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The United Kingdom is considering a major change to its visa policy as it looks for ways to attract the best brains from around the world. One of the key proposals is removing visa fees for highly skilled workers, including Nigerians, who want to move to the UK to work in science, research, technology, and other fields. Why the UK …

Supporters of Cameroon’s President Paul Biya have resorted to using his portrait as the centerpiece of his re-election campaign for the October 2025 presidential polls. At 92 years old, Biya’s advanced age and frequent private trips abroad have severely limited his public appearances, leaving his image to stand in for him on the campaign trail. The unusual sight of campaigning …

Two days ago, Wike was on @channelstv for 2 whole hours with @seunokin. Two whole hours. And nobody needs to be today, it was about the money. At the end of the day all Wike did was ramble. How much did Wike pay for that airtime?Brown envelopes. The whole two hours was spent on gossips, telling outright lies, half truths, …

Malawi President Lazarus ChakweraMalawi President Lazarus Chakwerafacebook sharing buttontwitter sharing buttonemail sharing buttonsharethis sharing buttonwhatsapp sharing buttonMalawi President Lazarus Chakwera has conceded defeat to Peter Mutharika, his opponent in the nation’s presidential election. Chakwera accepted defeat on Wednesday during a national broadcast, and also called Mutharika. “It is only right that I concede defeat out of respect for your will …

Labour Party former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has denied viral photos of him ‘meeting’ the US President, Donald Trump, and NURTW chairman, MC Oluomo. In a statement released this morning, September 24, Obi said the photos are fake and were doctored. He stated that he had not met Trump recently, neither had he had any meeting with MC Oluomo. He …

The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has fired back at the Presidency over its recent assertion that President Bola Tinubu has no plans to extend his tenure beyond 2031. The party, while describing the remarks as presumptuous and patently undemocratic, said President Tinubu should prepare to hand over to a more competent Nigerian in 2027. In a statement issued on Tuesday …

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) has reaffirmed its zero-tolerance stance on examination malpractice following the circulation of a viral video alleging impersonation during one of its examinations. Earlier on Monday, an exclusive video obtained by SaharaReporters shows a candidate caught sitting the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) examination on behalf of Sarah Enoch Adi, the …

NIGERIA’s march toward 2027 has reached a point of no return. Quiet realignments have burst into bold declarations of loyalty, and long-standing alliances are now being tested in dramatic fashion. The latest twist: loyalists of late former President Muhammadu Buhari have shifted allegiance to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, even as President Bola Tinubu staged a high-profile visit to Buhari’s …

After months in political exile, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan representing Kogi Central has returned to the Red Chamber. Reprieve came to Akpoti-Uduaghan’s path after her office, located in Suite 2.05 of the Senate Wing, was unsealed on Tuesday morning by the Sergeant-at-Arms of the National Assembly, assisted by security personnel. Recall that her office had been under lock and key since …

Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, on Tuesday asked a Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court to foreclose his prosecution for alleged procurement fraud following the absence of the prosecution in court. Emefiele is being prosecuted before Justice Hamza Muazu, sitting at Maitama, Abuja, by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, in …