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A new report has ranked Nigeria 90th on the list of countries with the most visa-free access to other nations. The report released by Henley and Partners on Tuesday was based on exclusive and official data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA). According to the report, Nigeria ranked 90th alongside South Sudan […]

The supreme court says there was no conversation between Olukayode Ariwoola, the chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), and President Bola Tinubu regarding the outcome of the election petition tribunal. Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, standard bearers of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP), are challenging the victory of Tinubu in the […]

The United Kingdom government says it is suspending the existing visa-waiver agreement with all Dominican nationals, including to visit.  The suspension which comes into effect on  July 19, will affect the majority of people, including Nigerians seeking to enter the UK.  However, those who booked their travel visa before 3 pm UK […]

The naira has continued its downward spiral, falling to N860 per dollar at the parallel market on Wednesday. The figure represents a N35 or 4.2 percent depreciation compared to the N825 it traded yesterday. With the depreciation, the gap between the official and parallel market exchange rates is widening once again. […]

Ejikeme Mmesoma has apologised to the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) over the alleged forgery of her unified tertiary matriculation examination (UTME) result. Mmesoma spoke on Wednesday when she appeared before an ad hoc committee of the house of representatives investigating the alleged forgery of result. Ishaq Oloyede, JAMB registrar, and […]

Godwin Emefiele, suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has asked a federal high court in Lagos to grant him bail. Emefiele is seeking bail on self-recognisance pending the determination of the charge filed against him by the federal government. On July 13, Peter Afunanya, spokesperson of the Department of […]

The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has handed Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan a provisional suspension for allegedly missing drug tests. AIU announced the sanction in a statement on its Twitter account on Wednesday. https://twitter.com/aiu_athletics/status/1681567085061722112?s=20 “The AIU confirms that it has today charged and provisionally suspended Tobi Amusan (NGR) for 3 Whereabouts Failures,” the […]

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Joe Ajaero, president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), says Nigerians are being deceived on the issue of petrol pricing. Speaking on Politics Today, a Channels TV programme, Ajaero said the masses are being punished unnecessarily. TheCable had reported that the product’s pump price surged to N617 per litre in the federal […]

A federal high court sitting in Lagos has awarded damages of N72.2 billion to Honeywell Flour Mills  (HFMP) Plc in its eight-year legal battles with Ecobank Nigeria. In a judgment delivered on Tuesday by Justice Mohammed Liman, the court granted all the reliefs sought by Honeywell over the freezing of its accounts by the […]