasts
Canada-based Nigerian woman, Amaka Patience Sunnberger, has dismissed the possibility of arrest or deportation after the Nigerian House of Representatives urged the Canadian government to prosecute he...
29th August 2024
JUST IN: Ajaero leaves police headquarters
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, has left the headquarters of the Intelligence Response Team in Abuja. The NLC chairman, who arrived at exactly 10:17am, left at 11.15 am after...
29th August 2024
Joining US Navy was to escape financial struggles – Oyegoke
Racheal Oyegoke is a senior leader in the United States Navy, currently stationed in Manama, Bahrain. As a Navy Career Counsellor, she serves as the Command Career Counsellor and Programme Manager for...
29th August 2024
Cleric mourns two newborns as wife gives birth to 11 babies
A 56-year-old Islamic cleric based in Ajasse-Cotonou in the Benin Republic, Alfa Yahya Nafiu, has confirmed that his wife delivered 11 babies in Nigeria’s neighbouring country between July and Augus...
29th August 2024
Flights of fancy: Govs slammed for wasting N160bn on unviable airports
Six state governments including Ekiti, Ebonyi, Jigawa, Yobe, Nasarawa, and Bayelsa have spent about N160bn on airport projects that opposition politicians and aviation professionals classified as unvi...
28th August 2024
JUST IN: NCC fixes Sept 14 as final deadline for NIN-SIM linkage
The Nigerian Communications Commission has announced September 14, 2024, as the final deadline for Nigerians to link their Subscriber Identification Modules to National Identity Numbers. “To ens...
28th August 2024
How bank offered me N1bn loan, wanted repayment through crusades' proceeds — Pastor
Popular prophet of the Celestial Church of Christ, Israel Ogundipe, has revealed how a bank offered him N1 billion loan. Ogundipe, who is the founder of Genesis Global Ministry, Lagos, said he was off...
28th August 2024
Interpol busts West African cybercrime mafia, Black Axe
The International Criminal Police Organisation has arrested more than 300 people with links to one of West Africa’s most feared criminal networks, Black Axe, and other affiliated groups. In a series...
28th August 2024
Lagos-Calabar highway demolition: 100 landowners team up for fresh legal war
Over 100 property owners in Lafiaji community, Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State, are planning legal action against the Federal Government as they are being issued demolition notices to eva...
28th August 2024
Abure, Otti on collision course over LP NWC tenure
The crisis rocking the Labour Party deepened on Tuesday when the party’s leadership warned Governor Alex Otti of Abia State to stick to governance and stop meddling in the party’s administration. ...
28th August 2024
Edo: INEC rules out PVC collection by proxy
The Independent National Electoral Commission, on Tuesday, said the distribution of Permanent Voter Cards to new applicants across Edo State local government areas will commence today. The commission,...
28th August 2024
IG vows to rescue 2,149 kidnap victims
The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, on Tuesday, gave the assurance that the police would rescue all Nigerians currently in the captivity of kidnappers. Egbetokun, according to a stateme...
28th August 2024
WASSCE: ASUU, NUT differ as FG bans under-18 candidates
The Nigeria Union of Teachers has condemned the Federal Government’s decision to ban under-18 candidates from sitting for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination and the National Exam...
27th August 2024
DSS must be professional investigating Hadejia — Borno security analyst
A public affairs and security expert, Muhammad Kareto, has insisted that a thorough investigation must be conducted to unravel the circumstances leading to the arrest of Bashir Hadejia, who is said to...
27th August 2024
How gunmen killed Lagos monarch’s son — Police
The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the killing of Demola, the first son of Ojomu of Ajiran land, Tijani Akinloye. PUNCH Metro gathered that the killing which took place on Monday along Chevr...
27th August 2024
Delta security under scrutiny after high-profile kidnapping of ex-Rep
MATTHEW OCHEI examines the security lapses in Delta State, especially the state capital, Asaba, following the circumstances surrounding the kidnapping of a former member of the House of Representative...
27th August 2024
BREAKING: Tinubu appoints new NIA, DSS heads
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Ambassador Mohammed Mohammed as the new Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency and Adeola Ajayi as the new Director-General of the Department of State...
26th August 2024
'Is there office of first son?' Nigerians query Seyi Tinubu’s presence at Kekere-Ekun swearing-in
Nigerians have begun to express their dissatisfaction over Seyi, President Bola Tinubu’s first son’s presence at the swearing-in ceremony of the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Kudirat Ke...
26th August 2024
September rollout: Tinubu panel, Dangote refinery brainstorm on petrol pricing
There are indications that the Federal Government’s committee which was set up to ensure the implementation of crude oil sales to local refineries in naira will further discuss the pricing of Premiu...
26th August 2024
FG to enforce 18-year age limits for WASSCE, NECO
The Federal Government has prohibited individuals under the age of 18 from taking part in the National Examinations Council and West African Examinations Council exams. The Minister of Education, Prof...
26th August 2024
States oppose FG N600bn vote for N70,000 wage
Representatives of state governments at the last Federation Accounts Allocation Committee meeting have bemoaned the decision by the Federal Government to save additional revenue for the payment of the...
26th August 2024
FULL LIST: FG names recognised Togo, Benin Republic universities
The Federal Government has stated that only eight universities have been accredited to award degrees to Nigerians in Togo and Benin Republic. The Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, made this known o...
26th August 2024
Mohbad’s family seeks more witnesses on singer’s death
The legal team representing the family of the late Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, has expressed concern over what it described as sensitive information on the death of the dece...
26th August 2024
