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The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has proposed a $70,000 fee for international students seeking to work in the country, in the latest move by the Trump administration to tighten rules around foreign students and immigration.

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—Says govt can pay between N200,000, N400,000 By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA — THE Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) on Wednesday, urged the Federal Government to improve workers’ pay immediately, rather than waiting for the next review of the national minimum wage. Briefing journalists in Abuja after its National Administrative Executive Council, NAC meeting, the […]

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By Adeola Badru, IBADAN The Oyo State Police Command has paraded several suspects arrested in connection with three separate criminal cases, including the alleged murder of a family of six at Oloba Village in Lagelu Local Government Area of the state. The command said the suspects allegedly attacked the family over a damaged mobile phone […]

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By Golok Nanmwa, JOS Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has installed His Royal Highness, Miskagam Jerome Goewam Leklat II, as the new Long Pan of Pan Chiefdom, restoring the traditional stool to First-Class status. Mutfwang performed the installation and presented the Staff of Office to the monarch on Wednesday at Ba’ap Mini Stadium in Qua’an-Pan […]

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By Adesina Wahab The Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, is adopting new models that will facilitate the construction of more than 2,200 schools across the country as part of efforts to reduce the number of out-of-school children, OOSC. The models are being developed under the Public-Private Engagement Partnership, PPEP, framework. Speaking in Ikeja, Lagos, on […]

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By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA – The African Democratic Congress Presidential Campaign Council, ADC-PCC, on Wednesday warned the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, against tilting the 2027 general election in favour of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The council said the election would only be credible if INEC remained neutral and ensured that Nigerians who […]

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By Daniel AbiaP/Harcourt A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, Princewill Dike, has urged the vice-presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, to respond to allegations of corruption levelled against him rather than continue to project himself as incorruptible. Dike made the call on Wednesday in […]

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…laments gory scene, says no survivor found Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has said only the pilot of the Nigerian Air Force aircraft that crashed in Igbokoda, Ilaje Local Government Area of the state, could explain the effort made to manoeuvre the aircraft away from the community before the crash. Aiyedatiwa, who visited the crash […]

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