Nigeria has been ranked fourth among top ten African countries whose citizens spend a huge amount of money to obtain Schengen visas but later got rejected. A recent analysis of visa expenditures by SchengenVisaInfo revealed the substantial financial burden African countries face in obtaining Schengen visas. According to the findings, Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia spent…
The lastest Guinness World Records holder for longest cooking by an individual, Chef Hilda Baci has claimed she spent over N80m for her cook-a-thon. She disclosed this while reacting to an allegation by a brand that said she breached a N3m deal for a meet-and-greet event in Abuja. Baci denied having such agreement in place,…
Mr Akeredolu has embarked on a 21-day leave for medical treatment abroad from 7th June to 6th July Following pressures from different political quarters in Ondo State, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has formally written to notify the State House of Assembly that he is on leave and that his deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, should act as governor….
An Abuja-based National Industrial Court has ordered the arrest of the Inspector General of Police, Mr Usman Alkali, and the Force Secretary, AIG Hafeez Inuwa, for disobeying the court order, which was regarded as contempt. The court had earlier ordered the IGP to reinstate some police officers, who are graduates of courses 33, 34 and…
Guinness World Records has disclosed that Nigerian chef, Hilda Baci’s cook-a-thon crashed their website for two days. It said this in a statement while officially certifying Hilda as the new record holder for the longest cooking marathon by an individual. It said the crash occurred on account of the immense volume of traffic received from…
Godswill Akpabio, the 10th Senate President of Nigeria, has assured that his tenure will ensure the emergence of more women in the red chambers. The Senate President noted that it would be good to have more women in the 11th Senate but quickly jokingly added that he is not willing to let go of his…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 27, presidential election, Peter Obi has on Tuesday, June 13, tendered forms belonging to the electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Politics Nigeria gathered that the former Anambra State governor through his counsel, brought forward the EC40G forms from 10 Local Government Areas…
All Progressives Congress, APC chieftain Femi Fani-Kayode has claimed that the emergence of Godswill Akpabio as president of the 10th Senate was a victory for President Bola Tinubu. SAHEL earlier reported that the Akwa Ibom South-West Senator on Tuesday, defeated Zamfara West Senator Abdul’aziz Yari to emerge the new senate president. However, Fani-Kayode, an APC…
The governor of Lagos state, Babajide Sanwolu has congratulated the newly elected Senate President, Godwin Akapio. In a tweet on Tuesday, Sanwolu shared photos from the National Assembly with all members and leadership of the 10th National Assembly According to his tweets“Hearty congratulations to the 10th Senate President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has issued a fresh circular to oil marketers on how much they will pay to get petroleum products. This came about two weeks after the Federal Government announced the removal of fuel subsidy. NNPCL Retail, in a circular released on Sunday, and obtained by The PUNCH, directed marketers to…
