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UAE Suspends Direct Employment Visa For Nigerians
The United Arab Emirates has suspended Direct Employment Visas for Nigerians over rising crime rates involving Nigeria’s nationals. Sahara Reports claims a reliable source revealed that Nigerians in the UAE are now being targeted and arrested in multiple raids by the UAE Police. The sources claimed the arrests are particularly persistent in Abu Dhabi, the…
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How Inflation And Unemployment Is Fuelling Crime Rates In Nigeria
“We are all tired of the country. Nothing is working… most of our marketers cannot bring foodstuff because they are afraid of attacks. We now divide the yams into four to five pieces and sell one piece for N200 so people can buy. Let the government help us please” This is the plight of Adamu…
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FG To Tax Global Digital Tech Companies Operating In Nigeria
The Vice president of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osibanjo, has revealed the government’s new plan to begin the taxation of all global technology companies operating in Nigeria to expand the country’s income and tax net. Professor Osinbajo made this known during an interaction with a delegation from the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN), led by…
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11 Police Officers On Relief Mission Killed In Burkina Faso
The government of Burkina Faso has condemned the attack of a police unit in the country’s conflict-hit north that has left at least 11 officers dead, with four others missing. In a statement released on Tuesday, Security Minister Ousseini Compaore said the officers were attacked while on a relief mission to Yirgou, a town that…
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Southern African Countries To Deploy Forces To Mozambique
On Wednesday, June 24, 2021, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) approved the deployment of a Standby Force in support of Mozambique to combat terrorism and acts of violent extremism in Cabo Delgado. The standby force is part of a regional defence pact that allows military intervention to prevent the spread of conflict. Attacks by…
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FG To Regulate Facebook, Instagram And Other OTTs
The Federal Government of Nigeria has revealed its new plan to regulate all Over The Top (OTT) and social media platforms assessable in the country. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this at the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. According to the minister, Twitter and other social…
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EU Partners With Africa To Build Vaccine Production Hubs
The European Union is planning to invest $1 billion in building Covid-19 vaccine production hubs in Africa, according to the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. According to Reuters, this move is targeted at providing more independence for Africa on vaccine production and ultimately end Africa’s vaccine dependency on other parts of…
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FG Spends $5 Billion On Poverty Alleviation In 5 Years
The administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed it has spent over $5 billion in the last 5 years fighting poverty in Nigeria. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya Farouq, has said the President has since backed his pledge to pull out 100 million Nigerians from poverty by committing…
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Universities Threaten Strike Over Staff Retrenchment
The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU), has advised the Federal Government of Nigeria to review the circular directing that workers of the Staff schools should not be captured in the 2022 budget. The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) is a trade union of senior non-teaching employees of Nigerian universities. Like other trade unions…
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UAE Places Indefinite Ban On Nigerian Flights
Barely 48 hours after lifting the ban on travels between Dubai and Nigeria, the United Arab Emirates has announced the reinstatement of its indefinite travel ban on flights from Nigeria. Dubai had placed a ban on travellers from Nigeria, South Africa based over a breach of Covid-19 protocols. The authorities initially fixed Wednesday, June 23,…