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US suspends Visa processing for 75 countries, Nigeria, Russia affected
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US suspends Visa processing for 75 countries, Nigeria, Russia affected

Seun Opejobi

The United States has suspended visa processing for applicants from Nigeria, Russia and a dozen other countries as part of a sweeping review of its immigration screening system, according to an internal directive from the US Department of State. The instruction, which takes…

Moral Blindness – ADC slams Tinubu over $9m US image-laundering deal
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Moral Blindness – ADC slams Tinubu over $9m US image-laundering deal

Vanessa Onah

The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has criticised the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over reports that the Federal Government approved a $9 million lobbying contract in the United States, accusing it of prioritising image laundering abroad over pressing…

Sanwo-Olu mourns Newswatch co-founder, Yakubu Mohammed
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Sanwo-Olu mourns Newswatch co-founder, Yakubu Mohammed

Sunday Dennis

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has described the passing of veteran journalist and co-founder of Newswatch Magazine, Alhaji Yakubu Mohammed, as a profound blow to Nigeria’s media landscape. Mohammed, who previously served as Managing Editor of Newswatch and later…

Taraba council chairman defects from PDP to APC
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Taraba council chairman defects from PDP to APC

Great Ozozoyin

The Executive Chairman of Lau Local Government Council in Taraba State, Peter Julius Vau, has formally defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The defection took place on Wednesday in Lau, the administrative headquarters…

Ogun govt sensitizes 2027 prospective retirees
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Ogun govt sensitizes 2027 prospective retirees

Gift Oba

Following the screening exercise and pre-retirement sensitisation programme for Ogun State Civil Servants under the Contributing Pension Scheme (CPS), the Bureau of State Pension, Office of Head of Service has organised another exercise for those who would be retiring…