Nigeria has been ranked 92nd on the Henley Passport Index, highlighting the challenges its citizens face regarding international travel freedom. The index, which ranks countries based on the number of destinations their passport holders can access without a prior visa, shows Nigeria lagging behind many other nations. The Henley Passport Index, recognised as the authoritative…
By Richard Akinola When the Dangote refinery controversy blew up, naturally as someone wired to support anyone l perceive to be oppressed, this time, Dangote, l lined up in support of the richest man in Africa. I perceived he was being unduly treated by the Downstream and Midstream regulators, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum…
The NLC had on Wednesday accused the Service of sending armed men to its office. The Department of States Service (DSS) has refuted reports claiming that its officers had raided the headquarters of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) in Abuja. The denial comes following Wednesday’s allegations by NLC, that the Service had sent armed men…
In a dramatic and unprecedented turn of events, heavily armed security operatives stormed the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) headquarters (Labour House) in Abuja at approximately 8:30 PM on August 7, 2024, long after the workday had ended. According to a statement made available by NLC’s Head of Media and Public Relations, Comrade Benson Upah, the…
Several youths across Osun Central Senatorial District has been enlisted as beneficiary of the empowerment program of Adekunle Ibraheem Foundation. Representing the Executive Director of Adekunle Ibraheem Foundation, Mr Seyi Bamidele, Senior Special Assistant to the Osun State Governor on Agriculture and Food Security (OSSADEC) noted that the program was designed to enlist youths in…
July 2024 was both the second-warmest July and the second-warmest month on record, the European Union’s climate change service, Copernicus, said on Thursday. July 2024 saw a global average temperature of 16.91 degrees Celsius, 0.04 degrees Celsius lower than the average temperature in July 2023, currently the hottest month on record. Until June, monthly average…
Kenyan police fired volleys of tear gas Thursday in the heart of the capital Nairobi as small groups of protesters gathered on what was billed as a fresh day of action against embattled President William Ruto. Riot police patrolled the streets of the central business district, roadblocks were set up on major arteries and many…
Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz said Thursday the diplomatic status of Norwegian envoys to the Palestinian Authority would be revoked over Oslo’s “anti-Israel behaviour” since the Gaza war began in October. “I ordered the termination of any representation on behalf of the Norwegian Embassy in Israel vis-a-vis the Palestinian Authority”, Katz said in a statement,…
The Nigeria Immigration Service has suspended an Assistant Superintendent of Immigration II, Okpravero Ufuoma, for allegedly soliciting financial gratification from a traveller. NIS Comptroller General, Mrs Kemi Nandap, made this known in a statement issued by the Service Public Relations Officer, Mr Kenneth Udo, on Thursday in Abuja. According to Nandap, the officer’s conduct, captured…
Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has ordered that the 24-hour curfew earlier imposed in the state capital be further relaxed, allowing movement from 12 noon to 6 pm daily until further notice. The governor issued the order on Thursday in a statement signed by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, noting that the decision…
