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The Kaduna State House of Assembly and an ad hoc committee setup to review all funds, loans, and contracts given under the tenure of former governor Nasir El-Rufai, has recommended the probe of the probe of the former governor.       The chairman of the ad hoc committee, Henry …

Minister of foreign affairs, Yusuf Tuggar has explained why they are yet to appoint ambassadors to serve in foreign missions.    Speaking at the ministerial briefing to mark President Bola Tinubu’s one year in office on Tuesday, May 28, Tuggar said there’s a delay in appointing ambassadors to serve in foreign …

Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president, has kicked against the federal government’s plan to use Nigeria’s pension fund to finance infrastructure projects. On May 14, Wale Edun, the finance minister and coordinating minister of the economy, said the government has unveiled a strategic plan to harness the N20 trillion pension fund and …

The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) has outlined ways terrorist groups in the country are being funded.    In a recent newsletter, the NFIU said it has identified a “network of affiliates of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) across 22 countries”. It noted that one of the major sources …

Michael Jackson’s son, Blanket ‘Bigi’ Jackson has filed legal papers seeking to block his grandmother Katherine from using estate funds in the ongoing legal battle with the estate executors.     Bigi Jackson, 22, formerly known as Blanket, filed paperwork with the court earlier this week, TMZ reported, citing court docs it reviewed.   …

  Foreign Airlines operating in Nigeria have applauded the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on the clearance of the backlog of part of the foreign exchange they could not repatriate to their country as part of revenue from ticket sales.   Recall that the CBN had fulfilled its pledge to …

In addition to your first year of tuition and travel costs, you now have to have $20,635 as proof of funds. The Canadian Government has increased its “cost-of-living financial requirement for study permit applicants,” for international students from $20,000 to $10,000 starting from January 1, 2024.

The Canadian government has announced that the “cost-of-living financial requirement for study permit applicants” for international students will increase from $10,000 to $20,000, starting from January 1, 2024. Marc Miller, Canadian Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, made this announcement in a statement on Thursday, December 7. “Starting January 1, …

All these Agbero Yoruba from other 5 SW states that are not civil have succeeded in polluting the civil Awori people, they left their place took over government positions in my state Lagos and causing bad feelings between indegenes of Lagos and other tribes in Nigeria due to their laziness …

  The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the World Bank to suspend issuance of loans to Nigeria’s 36 states over allegations of mismanaging public funds.   In the letter dated 25 November 2023, SERAP specifically told the World bank’s President, Ajay Banga, “to promptly, transparently and …