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The Comptroller-General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr Muhammad Babandede, has announced the suspension of receiving and processing of all fresh passport applications nationwide until June 1. Babandede, while briefing newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja, said that a new passport regime would take effect from same date. He said that the suspension was to allow for clearance of backlog of all …

The Acting Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali, is expected to launch a new tactical unit of the Nigeria Police Force in the South-South, Wednesday. The new tactical unit christened Operation Restore Peace in the South-South region would tackle issues of insecurity in the oil-rich region. It would be recalled that the Federal Government had announced that it was coming …

The Senate , on Tuesday, mandated the Ministry of Education, the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to review the implementation of the National Identity Number (NIN) policy. This, according to the Senate, is with a view to extending the JAMB registration deadline or suspending this requirement for prospective students until there is a seamless …

The CJN calls for an end to the strike after meeting with the labour minister, Chris Ngige, on Tuesday. The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Muhammad, on Tuesday, called on the members of the Judiciary Staff Union (JUSUN) to end their ongoing nationwide strike. This was contained in a statement by Mr Muhammad’s spokesperson, Ahuraka Isah. The strike , …

President Muhammadu Buhari is seeking to borrow another $6.1billion from bilateral and multilateral organisations to fund the deficit in the 2021 budget. The president, in a letter to both chambers of the National Assembly on Tuesday, asked for their approval to take the fresh loan. The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Idris Wase, read the letter from the president during …

The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has ordered the prosecution of three nurses who allegedly disconnected the oxygen supply of a two-month-old baby in an incubator on Monday. The governor also directed the sack of nurses, university lecturers and other workers who did not report for work or joined the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) strike on Tuesday. This was disclosed on Tuesday in …

Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki on Monday has urged Justice Joe Acha, the acting Chief Judge of the state, to be committed to his oath of office and dispense justice without fear, favour. Acha was sworn-in , following the retirement of Justice Esther Edigin, who would clock 65 years on May 17, the constitutionally prescribed age for retirement in the bench. …

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said that the Nigeria Governors Forum remains the best platform to discuss issues affecting Nigeria. The former President, who made the observation in Benin, the Edo State capital, on Sunday while addressing journalists, said the antagonism between governors was uncalled for. Mr Jonathan stressed that the coming together of all the governors in a round …

Despite repeated claims by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government that Boko Haram terrorists have been degraded and confined to the North-east alone, recent revelations by some Nigerian state governors give cause for worry. The immediate past Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, had said that the Boko Haram terrorist group had since been defeated but the Nigerian military is now fighting …

The governors under the banner of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have demanded devolution of power to states. The governors, who met in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Monday, also endorsed the ban on open grazing and the call for restructuring. The meeting took place at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). PREMIUM TIMES obtained a six-point resolution reached at the meeting. Speaking on …