Author: Michael Right

The Canadian government has promised to review some of its visa procedures in order to make it simpler for Nigerians to travel to Canada. This is in response to the Federal Government’s request, made through Interior Minister Rauf Aregbesola, that Canada’s government relax the strict requirements that restrict Nigerians from applying for its visa. The guarantee was offered by the Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, James Christoff, during a courtesy visit to Aregbesola on Wednesday in Abuja, according to a statement from the Federal Ministry of Interior’s deputy director for press and public relations, Afonja Ajibola. According to Christoff,…

Eedris Abdulkareem, a legendary figure in Nigerian hip-hop, thanked his wife on Instagram for giving her kidney. The rapper shared a photo of both of them which he captioned “THANK YOU, GOD, I am specifically giving Thanks and Praise to the Almighty God for my successful kidney transplant surgery over the weekend…may HIS Holy Name be Glorified forever and forever.” Words cannot express my love, devotion, and commitment to my adorable, loving, supportive, and compassionate wife, Yetunde, with whom God Has made my life complete…baby, I will always Love, cherish and adore you forever.” “My awesome, lovely children, God Has…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says Africa’s increasing energy gaps require collaboration to take ownership of the continent’s transition pathways and the action should be decisive and urgent. Prof. Osinbajo stated this in his remarks delivered at the global virtual launch of Nigeria’s Energy Transition Plan, a roadmap to tackle the dual crises of energy poverty and climate change. Speaking on the need to have a peculiar transition plan, the Vice President said “for Africa, the problem of energy poverty is as important as our climate ambitions. Energy use is crucial for almost every conceivable aspect of development. Wealth, health, nutrition,…

The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, arraigned Lucky Uchechukwu Ndukwe, a Manager with Cubana Group, alongside one Precious Omonkhoa Ofure. They were arraigned before Justice O.A. Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos for an offence bordering on conspiracy to launder and money laundering. Ndukwe, also known as Cubana Prime Minister, and Ofure were arrested recently by operatives of the Commission, following credible intelligence received about their involvement in the fraudulent activity. Items recovered from them include the sum of $164,000 (One Hundred and Sixty-four Thousand Dollars), iPhone mobile…

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has banned the use of swap number plates in Nigeria. Use of rotational number plates is unlawful and therefore deemed a criminal offence, according to FRSC Assistant Corps Marshal Bisi Kazeem in a statement. According to Kazeem, the prohibition was brought up after the commission was alerted to a video showing a car with multiple number plates that was becoming viral on social media. “The vehicle number plates on display are: KUJ-304BV, while the other side which was automatically flipped carries a number tagged presidency with the following details, 01B-266FG,” Kazeem said. FRSC warns…

A British-Belgian teenage pilot has become the youngest person to fly around the world solo. On March 23 this year, 17 years old Mack Rutherford took off from Sofia, Bulgaria, flew to Italy and Greece, before navigating Asia, Africa, the US and two oceans. Five months after beginning his odyssey, the aviator touched down again in the Bulgarian capital on Wednesday. He broke the Guinness World Record set by 18-year-old Travis Ludlow in 2021, who completed the feat aged 18 and 150 days. Pilots overshoot runway after falling asleep Mack was inspired by his sister Zara, who at the age…

Elisha Tari, a 25-year-old father, has confessed to killing his two sons (who were 3 and 5 years old), because they were yelling “fire, fire on me” when he asked them to say “God.” “When I asked them to say “God,” they replied, “Fire,” and they kept repeating “Fire, Fire,” rather than God. Their behaviour upset and infuriated me, so I grabbed up stones and whacked them on the heads till they died. Tari, who was arrested by the Adamawa State Police Command for killing two of his children, confessed: “I smoke indian hemp, drink alcohol and inhale snuff. I…

The Kenyan government is negotiating with its counterparts in Nigeria and Ethiopia to repatriate tens of millions of dollars that belong to the country’s flag carrier, Kenya Airways. The funds are trapped in those nations due to a shortage of foreign currency. Kenya Airways claims that the impact of high fuel prices and the lack of dollars in Lagos and Addis Ababa on its business has caused a loss of $82 million (£70 million) in the first half of this year. However, company representatives refused to say how much it is unable to repatriate from the two nations. Kenyan group…

Salvador Ramos, the Texas school shooter, was left unattended at the morgue for nearly a month as his family argued over who was to blame and Uvalde’s funeral establishments turned him away. On May 27, three days after police finally put an end to Ramos’ murder of 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary, an autopsy was performed on his body. Ramos’ remains were eventually kept 150 miles away in a morgue in Lockhart, according to Uvalde’s de facto coroner, Eulalio “Lalo” Diaz Jr., who spoke to the Houston Chronicle about how the city’s two funeral houses refused to…

A committee to manage the increasing levels of drug abuse in the state was established by Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal on Wednesday. In light of the rising number of young people using drugs in the state, Tambuwal claimed that regulating the distribution and consumption of illicit narcotics was essential. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes, according to the governor, worked together to form the group. ”More worrisome is the involvement of married and single women in substance abuse, which is a negative trend that cannot be tolerated by any…