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New Zealand Government Launches Five-Year Parent Visitor Visa

New Zealand Government Launches 5-Year Parent Visitor Visa

September 30, 2025 11:50 pm

New Zealand government offers visas to parents of residents longer stays with multi-entry access, easing family reunification and supporting economic growth.

New Zealand has opened applications for a new five-year “Parent Boost” visitor visa, allowing parents of residents and citizens to make extended, multi-entry visits. The move is being positioned as a major step toward strengthening family ties while supporting the country’s economic and immigration objectives.

Immigration Minister Erica Stanford announced the initiative, saying it was carefully designed to balance the wishes of New Zealanders with family overseas against the need to protect public services. “There’s no substitute for having …

Nigerians, UK Migrants Fear Plan To Scrap Permanent Residency

Nigerians In UK Concerned About Losing Permanent Residency

September 30, 2025 11:37 pm

Nigerians, other migrants, alarmed over UK leader Nigel Farage’s vow to abolish Indefinite Leave to Remain, which could lead to loss of permanent residency.

Most Nigerians living in the United Kingdom are voicing deep concern after Reform UK leader and Trump ally Nigel Farage pledged to abolish the Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) immigration status if his party wins power.

Farage announced that under his plan, ILR — which grants permanent residency — would be replaced with renewable five-year visas tied to strict conditions. These would include higher salary thresholds, tougher English language tests, and no access to welfare or …

PENGASSAN Urge Dangote Refinery To Reinstate 800 Sacked Workers

PENGASSAN Urge Dangote To Reinstate 800 Sacked Workers

September 30, 2025 11:29 pm

PENGASSAN and TUC accuse Dangote refinery of violating labor rights, and call for government intervention and fair treatment for all the firm’s workers.

Two major Nigerian labor unions are demanding the reinstatement of more than 800 workers dismissed by Dangote Refinery, accusing the company of violating their right to unionize.

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) say the mass layoffs came shortly after the affected workers confirmed their membership with PENGASSAN. The refinery, a $20 billion facility and Africa’s largest single-train refinery, is a flagship project of the Dangote …

Madagascar Fires Energy Minister After Deadly Power Protests

Madagascar Fires Energy Minister After Deadly Power Protests

September 30, 2025 11:24 pm

Madagascar—At least five killed as demonstrations over blackouts and water shortages shake Antananarivo, which led to the sack of the Power Minister.

Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina has dismissed his energy minister following days of unrest over crippling power cuts and water shortages that have left the capital on edge and claimed at least five lives.

The announcement came Friday, just 24 hours after police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to break up crowds in Antananarivo, where protesters had set fire to shops, banks, and government supporters’ homes. Authorities imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew to contain the violence, which has …

FBI Fires Agents Who Knelt At 2020 George Floyd Protest

FBI Fires The Agents Who Knelt At 2020 George Floyd Protest

September 30, 2025 5:35 pm

FBI has more than a dozen of its agents dismissed as bureau faces criticism over legality and morale amid sweeping personnel shake-up in the United States.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has dismissed more than a dozen agents who were photographed kneeling during a 2020 racial justice protest in Washington, D.C., according to multiple reports.

The agents were initially reassigned last spring, but their employment was formally terminated this week as part of a wider shake-up at the bureau under Director Kash Patel. The firings have reignited debate over the FBI’s internal culture and the lingering political fallout from …

Bayero University Expels 57 Students Over Exam Fraud

Bayero University Kano Expels 57 Students Over Exam Fraud

September 30, 2025 5:29 pm

Bayero University Expels 57 Students, with eight others suspended as the Kano institution enforces strict academic misconduct rules on the institution’s campus.

Bayero University, Kano (BUK) has expelled 57 students and suspended eight others for various forms of examination malpractice, in one of the most sweeping disciplinary actions taken by the institution in recent years.

The decision was ratified at the university’s 427th Senate meeting on September 10, 2025. According to officials, the move was carried out in strict compliance with the institution’s General Examination and Academic Regulations (GEAR), which govern both undergraduate and postgraduate programs.

A statement issued by …

Nine Nigerian States Share $76 Million Oil Derivation Funds

Nine Nigerian States Share $76 Million Oil Derivation Funds

September 30, 2025 5:21 pm

Nine Nigerian States’ July Oil Derivation Funds allocation has fallen slightly from the June records as oil revenue rises sharply, government data reveals.

Nine Nigerian states have shared ₦117.7 billion ($76 million) from the country’s 13% oil derivation fund for July 2025, according to the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF).

The report, presented to the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) in August, shows the payout was 0.46% lower than the ₦118.26 billion distributed in June. The funds are reserved for oil-producing states under Nigeria’s revenue-sharing formula, which allocates a portion of proceeds from crude oil and gas …

Zambian, South African Medical Professionals Apply For Abia Jobs

Zambian, South African Medical Professionals Seek Abia Jobs

September 30, 2025 5:05 pm

Zambians’ and South Africans’ applications for jobs in Abia healthcare sector, shows growing confidence in Abia State health reforms, says Governor Alex Otti.

Abia State’s plan to recruit 771 medical professionals has attracted applicants from outside Nigeria, including Zambia and South Africa, in what Governor Alex Otti describes as a vote of confidence in his administration’s health reforms.

Speaking during his monthly media chat at the Government House in Umuahia on Thursday, Otti said the recruitment drive had drawn widespread interest from both within and beyond the state. He emphasized that the hiring process would remain strictly merit-based, with tests …

Congo military court sentences ex-president Kabila to death in absentia

Congo Court Condemns Ex-President Kabila To Death In Absentia

September 30, 2025 1:07 pm

A military tribunal in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday handed a death sentence in absentia to former President Joseph Kabila, finding him guilty of a series of grave offences, including war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Presiding officer Lieutenant-General Joseph Mutombo Katalayi detailed the convictions, which spanned treason, murder, sexual assault, torture, insurrection, and other acts of violence allegedly committed during Kabila’s nearly two-decade rule. The ruling marks a dramatic turn for a leader who once wielded near-absolute power over Africa’s second-largest country.

Kabila, who reluctantly stepped down amid mass protests in late 2023, has been living mostly …

Ecuador Leader’s Motorcade Ambushed, Officials Say

Ecuador Leader’s Motorcade Ambushed, Officials Say

September 30, 2025 12:20 pm

A humanitarian convoy led by Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa came under violent attack on Sunday night, leaving 17 soldiers kidnapped and dozens injured, according to government officials.

Spokeswoman Carolina Jaramillo said the convoy, which was delivering aid during a national strike, was ambushed in Cotacachi, Imbabura province, by around 350 people armed with Molotov cocktails. The group also included diplomats from the UN, the European Union, Italy and the Vatican.

President Noboa posted photographs of shattered windscreens on social media after the assault, blaming what he described as “armed protesters who resist Ecuador’s progress and chose violence.” He added that …

Madagascar President Dissolves Govt After Deadly Youth Protests

Madagascar President Dissolves Govt After Deadly Youth Protests

September 30, 2025 11:50 am

Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina has dissolved his government following days of mass protests over worsening power and water shortages, unrest that has left at least 22 people dead and more than 100 others injured, according to the United Nations.

The demonstrations, led largely by young people in the capital Antananarivo, erupted last week as frustrations boiled over at deteriorating living conditions. By Monday, the rallies had grown into the most serious challenge to Rajoelina’s rule since his re-election in 2023 — and the largest wave of unrest the island nation has faced in years.

Crowds gathered at the city’s main …

Israeli PM Netanyahu Issues Apology To Qatar On Attack

Israeli PM Netanyahu Issues Apology To Qatar On Attack

September 30, 2025 11:14 am

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has formally apologised to Qatar after an unprecedented Israeli airstrike in Doha killed a Qatari serviceman and several Hamas members earlier this month, an incident that triggered global outrage and raised new diplomatic tensions in the Gulf.

The September 9 strike targeted senior Hamas leaders who were in Qatar for U.S.-backed ceasefire talks. Instead, the missiles struck a residential neighbourhood housing members of the Hamas negotiating team. At least five Hamas operatives were killed alongside Qatari security officer Badr Al-Dosari, while Hamas’s top leadership narrowly escaped.

The attack was the first known Israeli strike on …

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