Nigerian graduates ‘exempted’ as UK opens application for high-potential individual visa
The UK will start receiving applications for a new visa type — high potential individual visa (HPI) – beginning from May 30. This will allow up to two-year visa for people with bachelor’s and master’s degrees and up to three years for PhD holders. The HPI visa will allow people to live […]
South-east leaders call for Nnamdi Kanu’s release — but Buhari says court will decide
President Muhammadu Buhari says the court should be allowed to decide the fate of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Buhari made the comment on Friday when he met with leaders in the south-east at the government house, Abakaliki, Ebonyi state. The president has been on a two-day […]
Rivers floors Imo at Supreme Court over disputed 17 oil wells
The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Rivers state over the disputed 17 oil wells with Imo state and has ended the political arrangement on the sharing of revenue. In its verdict delivered on Friday, the court decided that the oil wells located in Ndoni and Egbema communities belong to Rivers. […]
Newspaper Headlines: Consensus plan for 2023 presidential ticket unsettles APC
Reports on the planned increase in the price of essential services like data, calls and electricity dominated the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers. Source: Top Stories
UK makes U-turn, recognises IPOB as terrorist group excluded from asylum
The government of the United Kingdom has made a U-turn on its treatment of members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), recognising Nigeria’s classification of the group as a terrorist organisation. In a May 2022 update of its asylum policy, seen by TheCable, the UK government excluded members of the group from […]
2023: Presidential hopeful sues PDP over ‘high cost’ of nomination form
Okey Uzoho, a presidential hopeful, has filed a case against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for allegedly denying him the opportunity to contest in the party’s May 28 presidential primary. Uzoho, a lawyer and member of the PDP, claimed that the high cost of the expression of interest and nomination forms for presidential […]
COVID: WHO says 14.9m deaths linked to pandemic — 148% more than virus toll
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the deaths linked to the COVID pandemic between January 2020 and December 2021 was approximately 14.9 million. The WHO disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, describing the figure as “excess mortality”. The figure is two times more than the reported six million deaths which have […]
Ohanaeze to Igbo politicians: Reject VP slot — south-east should produce next president
Ohanaeze Ndigbo, apex socio-political organisation in the south-east, says no politician of south-east extraction should accept to be running mate to any presidential candidate in 2023. George Obiozor, president-general of Ohaneze Ndigbo, said this on Thursday at the Imeobi Ohaneze Ndigbo meeting in Enugu. Obiozor said the clamour for an Igbo to […]
NERC approves electricity tariff hike for six DisCos
Six power distribution companies (DisCos) have gotten approval from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to increase tariffs. According to a document issued on December 29, 2021, and signed by Sanusi Garba, NERC chairman, and Musiliu Oseni, vice chairman, the new tariff took effect from February 2022. Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company […]
Tinubu may not be running
It is a kaleidoscope – the pattern keeps mutating. Nigeria’s politics should be among the most unpredictable, intriguing and exhilarating. There are more smokescreens than actual smoke; more pawns than real players; more masquerades than true pipers and more jokers than aces. But Bola Tinubu, former Lagos governor and APC presidential hopeful, is […]