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Netflix Pulls Out of Nigerian Market After Six years

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UK trims post-study work visa to 18 months, tightens immigration rules for international students

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Nigeria Police Suspend Enforcement of Tinted Glass Permit Following Court Order

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EFCC Storms NAHCON Headquarters Over Alleged Financial Irregularities

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) launched a surprise raid on the National Hajj…

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NYSC reforms to introduce Adire uniforms, skills-based postings

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MTN Nigeria has introduced new data pricing, increasing the cost of its data subscriptions. This…

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UK Deports 43 Failed Asylum Seekers and Foreign Offenders to Nigeria and Ghana

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Australia to bar foreign students from bringing partners, children while they study

Australia will stop foreign students from bringing partners and children to ​accompany them while they study and tighten working holiday visa rules, a senior minister said on Thursday, amid growing…

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British soldier who died in Ukraine road accident named by MoD

The member of the UK armed forces who died in a road traffic accident in Ukraine last week has been named as Major Paul Wilks. The Ministry of Defence (MoD)…

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Veteran Nollywood Actor Olu Jacobs Dies At 84

Olu Jacobs, one of Nigeria's best known actors, whose career spanned several decades across theatre, television and film, has died at the age of 84. His wife, veteran actress Joke…

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Trump administration again denies visas for Palestinian delegation to attend the U.N. General Assembly

The Trump administration has denied visas for a high-level Palestinian delegation to attend an annual meeting of world leaders at the United Nations for the second year in a row.…

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Nigerian woman arrested in US for illegally voting in 2022 and 2024 elections

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Pressure mounts on Sanwo-Olu to reinstate dismissed LASU lecturers, seven years after

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LP chieftain sues UNN over alleged refusal to release Peter Obi’s academic records

A Labour Party (LP) chieftain, Abayomi Arabambi, has sued the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), for allegedly refusing to release details of the academic record of the presidential candidate of…

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After Son’s Death Chimamanda Adichie Says She Won’t Return To Nigeria

Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has said she no longer wants to return to Nigeria following the death of her 21-month-old son, Nkanu, saying the tragedy has changed her feelings…

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