Nigeria’s applications for UK work visas plunged by nearly 68 per cent in 2024, falling from a record 93,000 in 2023 to just 29,800, following a series of immigration restrictions introduced by the British government.

“The joint security team was ambushed by armed men suspected to be kidnappers while responding to a distress call around a dredging site where expatriate workers were engaged in operations,” the statement said.

The bullet that killed 45-year-old Stella wasn’t meant for 66-year-old Mrs. Favour Nosakhare. But in the chaos of a dark forest, as kidnappers enforced their deadly act on families who couldn’t pay, the same round tore through both women.

By Uko Etim ETINAN—For residents of four forgotten communities in Akwa Ibom State, crossing a river has become a mortal threat. Since a 120-metre bridge collapsed on the Efa–Ikot Ese–Ikot Ibok–Ikot Mfon–Ndiya Road in 2011, the communities of Efa, Ikot Ibok, and Ikot Mfon in Etinan Local Government Area, along with Ndiya in Nsit Ubium LGA, […]

‘The experience is horrible and inhuman. I was seriously molested sexually. I prayed for even my enemies not to fall prey to Boko Haram terrorists’

Oyo government has demolished a three-bedroom bungalow in the Lako community, Aiyegun–Anaye Road axis of Ibadan

As Nigeria grapples with rising inflation, mounting debt, worsening living conditions and persistent power shortages, the Director-General of the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA), Wale-Smatt Oyerinde, has raised serious concerns

It is denying families the opportunity of staying together as landlords make more money renting to different tenants than to a family bloc. 

A day after offering prayers for the safe return of kidnap victims Madam Olufunmilayo Adelabu found herself facing a similar nightmare

Busayo Adegoke John-Paul and her twin sons were abducted in the early hours of Wednesday at Elewura-Challenge in Ibadan South-West