The United Kingdom (UK) has begun to enforce the restriction on migrant carers and health workers with dependents. The UK Home Office announced the change on Monday on its X (formerly known as Twitter) profile, stating that it is a part of their migration reduction objectives. Dependants are no longer permitted for care workers entering…
A witness presented by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting at Maitama, Abuja, in the former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele’s alleged money laundering has told the court that Emefiele awarded multimillion naira contracts to his wife’s company. The witness, Michael Agboro, told…
A Lagos Chief Magistrate, Peter Nwaka, on Monday ordered a former chef to a former Lagos governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, Abayomi to be remanded for 30 days in Ikoyi Correctional Centre. Nwaka, however, adjourned the case until April 8, for investigation and presentation of facts.Abayomi whose house address was not provided, is standing trial on a…
The 9th Brigade Army Cantonment in Ikeja was thrown into frenzy on Sunday, 10 March, 2024, as the blocks of classrooms facilitated by the member representing Ikeja Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Honourable James Abiodun Faleke was commissioned, Military high officials led by the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 81 Division of…
It what seems to be a premeditated suicide plan, the Lagos State Police Command has confirmed that it found bottle of sniper, drugs and hospital card in a nylon left behind a woman identified as Folashade Nimotalahi, who boarded a boat from Igando in Lagos State to a community in Ogun State but jumped into the river from…
President Bola Tinubu has said that it is not in his character to blame past administrations for the socio-economic and security challenges in Nigeria as he is committed to taking the right actions to re-engineer the finances of the country and stay on the right path to achieve progress. The President spoke on Monday at…
Lagos State Government has announced that it will commence the enforcement operations in Apapa to re-establish the three metres drainage Right of Way for all its drainage channels. Addressing newsmen after an inspection tour to check the level of compliance, the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab, said the enforcement activities…
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has urged Southeast importers and exporters to use the Onne seaport in Rivers State. IPOB said state-imposed technical and operational barriers should not be allowed to outweigh the economic benefits to importers. Emma Powerful, the spokesman of IPOB, lamented that economic and political strangulation of policies by the Nigerian…
The United Kingdom has banned “Health and Care Workers” from bringing dependants to the country. This was made known by the UK Home Office via its official X handle on Monday. The post reads, “From today, care workers entering the UK on Health and Care Worker visas can no longer bring dependants. “This is part…
The Adamawa State Police Command on Monday said its operatives arrested two suspected kidnappers who were already on command’s wanted list. This was captured in a statement issued on Monday by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Suleiman Nguroje. The statement said the suspects were arrested in an operation jointly carried out by the command’s…
