After two electoral defeats for his coalition, Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz is now taking a tougher stance on migration, trying to ramp up efforts to deport those illegally in the country.
Amid the widespread panic shared by European countries during the migrant crisis of 2015-2016, Germany represented a beacon of...
The CBN governor appeared before the House of Representatives on Tuesday alongside other prominent members of the government like the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Wale Edun, and the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Atiku Bagudu, to discuss the free fall of the naira...
Kenyan university launches degree in Witchcraft . The University of Machakos is expected to launch a Witchcraft Degree
The University of Machakos is expected to launch a Witchcraft Degree, setting a milestone as the second institution in the world to give the same.
Speaking during the launch, the Vice-Chancellor said that...
The Canadian government has revived two programmes to invite caregivers for new applications into Canada from January 1, 2024.
According to information released by Canada, the two programmes are five-year trial projects that enable eligible caregivers and their families to migrate and settle down permanently.
The Canadian government stated in updated information that seasoned caregivers can use any of the two...
The French parliament has passed legislation prohibiting Nigerian students and others from bringing their families to France.
The law has stirred fierce debate, exposing fractures within the governing alliance and triggering resignations in protest.
Directly addressing the passing of the law, Marine Le Pen of the National Rally hailed it as...
Pope Francis has formally approved allowing priests to bless same-sex couples, with a new document explaining a radical change in Vatican policy by insisting that people seeking God’s love and mercy shouldn’t be subject to “an exhaustive moral analysis” to receive it.
It represents a significant departure from previous church...
A Nigerian Air Force helicopter crash-landed and exploded at the NAF Base in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
The incident occurred around 7am on Friday, December 1, 2023.
“I was inside my apartment when I heard this thunderous sound at the NAF Base. The next thing I saw was a thick flame....
Nollywood actress, Angela Okorie has revealed that she dumped her estranged husband, Chukwuma Orizu because she “fell out of love.”
The mother of one said she became tired of marriage because of pressure from her husband’s family members who were constantly asking her to quit entertainment.
Okorie spoke in a recent podcast interview...
A barrage of Israeli airstrikes leveled apartment buildings in a refugee camp near Gaza City on Tuesday, with rescuers clawing through the destruction to pull men, women and children from the rubble. Israel said the strike, which targeted a senior Hamas military leader, destroyed a militant command center and...
Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly suffered a cardiac arrest on Sunday evening, months after speculations over his health.
Telegram channel, General SVR, suggests that all recent appearances by the Russian President, including foreign visits, have been carried out by a body double or doubles. It claimed that doctors had to...
A man posing as a lawyer in Kenya has sparked debate after winning 26 court cases before finally being arrested by authorities.
Brian Mwenda was apprehended for falsely presenting himself as an advocate of the High Court of Kenya. Photos show him dressed in legal robes and a wig while...
On Monday, social media went into overdrive after the Chicago State University released academic records of President Bola Tinubu following a court order.
Atiku Abubakar, Tinubu’s archrival in the 2023 presidential election had applied for the academic records in order to aid his appeal at the supreme court against the...
The Lagos State Police Command, on Tuesday night, announced it had taken into custody controversial singer Azeez Fashola, alias Naira Marley, in connection with the controversial death of his former record label signee, Ilerioluwa Aloba, alias Mohbad.
The Public Relations Officer of the Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, said,...
Billionaire entrepreneur, Elon Musk's brain-chip startup company, Neuralink has announced that it has received approval from an independent review board to begin recruitment for the first human trial of its brain implant for paralysis patients.
Those with paralysis due to cervical spinal cord injury or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis may qualify...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday night addressed world leaders at the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, United States.
Naija News reports that the president spoke on issues bordering on tackling climate change, illicit financial flows, and asset return to the country to encourage stronger international...
Tweeps have taken to X to share their thoughts on the death of a young doctor, identified as Dr. Umoh Michael, who died on Sunday after allegedly working 72 hours non-stop.
According to reports, Michael died during a church service at the United Evangelical Church on September 17. He was...
A Swedish court has sentenced a Norwegian man to three and a half years in prison after police found his dead partner’s body in a freezer, where he preserved it and continued to collect her pension.
The 57-year-old man told friends and family that his 60-year-old partner was alive and...
Over seven more ex-patients who underwent surgical operations at Murna hospital have come forward to claim that their kidneys were harvested by the operator of the clinic, Mr Noah Kekere.
One Alhaji Jamilu Baba, chairman of Yanshanu Community Development Association during an interview with Tribune disclosed that all those who...
The Swedish government has released a report outlining its strategy to introduce International Recruitment Units aimed at enhancing the work permit application process.
The report outlines processes to avoid substantial processing delays and backlogs of work permits for foreign workers globally including Nigeria who obtain a Swedish work permit.
What the report contains
The report has significant areas, including...
A deadly earthquake that occured last Friday night in Morocco, has killed hundreds of people, damaging buildings and villages in the North African country.
Over 1000 civilians according to the Morocco’s Ministry of Interior died in the unfortunate incident.
The victims are mostly residents in Marrakech and five provinces near the...
Maksim Kuzminov, a Russian helicopter pilot who defected to Ukraine, will receive the Ukranian currency, hryvnia equivalent of $500,000 (approximately Hr 18.48 million), Ukraine's Military Intelligence (HUR) spokesperson Andrii Yusov said on Tuesday, September 5.
The 28-year-old pilot (who already ensured his family left Russia) landed his Mi-8 helicopter fully...
Angry Nigerien youths reportedly set ablaze the Embassy of France in Niamey, the country’s capital.
Watch a video clip of the incident below:
French Embassy in Niamey reportedly set ablaze by irate Nigerien youths. pic.twitter.com/f8kLYZhzNC— Tim Elombah (@TimElombah) August 11, 2023
Veteran Nollywood actor, Pete Edochie, has confirmed the marriage crash of his junior colleague, Chioma Chukwuka Akpota.
Naija News recalls that in 2022, rumours made rounds online that the thespian, who has been married for over fifteen years and very private with her union, is no longer with her husband.
Chioma also gave hints about the crash of her...
Ukraine’s counteroffensive to recapture occupied territories is failing even with Western military support, President Vladimir Putin said Friday, July 21.
Ukraine’s forces have recaptured 300 square kilometers of occupied land as part of their summer counteroffensive, Britain’s defense minister said last month.
The commander of Ukraine's ground forces this week admitted...
Italy has started removing lesbian mothers' names from the birth certificate of children.
The Italian government started removing the names of “non-biological gay mothers” from their children’s birth certificates under new legislation passed by the “traditional family-first” government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
Surrogacy is illegal in Italy, and gay marriage...
The German parliament passed an immigration law on Friday designed to encourage more people from outside the European Union, including Nigeria, to come to Germany for work.
According to Interior Minister of Social Democrats (SPD), Nancy Faeser, the draft law secures prosperity in Germany.
“It would only work if the bureaucratic...
The Chief Executive Officer of Binance, Changpeng Zhao, has declared Nigeris’s subsidiary of the global cryptocurrency exchange platform as fraud
The declaration is coming after the Nigerian government barred Binance operations in the country.
Recall that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Nigeria had stated that Binance Nigeria Limited was...
Ace journalist, Mr. David Hundeyin, was on News Central TV, Thursday morning to break down the Nigeria Air fraud, allegedly perpetrated by the former Minister of Aviation, Mr. Hadi Sirika.
Speaking, Mr. Hundeyin recounted how he broke the story of the fraudulent aircraft display on May 26.
Watch the video of...
The first-ever sex tournament is set to take place early next week in Sweden, which has recognised sex as a sport. Named the European Sex Championship, the competition is scheduled to take place on June 8 under the supervision of the Swedish Sex Federation.
Participants in the championship will compete...
Melbourne City in Australia on Sunday, May 28, experienced a rare earthquake which is the largest to hit the city in over a century.
Preliminary information indicated the 3.8-magnitude quake struck the northwestern suburb of Sunbury at 11:41 pm local time at a depth of 2 kilometers (1.24 miles), according...
Ambassador Reuben Brigety said on Thursday, May 11, at a news conference in Pretoria that the U.S. believed the covert weapons supply was linked to a sanctioned company that docked secretly at a naval base near Cape Town last December.
President Cyril Ramaphosa said an investigation into the visit by...
A senior lawyer of Nnamdi Kanu, Mike Ozekhome, has expressed fears that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), might die in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) if he is not released.
Ozekhome expressed his concerns while speaking to judges at the Supreme court...
The following video recorded in Igbo language shows Igbo people stranded in war-torn Sudan.
According to the poster, the Nigerian government only airlifted their own.
Watch video clip below:
SOS: These are Igbo people stranded in Sudan. The Nigerian government only airlifted their own. Buhari has really destroyed this country. pic.twitter.com/NVlULG4yBX— Tim...
Technology giant, Google, yesterday unveiled 15 fresh methods of approaching Google searches in order to have effective results.
The 15 methods make it possible for people who are looking for anything on its platform to find results easily.
The new methods which were unveiled at the 2023 Google I/O developer conference,...
Election results obtained from the Independent national Electoral Commission (INEC) Result Viewing (IREV) portal has shown clearly that the Labour Party (LP) candidate in the presidential election held on February 25, 2023, Mr. Peter Gregory Obi, won Rivers State with landslide.
It could be recalled that INEC had announced the...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has reiterated that locally produced Indomie Instant Noodles in Nigeria is safe for consumption while refuting reports making the rounds online that it has banned the locally produced Indomie Instant Noodles. The regulatory body said this through its...
Peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia are currently impossible, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says.
According to the UN chief, the negotiations can't occur now because "both parties are convinced they can win,"
Speaking to Spanish newspaper El Pais, Guttered said;
"This was a Russian invasion against international law, against the UN...
The Embassy of the Republic of Guinea in Abuja, Nigeria, has confirmed that the Guinean passport purportedly belonging to Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is actually a diplomatic passport.
The Guinean Embassy made the confirmation following a Freedom of Information application written to the diplomatic corp by Tori Team correspondent.
The application entitled “Freedom...
Donald Trump has raised more than $34 million for his 2024 White House run since the start of the year and saw a spike in donations after his indictment on March 30th.
The former U.S. president raised $15.4 million of that money in the two weeks after charges were filed...
THE COURT OF APPEAL HOLDEN AT ABUJA
IN THE MATTER OF THE ELECTION TO THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA HELD ON THE 2sn1 DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2023. ...
A Conservative UK politician is being investigated over racist comments after allegedly saying “all white men should have a Black slave”.
Andrew Edwards, a County councillor and magistrate in Pembrokeshire, Wales, is also accused of saying Black people are of “lower class” than white people in the audio clip.
In the...
The Times, a British national daily, has claimed that Chinese nationals in the mining sector are funding terrorist groups in some parts of Nigeria to secure access to the country’s mineral reserves.
In an exclusive report published on Saturday, the newspaper said through bribes and illegal transactions, “Beijing could be...
Besides the mystery surrounding the background, academic qualification, real name and age of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, here are some of the verified facts about him:
Bola A.Tinubu opened a drug account with first Heritage Bank Country Hills, Chicago Illinios on the 29th day of December, 1989. Coincidentally and significantly, this...
French actor, Gérard Depardieu is facing fresh allegations of sexually inappropriate behaviour by 13 women.
The accusations come after a months-long investigation into the French film star, known for his appearances in Paris, je t’aime and Jean de Florette.
Mediapart published a dossier on Wednesday April 12, outlining how the 74-year-old regularly preyed on...
A video clip featuring UFC fighter Israel Adesanya is gaining attention online, in which he can be seen expressing frustration over the pervasiveness of corruption in the most populous black nation.
“Nigeria is a very corrupt place,” the 33-year-old mixed martial artist says in the clip from an April 6,...
Experts have promised a groundbreaking set of new vaccines for a range of conditions including cancer.
A leading pharmaceutical firm said it is confident that vaccines for cancer, cardiovascular and autoimmune diseases, and other conditions will be ready by 2030.
Studies into these vaccinations are also showing “tremendous promise”, with some researchers...
The prosecution of former US President Donald Trump has evenly divided Americans but appears to have boosted his chances of winning the Republican nomination for the 2024 election, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Thursday, April 6.
The poll was conducted on Wednesday and Thursday April 5, following...
An American father who killed himself after murdering his five kids, wife and mother-in-law, left a suicide note where he confessed that he’d rather ‘rot in hell’ than deal with a ‘manipulative’ wife.
Michael Haight, 42, fatally shot his wife, her mother, and the couple’s five kids on January 4...
The Portuguese, 60, joined Roma in 2021 and his current contract runs with the Serie A giants until 2024. But there have disputes over transfers and frustrations at Roma's performances this season.
Now, Mourinho has now been directly approached by 'top management' to head the Saudi Arabia national team.
According to...
Popular football coach, Jose Mourinho could become the highest-paid manager ever after he was reportedly offered a two-year deal worth more than £100million to coach Saudi Arabia.
The Portuguese, 60, joined Roma in 2021 and his current contract runs with the Serie A giants until 2024. But there have disputes...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has denied allegations that it tracks and leaks Nigerian conversations to certain individuals.
The commission stated in a press release signed by the NCC Director of Public Affairs, Reuben Muoka, and sent to Naija News on Tuesday that it does not and cannot track or...
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) have given its approval for 173 digital lending applications to operate in Nigeria.
Of these, 119 have full approvals while the other 54 have conditional approvals. The move follows a registration drive launched by the FCCPC aimed at protecting citizens from the...
Paxful, a peer-to-peer Bitcoin platform with 1.5 million users in Nigeria, has announced the closure of its operations.
Ray Youssef, the company’s co-founder and CEO, revealed this in a blog post on Tuesday.
He said, “Today, Paxful will be suspending its marketplace. We are not sure if it will come back.
“This...
Lead Counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has disclosed that the Biafra agitator is undergoing treatment for tinnitus ear infection.
Ejiofor disclosed this while noting that Kanu’s legal team was exploiting all bottlenecks to ensure that Kanu regained freedom.
He made this known...
The presiding Bishop of Faith Tabernacle, David Oyedepo, has reacted to a purported audio recording of him and the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi.
On Saturday, April 1, a purportes audio recording of both men went viral. In the said audio recording, a man alleged to be...
Promoters of Ponzi schemes now risk up to 10 years imprisonment following the passage of the Investments and Securities Amendment Bill (ISB) 2023 into law by the Senate.
The bill, which is expected to aid the functioning of the capital market and facilitate the ongoing economic diversification in the country,...
