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The United States has approved entry visas for the Iranian national football team ahead of the FIFA World Cup. American officials confirmed the diplomatic clearance on Friday, resolving an administrative standoff just days before the tournament begins. The decision allows the playing squad to enter the country despite severe geopolitical hostilities between Washington and Tehran….
The armed gang holding a former Nigerian military spokesman has demanded a prisoner swap alongside the restitution of seized cattle to secure his release. Major General Rabe Abubakar, who previously served as the Director of Defence Information, was ambushed on Saturday alongside his wife in northwestern Katsina State. Rather than seeking a standard financial payout,…
Google will pay SpaceX approximately 920 million dollars per month to secure massive artificial intelligence computing capacity. The tech giant disclosed the multi-billion-dollar cloud services agreement on Friday in a regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Under the terms of the contract, Google will gain access to a cluster of roughly 110,000 Nvidia…
A group of 397 Nigerians are undergoing official screening in South Africa ahead of an emergency evacuation. The diplomatic exercise serves as a direct response to a surge in anti-foreigner campaigns across major South African cities. Officials began the documentation process on Thursday and intend to conclude the initial phase on Sunday. Three separate South…
The federal government has partnered with the Food and Agriculture Organisation to deploy a 350,000 dollar intervention programme against bird flu. The newly created Ministry of Livestock Development announced the emergency bilateral agreement on Thursday night to address persistent outbreaks across the country. The technical cooperation framework focuses primarily on improving early detection systems, laboratory…
Commercial banks operating within the country will now face a 100 million Naira penalty for breaching foreign exchange operational guidelines. The Central Bank of Nigeria announced a strict disciplinary framework to curb speculative trading and stabilise the local currency. Financial institutions that fail to report accurate transaction data or facilitate unauthorized currency transfers will face…
Nigeria’s education sector faces renewed pressure from armed group attacks on schools, with the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr Malick Fall, urging stronger collective commitment to safe, inclusive and violence free teaching and learning environments. Mr Fall made the call after meeting a delegation from the National Safe Schools Response Coordination Centre…
Nigeria has started screening its citizens in South Africa for a voluntary repatriation programme expected to cover more than one thousand people as anti immigrant tensions persist in the host country. The process began on Thursday, according to foreign ministry spokesman Kimiebi Ebienfa. “Total figure not out yet. We are expecting over a thousand…
Chief Olabode George, former deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party and a retired general, has advised Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, to direct his counsel on ending terrorism straight to President Bola Tinubu, the Commander in Chief, rather than to the service chiefs. George described…
The Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence by hanging for Chelynor Halim, a convicted kidnapper from Delta State, in a unanimous decision by a five member panel that dismissed his appeal as lacking merit. The apex court on Friday affirmed the 2017 judgment of a High Court in Asaba, Delta State, which found…
