Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Immigration, refugees and citizenship Canada (IRCC) says over 71,459 Nigerians obtained Canadian citizenship between 2005 and 2024. IRCC is a department of the government of Canada responsible for matters relating to immigration to the North American country, refugees, and Canadian citizenship. The number places Nigeria in the 10th position on […]
The State House, under the dispensation of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has spent over N3.7 billion on the purchase and supply of vehicles and tyres, findings by Daily Trust on Saturday have revealed. Investigation and data gathered from govspend, a portal documenting government expenditures, showed that the Presidential Villa made […]
In line with the Electricity Act 2023, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, issued an order transferring regulatory oversight of the electricity market in Imo to the Imo State Electricity Regulatory Commission. This was contained in a recent order signed by NERC Chairman Sanusi Garba. The order shall take effect […]
Kingsley Moghalu, a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria has criticised the lack of shared sacrifice from the political class in the face of the economic downturn ravaging the country as one of the banes of President Bola Tinubu’s reforms. Moghalu, in a statement on his X […]
Tobi Amusan, Nigeria’s 100m hurdles world record holder, has been cleared to compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) dismissed doping appeals against her. Amusan, a 27-year-old hurdler, was initially charged in July 2023 with missing three anti-doping tests within 12 months. However, the Disciplinary […]
Nigeria’s naira weakened for a ninth straight day against the dollar, making it the worst-performing currency in the first half as a steep devaluation, insufficient dollar liquidity and market volatility hampered efforts to stem its rout. It’s weakened 0.2% to 1,510 per dollar by the close on Thursday, FMDQ data […]
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, on Thursday in Abuja inaugurated a ministerial task force to address illegal chartered private jet operations in the country, alleging that many of them are used for money laundering and drug trafficking. “There were security and safety concerns raised by these illegal […]
The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) announced plans to arrest skitmakers releasing online content without approval. The board, led by Shaibu Husseini, issued a social media statement warning filmmakers and content creators to stop producing, promoting, and distributing unapproved content on platforms like Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Twitter. […]
Facebook Monetisation: Content Creators Celebrate As Nigeria Becomes Eligible to Earn Money Nigeria is now eligible for Facebook content monetisation beginning Thursday, June 27. After Meta approved the country Several content creators took to Facebook to celebrate the development after seeing the approval on their dashboard The implication is that […]
The Federal Government exported crude oil approximately worth N17tn to seven foreign countries over a period of nine months, Saturday PUNCH has gathered. Recall that the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission on Tuesday, June 4, 2024, mandated International Oil Companies to supply crude oil to the 650,000-capacity Dangote Petroleum Refinery. […]