Author: Akintayo Adams

The Government of the United Kingdom, on Thursday, as part of its efforts to lower the rate of immigration announced an increase in the income required to sponsor an individual coming to the country on a family visa. This was made known by the UK home office via its official X (formerly Twitter) handle. “We’re delivering the biggest-ever cut in legal migration and an immigration system that works for the British people. “We have increased the family visa minimum income requirement,” the statement read. It was noted that the minimum income requirement needed to bring a family member to the…

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), on Wednesday, bombed three terrorists camps in Zamfara, annihilating them in multiple. According to a statement by AVM Edward Gabkwe, the spokesman of the Nigerian Air Force, the operation was conducted by the Air Component of Operation Hadarin Daji, NAF Spokesman. Gabkwet said the camps destroyed belong to terrorist kingpins, Abdullahi Nasanda in Zurmi, Malam Tukur in Gusau, and another in Maradun Local Government Areas of Zamfara. He disclosed that Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions were conducted on Nasanda’s Camp where terrorists’ activities were sighted and their hidden motorcycles. “Having established that their activities…

A 300 per cent electricity tariff increase has been approved for Band A consumers across Nigeria country by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). Musiliu Oseni, Vice chairman of NERC, made the announcement Wednesday aafternoon in Abuja. He stated that beginning April 1, 2024, power distribution companies (DisCos) will be permitted to increase the price of electricity for urban consumers from N68 to ₦225 ($0.15) per kilowatt-hour. However, he explained that the increase will only affect 15 per cent of the electricity customers in the country, which, according to him consume 40 per cent of the nation’s electricity. “We currently…

President Joe Biden of the United States of America, on Thursday said black women in America are more likely to die during pregnancy compared to their white counterparts. He disclosed this while making a case for Black Maternal Health Week. Posting via X, Biden said his administration is addressing the unfair treatment being faced by the black community in the US. Biden wrote: “Black women in America are 3x as likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than white women, making Black Maternal Health Week an urgent call for action. “That’s why we’re using the power of the federal government to…

The Lagos State Government has reiterated its resolve to demolish buildings that fail its integrity test. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who was at Dosunmu market disclosed this after 14 structures around the two that caught fire at the said marketplace on Lagos Island on Tuesday couldn’t resist the inferno. “A lot of residential apartments have been turned to warehouses. I am saying without any iota of doubt that more buildings will go down. “I just finished the assessment of a very unfortunate, but preventable disaster. “Access was denied to the first responders to the fire for a couple of hours. This…

The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi has revealed that the Federal Government plans to charge ₦3,000 per toll gate once the Lagos-Calabar highway project is completed. Umahi made this announcement during a guest appearance on the program “The Morning Brief” on Channels Television, emphasizing that motorists can expect a toll charge of ₦3,000 per gate along the highway. “Let me leave out the infrastructure along the corridor. Let me just concentrate on the tolls and I put 50,000 vehicles as an average passage on these toll points per day,” he said. “I put N3,000 as an average cost. N3,000 because…

Ogbonnaya Onu, the Minister of Science and Technology during Former President Muhammadu Buhari’s first tenure is dead. He died today at a hospital in Abuja, where has been since he fell ill. Onu was, in November 2015, appointed as the Minister of Science and Technology. However, he resigned his position on May 6, 2022 to join the APC presidential race, which he lost to the incumbent President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Onu, who was the first civilian governor in Abia State was last seen in public during the APC primary election in 2022 when he claimed the people of Southeast are…

King Charles has been presented with new British Pounds that features his own face instead of the Queen’s for the first time, which he described as “elegant”. The king’s face will appear on all £5, £10, £20, and £50 pound polymer banknotes from June 5 and they will serve as legal tender among existing notes which feature the late Queen Elizabeth II. “They’re very elegant these ones I must say,” the king said. “Yeah they’re very well designed,” he added. A leather booklet containing the coloured notes featuring his face on the front were handed to him by Bank of…

The Minister of Works and Former Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, has said that the ongoing Lagos-Calabar coastal highway costs the Federal Government ₦4 billion per kilometer. He revealed this during a television program with TVC on Wednesday in Lagos, stating that the project, which is said to be 700 km, will be completed at a total cost of ₦2.8 trillion. He further explained that the project adhered to proper procurement procedures, clarifying that the contract was awarded based on counter-funding rather than Public-Private Partnership as being insinuated in some quarters. Join our WhatsApp community via https://goquick.ly/cj8q2 for instant and latest…

The embattled Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Betta Edu, has disclosed that the ₦30 billion recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) does not belong to her. Days ago, the anti-graft commission in its bulletin titled “EFCC Alert,” said: “Moreover, with respect to this particular case, we have recovered over ₦30 billion, which is already in the coffers of the Federal Government.” However, Edu, in a letter issued on Wednesday by her lawyer, Chikaosolu Ojukwu denied having knowledge of the money in its entirety. The letter reads: “Neither ₦30bn nor any amount whatsoever has been traced to or recovered…