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TRUMP RUNS BERSERK: IMMIGRATION TO RAID HOSPITALS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS TO ARREST ILLEGAL MIGRANT; ALL FEDERAL DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION STAFF TO GO ON LEAVE U.S. immigration and border officials will be able to arrest migrants at so-called “sensitive” locations again after the Trump administration overturned policies limiting where such arrests could happen. Officers will now be able to make arrests …

EFCC STAFF STEALS $30,000, OTHER VALUABLES FROM EXHIBIT ROOM IN KADUNA The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is enmeshed in another internal scandal as an officer in charge of Kaduna Zonal Office’s exhibit room allegedly absconded with over $30,000 and other valuable exhibits. Earlier in January, the country’s flagship anti-corruption agency said it had detained 10 officers in Lagos …

OUR PLAN TO RESTART OIL PRODUCTION IN OGONI, BY TINUBU, FUBARA Ahmed Tinubu, Governor Siminalayi Fubara and critical stakeholders in Rivers State to restart oil production in Ogoniland. The President and the governor yesterday identified the entrenchment of peace in the oil-rich community as a catalyst for its clean-up and development. President Tinubu urged Ogoni leaders, who were yesterday led …

JUBILATION AS EKWEREMADU’S WIFE, BEATRICE, RETURNS TO NIGERIA Beatrice, the wife of former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has returned to Nigeria following her ordeal in the United Kingdom. Mrs. Ekweremadu was sentenced to prison alongside her husband and a medical doctor under highly controversial circumstances involving an organ donor for their daughter Sonia, who suffers from kidney …

SOLDIERS DEPLOYED TO DEPOSED EMIR BAYERO AFTER ARREST ORDER A deployment of soldiers has arrived at the mini-palace of Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero following his dethronement by Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf on Thursday, DailyTrust reports. Yusuf, while signing the repealed Kano Emirates Council Law, gave the deposed Emirs 48 hours to vacate their palaces and hand them over. …

WHO ASKS US TO RECONSIDER DECISION TO LEAVE ORGANISATION The World Health Organization regrets the announcement that the United States of America intends to withdraw from the Organization. WHO plays a crucial role in protecting the health and security of the world’s people, including Americans, by addressing the root causes of disease, building stronger health systems, and detecting, preventing and …

NNPCL RAISES PETROL PRICE TO ₦‎990 IN ABUJA, ₦‎965 IN LAGOS Retail outlets owned by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited have effected an upward adjustment in the pump price of the Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol, from N965 to N990 per litre in the Federal Capital Territory. The new price template effected nationwide on Tuesday also increased …

SERAP GIVES GOVT 48 HOURS TO REVERSE 50% TARIFF HIKE FOR MTN, AIRTEL, OTHER TELECOM OPERATORS The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has given President Bola Tinubu’s administration 48 hours to reverse the 50% tariff hike granted to network providers for calls and data by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). SERAP, a human rights advocacy and pro-democracy organization, contended …

IMPLICATIONS OF TRUMP’S BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP FOR NIGERIA, BY USMAN MUSTAPHA President Donald Trump has signed an executive order seeking to redefine birthright citizenship in the United States. The order, signed just hours after his inauguration on January 20, 2025, seeks to limit automatic citizenship to children born to parents who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents. This policy shift has …

POLICE ACCUSED OF FAILING TO PRODUCE OFFICER WHO KILLED JOURNALIST, ALEX OGBU, PAY N50M COMPENSATION AFTER FIVE YEARS The Nigerian police have been accused of failing to respect court orders which mandated compensations after a policeman shot dead a journalist Alex Ogbu in 2020. The group under the aegis of ‘Justice for Alex’ also accused the police of failing to …