A Canadian immigration court has ruled to deport a 29-year-old Nigerian individual whose marriage to a 79-year-old Canadian woman was found to be fraudulent. This landmark ruling highlights the authorities’ commitment to tackling sham marriages used to circumvent immigration regulations. Judge Michael Henderson announced the verdict after immigration officials presented convincing evidence that the 2021…
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has forecasted that Nigeria’s inflation will average 24.7% in 2025, before declining significantly to 17.3% in 2026, as outlined in its recent African Economic Outlook (AEO). Inflation remains a pressing issue for Nigeria’s economy, driven by factors such as exchange rate depreciation, elevated energy and food prices, alongside ongoing structural…
A Federal High Court in Kaduna has ordered former Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, to pay N900 million in damages for the violation of the fundamental human rights of Adara elders unlawfully detained in 2019. Justice Hauwa’u Buhari delivered the ruling on Tuesday in a case brought by Awemi Dio Maisamari and eight…
A report by the World Health Organisation says 20 million Nigerians, representing 20 per cent of the country’s population, live with mental health conditions. Dr Azubike Aliche, the Secretary, Board of Trustees of the Nigeria-American Institute for Mental Health (NAIMH), said this at a mental health GAP Action training programme organised by the institute, in…
President Bola Tinubu arrived in Lagos on Tuesday for the 50th Anniversary of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). His plane touched down at 4.15 p.m. and was received by officials of the Lagos State Government, Mr Bayo Onanuga, his spokesman, said in a statement. President Tinubu will host other ECOWAS Heads of…
The Federal Government has inaugurated the Alternate Education and Renewed Hope National Home Grown School Feeding Project to expand the scope of feeding by reaching 20 million out-of-school and informal children in 2026. Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, made this known while launching the programme on Tuesday in Abuja….
President Bola Tinubu has appointed new members for the governing councils of the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA), University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) and Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (NAU). In February, President Tinubu dissolved the Governing Council of UNIABUJA and sacked the university’s vice-chancellor, Aisha Maikudi, amid controversy over her eligibility, Mr Bayo Onanuga, the President’s…
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), on Tuesday, confirmed the death of one adult male while several still trapped in a building collapse in Ikorodu area of the state. The LASEMA Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who made this known in a statement, said they got a distress alert at 14.02 hours “Following distress…
The Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) has strongly condemned the attack and killing of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of the Rano Divisional Headquarters in Kano State, CSP Ali Baba. In a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja, the National Chairman of the PCRC, Alhaji Mogaji Olaniyan, expressed deep shock over the tragic…
The UN’s top human rights official, Volker Türk, on Monday said that Israel’s military actions in the Gaza Strip are no longer covered by the principle of self-defence under international law. We are talking about an expulsion that is highly, highly questionable, Türk said on Austrian radio, referring to the effect of the war on…
