The Ikoyi Passport office of the Nigerian Immigration Service ( NIS), in Lagos state says it has produced 38, 280 international passports between June and October, 2021. The Passport Control Officer ( PCO) of the office, Mr Ibrahim Liman told NAN in Lagos on Monday, that 29,984 of 32-page...
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Mr Clement Jimbo, an All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart in Akwa Ibom and a former Presidential Candidate, has said that only fraudulent politicians will be against direct primaries in 2023. Mr. Jimbo, who ran for president in the 2019 general election on the platform of Social Democratic Party, said...
The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) is set to train 145 youths in Osun in entrepreneurial and vocational skills under its job creation and empowerment programme. The Director General of SMEDAN, Mr Dikko Radda, made this known during the opening of the agency’s National Business...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – UNICEF today said the delisting of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) from the United Nations Secretary-General’s report on Children and Armed Conflict as one of the armed groups recruiting and using children in north-east Nigeria is one step forward for child protection. In...
A fire broke out Monday in Kuwait’s largest oil refinery, causing several injuries but no interruptions to site operations or petrol exports. Plumes of smoke rose above the Mina Al-Ahmadi facility, located on the Gulf coast just opposite Iran, about 40 kilometres (25 miles) south of the capital Kuwait...
Left-wing candidate Jose Maria Neves has won the Cape Verde presidency in the first round of voting, according to provisional results published on an official website. Neves won 51.5 percent of the vote according to results based on 97 percent of votes counted. A first-round absolute majority means the...
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja, has ordered the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) to immediately release the international passport of the former governor of Rivers State Peter Odili. Delivering the Judgement on Monday, the ruling judge declared the seizure by the service as illegal, unconstitutional...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Nigerian Air Force has denied paying N20 million to bandits operating in Jibia, Katsina State in exchange for an anti-aircraft gun seized from the Nigerian Army. The Wall Street Journal on Sunday reported that the Air Force struck the deal amid plans by President...
Napoli returned to the top of Serie A on Sunday after Nigerian international Victor Osimhen scored the only goal in a hard-fought 1-0 win against Torino. AC Milan had moved to the top of the table after battling back from two goals down to beat Hellas Verona 3-2 at...
Some residents of the South East Zone of the country have vowed to resort to firewood and charcoal if prices of cooking gas continue to soar. The consumers told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews that they could no longer cope with the situation as it...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has said that with the successful conclusion of the APC congress in the state, it has proved book makers wrong by conducting free and transparent congress devoid of acrimony. Governor Ayade said this shortly after the state’s APC Congress...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) in collaboration with the Police Service Commission (PSC) on Monday began the 2020 enlistment of 10,000 constables. According to a statement issued by the Force Public Relations Officer, CP Frank Mba, urged candidates to check their recruitment status on...
British MPs on Monday shared fresh experiences of receiving death threats as they prepare to pay tribute to Sir David Amess in the wake of the Conservative backbencher’s murder. Labour’s Chris Bryant said a man has been arrested over a threat on his life after the MP for Southend...
The Olympic Flame that will be burning for the Beijing 2022 Winter Games was ignited on Monday at the birthplace of the Games in Ancient Olympia, Greece. During the traditional ceremony, actress Xanthi Georgiou in the role of an ancient Greek High Priestess used a concave mirror to focus...
One person was killed and seven others injured in a shooting at Grambling State University in southern U.S. State Louisiana on Sunday, local authorities said. Among the injured, one is in critical condition, Louisiana State Police Master Trooper Michael Reichardt said at a news conference. The shooting took place...
For most of our political history, concept and reality, particularly banking on the underlying understanding of a Coquette by Robert Green, the author of; The 48 Laws of Power, it will not be out of place to describe an average Nigerian as a Coquette. The reason stems from the...
Malaysia’s corruption convict ex-premier, Najib Razak has been granted the return of his passport to travel to Singapore for the expected grand child birth next month. According to state news agency Bernama, the Court of Appeal on Monday ruled as reasonable Najib’s request that he be permitted to make...
The former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Uche Secondus, says he has no intention of withdrawing the case challenging his removal from court. Mr Ike Abonyi, his Media Adviser disclosed this in a statement in Abuja. Abonyi said that Secondus was in court to seek...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NCC, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta has enjoined telecom licensees to always comply with the provisions of extant laws, subsidiary legislations and other regulatory frameworks put in place by the Commission to ensure a more competitive...
When General Murtala Mohammed was assassinated in 1976 and Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo took over power as Nigeria’s Head of State, Benjamin Akaai Chaha was an ordinary primary school teacher and village headmaster in Zakibiam NKST Primary School, Benue State. Nigeria had been under military tyranny for almost ten years...