US introduces $15,000 visa bond for Nigerians, others
United States has introduced new travel restrictions that could require Nigerians applying for B1/B2 visas to post bonds of up to $15,000.
Crack in Rivers political class deepens
By Jimitota Onoyume, Assistant News Editor The governorship election in Rivers state and the presidential poll are billed for 2027 but the political atmosphere is already at a feverish pitch in the state with so much crack in the political class. The state is split heavily by the struggle between loyalists of the governor of […]
Community parades teenager naked for stealing tubers of yam
A 17-year-old boy (name withheld) has been paraded naked round Ajegbole community in Gabu ward of Yala Local Government Area of Cross River State for stealing tubers of yam.
Church nullifies suspension, excommunication of members
The Registered Board of Trustees of Mount Zion LightHouse Full Gospel Church has nullified the suspension and excommunication of some of it members by Archbishop Nyong Ayankdue against Bishop Peter Udokang, Elder Marshal Udoh and Elder Emmanuel Edoho. In a statement by Mrs Uduak Akpan, the church declared the action null and void and without […]
Flutterwave acquires open banking startup Mono
Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company and most valuable unicorn, has acquired Mono, a Y Combinator-backed Nigerian open banking infrastructure provider
Ondo South Senatorial Bye Election: Zone seat to Odigbo, says APC chieftain, Tawose
By Dayo Johnson kure Ahead of the bye election to fill the Ondo Southern senatorial district seat, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Olorunnimbe Tawose, has asked the leadership of the party to zone the ticket to Odigbo council area of the state for equity and fairness. Tawose in an interview in Akure, […]
