The Nigerian Immigration Service ( NIS) on Tuesday said about 140,000 international passports are still uncollected nationwide. The service spokesman, Deputy Comptroller of Immigration Service ( DCI) Mr Tony Akuneme, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) , when he paid an official...
Nigerian News
Latest Job Vacancies in Nigeria Today Graduate Trai.nee HSE / IT Officer Recruitment at Padua Petroleum Nigeria Limited Sundry Foods Limited 2023 Restaurant Management Trai.nee Program Customer Retention & Customer Experience Coordinator Job at IpNX Nigeria Limited Customer Service Agent Job at Lighting Finance Technology Nigeria Limited Data Entry...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Obadiah Nkom as Director General of the Nigeria Mining Cadastre Office for a second and final term of four years . Mr Femi Adesina, the president’s spokesman, who confirmed this development in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said the appointment...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has dismissed four personnel and demoted 14 others for various offences. A statement issued by the Spokesperson of the service, Mr Tony Akuneme on Tuesday in Abuja, said that those affected appeared before the Orderly Room Trial Committee of...
Ms Lauretta Onochie, the Chairman, Governing Board, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has pledged to improve the credibility and quality of its projects. Onochie spoke at a ceremony to celebrate her recent appointment organised by the Buhari Support Organisations (BSO), on Tuesday in Abuja. She declared: ”The days of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Department of State Services (DSS) has said no amount of intimidation, harassment and blackmail will deter it from discharging its constitutional duties. The DSS spokesman, Dr Peter Afunanya, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Afunanya said the clarification followed uncovered...
The Federal Government on Tuesday assured Nigerians that the 2023 general elections will hold as planned. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed gave the assurance in Abuja at the 17th edition of the “President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) Administration Scorecard Series (2015-2023)”. Mohammed was reacting to a...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will monitoring commercial banks to ensure that they comply with the directive of loading the redesigned Naira notes in their Automated Teller Machines (ATMs). CBN Director, Currency Operations, Mr Ahmed Umar, made this known in Abuja on Monday at the Training Session for...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari says nobody can blackmail him on inexplicable wealth and illicit enrichment while in office, saying ‘‘I do not have one square-inch outside Nigeria.’’ Speaking at a State banquet, Monday night, organised in his honour in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reconstitution of the governing councils of Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER) and the Centre for Management Development (CMD). The announcement of the presidential approval was contained in a press release issued by the Director of...
A video of a young man giving his giving his little daughter marijuana to smoke has led to an outcry on social media. The young man who held his daughter in his arms, pushed the lit joint into her mouth intermittently after grabbing a puff. A female was heard...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday inaugurated the Yobe Cargo Airport named after him. The President, who is on an official visit to the state, expressed joy over the gesture. “It is my singular honour and privilege to commission this project which is named after me,” Buhari said. The News...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disowned a purported final list of candidates for the 2023 general elections, which was released on Sunday. The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, who stated this in a statement issued...
A rights activist, Mr Meliga Godwin, has dragged the Department of State Services (DSS) to a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, over alleged illegal arrest and detention constituting a breach of his fundamental rights. Godwin, the President of Middle Belt Youth Forum, on Dec.19, 2022 addressed the media,...
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerians to develop strong confidence in the country, its security institutions and never allow any terrorist group to destablise Nigeria again. Mr Femi Adesina, the president’s spokesman, said Buhari stated this at the palace of the Emir of Damaturu, Hashimi II El-Kanemi, on Monday...
The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has passed vote of confidence on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on its preparations for the 2023 general election. Yabagi Sani, National Chairman, IPAC, said this at a news conference on Monday in Abuja, at the end of an emergency general council meeting....
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Monday said it would schedule a special programme to honour a female lawyer, Mrs Omobolanle Raheem, who was shot dead on the last Christmas Day. Raheem was allegedly shot dead by a police officer while she was returning from an outing with her...
The Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU) has urged the public to protect their bank details, to prevent being victims of cybercrime. The PSFU spokesperson, SP. Eyitayo Johnson, made the call while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. He said that the unit had...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Yola, Adamawa State, said the election of Sen. Aisha Dairu Ahmed Binani, as the next Governor of Adamawa will open opportunities for women in the country and send a signal to the world on Nigeria’s leadership maturity. Speaking...
The Kwara State House of Assembly leader, Abubakar Mogaji Olawoyin, is dead. The Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker, Mr Abdulquadr Yusuf, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Ilorin. NAN reports that Olawoyin was of the APC and represented Ilorin Central Constituency (Mogajin...