The Nigerian government has concluded plans to issue its own digital currency. And understandably, this has left many Nigerians asking questions such as is Nigeria launching its own Bitcoin? Is the Naira going to be as valuable as the dollar? Are we now going to save our Naira on crypto exchanges?” In this explainer, we’ll …
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If you Google ‘Nigerian news’ it feel as if the country is burning at the seems. And in fairness, that might be a fair assessment – Boko Haram terrorists have almost completely devastated the three Northeastern states of Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa. Local gangs known as bandits are operating almost unchecked in the Northwest and …
Germany has setup modalities to return 1,130 Benin artifacts stolen from the ancient kingdom to Nigeria from the beginning of 2022. German Minister of State for Culture, Prof. Moniker Grutters stated this during a high-level meeting with Nigerian government officials including the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki and …
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President Muhammadu Buhari’s latest trip to the UK has been postponed. “The medical follow-up visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to the United Kingdom which was scheduled for today, Friday, June 25, 2021, has been postponed,” Femi Adesina, the President’s aide on media and publicity wrote on Facebook. Adesina did not reveal any new date for …
Virtual Private Network apps use have become popular among Nigerian youths, who use them mainly to circumvent the government’s ban on Twitter. Last month, Nigeria announced that it is suspending Twitter’s operation in the country after the company deleted one of president Buhari’s tweets for threatening violence against secessionists in the country’s southeast. Since then, …
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Any foreign national with approved Confirmation of Permanent Residence [COPR] can now travel to Canada from June 21, 2021. The Canadian government made this immigration announcement in a document shared with reporters. Foreign nationals must make sure their COPR is not expired for any individual planning to travel to Canada, the Canadian government announcement added. …
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Juneteenth has been celebrated in the US for over 150 years Juneteenth is one of America’s oldest holidays, marking the end of over 200 years of slavery inside modern day US. The struggle for official recognition has lasted nearly as long. Juneteenth has been celebrated on every 19 of June since as early as 1866. …
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has opened the portal for printing of 2021 Jamb exam slip. Applicants can print their examination slips from their email inbox or they can do it from Jamb portal. Jamb is the entrance exams for people seeking admissions into Nigerian public and private universities. The exam slip will …
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PVC registration: How to register during INEC Continuous Voter Registration in Nigeria Nigeria’s general election is still two years away in 2023 but the country’s election office has began preparation for it already. From Monday 28 June, 2021, the Independent National Electoral Commission says it will restart Continuous voter registration exercise nationwide (CVR). This is …
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Another week, another set of devastating headlines for Nigeria. It would be upsetting enough to read some of these stories in the same year. But just look at what we’ve had to read about in the last seven days. The kidnapping of “at least” two hundred students in Tegina – taking the number of children …
