BREAKING: US increases tourism visa cost to N99, 900 for Nigerians, blames FG

The United States Embassy in Nigeria says effective from Thursday, August 29, 2019, Nigerians applying for tourism, student and business visas will not only pay the N59, 200 fee but will have to pay an extra $110 (N40, 700) after the visa has been issued to them bringing the total cost to N99, 900. However, applicants who are denied visas would not need to pay the extra...

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NLC Set To Hold National Rally Over Insecurity

Worried by the rising insecurity in the country the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has concluded plans to embark on a nationwide rally. The rally according to the union is to sensitise governments and citizens on the need to urgently arrest the increased case of insecurity ranging from kidnapping, banditry, among others. This decision, which was disclosed in a communique...

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Buhari’s govt wants to frame Obasanjo, says Atiku

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the February 2019 election, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday raised the alarm that President Muhammadu Buhari’s government was desperately plotting to frame former President Olusegun Obasanjo to stop him from criticising Buhari’s administration. Atiku, in a statement by his media office, also alleged that the Economic...

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