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Nigerian student Lola Akinlade has been ordered to leave Canada by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) due to a fraudulent acceptance letter used to obtain her study visa and work permit. Akinlade, who graduated with a diploma in Social Services from Nova Scotia Community College in 2019, revealed her distressing experience to CBC News. She was unaware that the acceptance letter, provided by an agent for the University of Regina in 2016, was fake until IRCC until contacted her just weeks before her graduation from the new institution. While receiving her diploma, Akinlade experienced a mix of joy and…

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has criticized President Bola Tinubu over his speech delivered on Sunday in response to the #EndBadGovernance protest by Nigerians. Atiku said the speech by President Tinubu failed to convince Nigerians or address the demands of the protesters. The former Vice President said the President’s speech lacked substance and failed to ignite the faith of Nigerians in his reform activities which has caused economic hardship in the country. Atiku, in his statement on Sunday, made available to News outlet by his media adviser, Paul Ibe, said Tinubu’s speech…

BROADCAST BY HIS EXCELLENCY BOLA AHMED TINUBU, PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE NATIONWIDE PROTEST DATE: SUNDAY 4TH AUGUST 2024 My fellow Nigerians, 1. I speak to you today with a heavy heart and a sense of responsibility, aware of the turmoil and violent protests unleashed in some of our states. 2. Notably among the protesters were young Nigerians who desired a better and more progressive country where their dreams, hopes, and personal aspirations would be fulfilled. 3. I am especially pained by the loss of lives in Borno, Jigawa, Kano,…

One of the policemen deployed to halt the breakdown of law during the #EndBadGovernance protests in Kano State has openly threatened to kill protesters. Naija News understands that protest in the few days in some part of the state has turned violent. A mob that tried to perpetrate violence at Government House, Kano, was forcefully dispersed. Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf later declared curfew to check the widespread violence. However, despite the curfew, some protesters returned to the streets, daring security operatives. According to DailyTrust, in one of the trending videos on the breakdown of law and order, a policeman, who…

Senator Ireti Kingibe, representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the National Assembly, has vehemently denied allegations of sponsoring the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protests in Abuja. A viral video had suggested that she was involved in sponsoring the protests, but Kingibe described the claims as “misinformation” and “blatant lies”. Kingibe explained that the video in question was over six weeks old, taken during a Labour Party meeting when the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) was protesting outside the party’s office. She stated that she, along with other stakeholders, including Peter Obi, had engaged with the protesters to address their concerns. The senator…

Human rights activist and lawyer, Dele Farotimi, said the ongoing nationwide protest tagged ‘End Bad Governance In Nigeria’ has proven that South Eastern Nigeria loves President Bola Ahmed Tinubu more than any sub-region. Dele Farotimi, a strong critic of President Tinubu, believed that the ongoing protest is not widely spread in the Southeast probably because Tinubu is more popular in the geopolitical zone than in any other part of Nigeria. Farotimi’s observations came after no protests were reported in the five states of the Southeast geopolitical zone on Friday, August 2. This comes when protests have erupted across the country…

The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said Nigerians ought not to buy premium motor spirit, locally called fuel, more than ₦200 per liter. PDP said that with deft, transparent, innovative management of resources and strategic investment in gas production, fuel should not sell at its current price of ₦700 per litre. In a statement on Saturday, signed by its National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Debo Ologunagba; PDP also called on President Bola Tinubu to commence the process of recovering alleged ₦50 trillion stolen by allegedly All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders. PDP’s statement comes as Nigerians are protesting for…

Amidst the widely known struggle for political willpower in Rivers state, the caretaker committee chairman (CTC) of Ikwerre local government area, Dr. Darlington Orji has brought delight and great relief to its citizens. The Ikwerre Chairman, yesterday in Aluu community, gave the sum of N100,000 each to six hundred (600) citizens of Ikwerre, tricycles, cars and donated operational vehicles to all security apparatus operating in Ikwerre local government area of the state. Rt. Hon. Victor Oko Jumbo, speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly who represented the state Governor, Sir Siminialayi Fubara expressed satisfaction, as he say’s it’s inline…

The Presidency has condemned those behind #IgboMustGo proposed protest slated to hold in Lagos and other Southwest states. Senior Special Assistant on New and Digital Media to President Bola Tinubu, O’tega Ogra, said those calling for protests against Ndigbo and stoking ethnic tensions in the country are diseases and dangers to the society. He noted that Nigerians, irrespective of ethnic and religious leaning, are united and one, as enshrined in the constitution. He called on security agencies to move against those behind the call. “It is my firm and personal belief that anyone who attempts to stoke ethnic or religious…