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UK imposes stricter visa measures to reduce migration

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  The UK has announced it would raise the minimum salary threshold for a skilled worker visa and prevent overseas health and social care staff from bringing family dependents to Britain. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s office trumpeted the proposals as “the biggest clampdown on legal migration ever”. But critics said it would damage the state-run National Health Service (NHS), which faces staff shortages. Immigration is set to be a key issue in nationwide elections that must be held by January 2025 at the latest, and which the main opposition Labour…

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Police officers arrested for allegedly kidnapping hotel staff

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Four police officers have been detained by the Rivers State Police Command for allegedly kidnapping a Port Harcourt hotel staff and demanding N1million ransom from the family. It was gathered that some policemen on patrol had intercepted one Darlington Bieh, who hails from Taabaa in Khana local council, around Choba in the Obio/Akpor part of the state. Thereafter, they took him to an unknown destination and demanded ransom. It was learnt that the policemen accosted the victim around 8:00 p.m., on Saturday as he headed to work. They searched his…

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85 persons feared dead as Nigeria warplane accidentally bombs Kaduna village

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No fewer than 85 villagers lost their lives over the accidental bombing of Tudun Biri in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State by the Nigerian Army on Sunday. Residents of the affected communities said they were celebrating Maulud, an Islamic event when the bombs were dropped by the military, a development that triggered both local and international condemnation. The Deputy Governor of Kaduna State, Hadiza Balarabe, had to visit Islamic clerics in the state to douse tension, as the Governor of the state, Senator Uba Sani, ordered a…

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Slow economic growth: Spotify to sack 17% staff members

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In a bid to cut costs amid “dramatically” slower economic growth, Spotify, Music streaming giant on Monday said it will reduce the number of its employees by around 17%. Spotify in October posted a rare quarterly operating profit of 32 million euros, compared to a loss of 228 million for the same period a year earlier, on the back of 26% growth in active users for the third quarter. “I realise that for many, a reduction of this size will feel surprisingly large given the recent positive earnings report and…

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DJ Cuppy opens up on failed engagement with Ryan Taylor says ‘Such is life’

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Florence Otedola, Disc jockey popularly known as DJ Cuppy has opened up about her failed engagement with British boxer, Ryan Taylor Recall DJ Cuppy, in December 2022, confirmed her relationship with Taylor after a viral video suggested a marriage proposal. However, rumours of a split emerged on July 15 when the couple unfollowed each other on social media. Speaking during a recent Women in Management, Business, and Public Service (WIMBIZ) conference in London, Cuppy touched on some of the setbacks she has had to face in life. She recounted her…

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We’ve conducted visa interviews for more than 150,000 Nigerians in 2023 – US embassy

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The United States (US) embassy in Nigeria has said that more than 150,000 Nigerians had visa interviews in 2023. The embassy said this as it asserted that it is doing everything possible to clear visa applications from Nigerians. The charge d’affaires of the embassy, David Greene in an interview said the demand for visa applications is more than the supply. “When it comes to visas, it is a simple fact, the demand for visa appointments outnumbers the supply,” he said. “So, those appointments are available and we are doing everything…

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Nigerians criticize 1,411-man delegation to COP-28 

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The high number of delegates Nigeria sent to the ongoing Conference of the Parties, COP28 climate summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, UAE, has been criticized by Nigerians. Nigeria accounts for 0.319 per cent of global carbon dioxide emissions but her 1,411-delegation is joint third largest with China, after the host nation-UAE with 4,409; and Brazil, 3,081, followed by Indonesia 1,229; Japan 1,067 and Turkey 1,045. The highest global carbon dioxide emission countries are China (32.88 per cent); United States of America (12.6 per cent); EU 27 (7.28 per cent);…

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Derek Chauvin, George Floyd killer, stabbed 22 times in prison – Prosecutors

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Derek Chauvin, former police officer convicted for the death of George Floyd, has been stabbed more than 20 times by a fellow inmate with a shiv, US prosecutors said Friday as they announced charges of attempted murder. Chauvin, whose killing of George Floyd in Minnesota sparked massive racial justice protests in 2020, was attacked in the law library of an Arizona prison last month. Chauvin was sentenced to over two decades after being convicted of the murder of the 46-year-old Black man, on whose neck he knelt for nine minutes.…

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Tinubu asked Ondo deputy Gov. to sign undated resignation letter – Commissioner

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Bamidele Ademola-Olateju, Ondo State Commissioner for Information, has revealed that President Bola Tinubu asked the Deputy Governor of the state, Lucky Aiyedatiwa for a signed resignation letter, as part of his intervention in the political crisis in the state. Ademola-Olateju made this revelation in an interview on Channels Television’s Lunchtime Politics on Friday. Recall that Aiyedatiwa, on Thursday, presided over the state’s executive council meeting after a months-long political impasse between himself and the governor, Rotimi Akeredolu. The executive council meeting came after Tinubu called the warring factions loyal to…

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Davido honoured as outstanding Georgian citizen

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David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has been honoured as an outstanding Georgian citizen, having been presented the award at the Georgian general assembly. The musician posted on his “X” account formerly recognised as Twitter, “This morning I attended the U.S state of Georgia General assembly meeting with the Georgia House of Representatives and Georgia state senate to be recognized as an ‘Outstanding Georgia Citizen’ … God is good” Davido, who also maintains a dual citizenship, Nigeria and USA was born in Atlanta Georgia, was recognised by the assembly for…

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