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Idris Jere, acting comptroller-general of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), has ordered the service’s special taskforce to clear the backlogs of passport applications at Ikoyi passport office in Lagos. Jere directed the taskforce to proceed to Ikoyi to ensure all existing backlogs of passport applications were cleared within one week. …

Godwin Emefiele, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, on Saturday, disclosed what the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government needs to address the country’s infrastructural deficit. Emefiele disclosed that the Buhari-led Federal Government needs US$100 billion annually to address the nation’s infrastructure deficit. The CBN governor disclosed this at …

President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed plans by Nigeria to execute an ambitious energy plan towards reducing the energy shortcomings by 2030 including electrifying five million households. The president disclosed this in line with Nigeria’s role as a Global Theme Champion for the Energy Transition, at the High-Level Dialogue on Energy …

The meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) National Convention Committee on Zoning in Enugu on Thursday ended in a stalemate as stakeholders could not reach a definite decision on where the next national chairman of the party should emerge from, Newextra24 gathered. Following the development, the committee adjourned till next …

Abia State Chapter of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), has expressed concern over the invasion of home of Norah Okafor, a member of the union on Wednesday (22/09/2021) by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Port Harcourt zone,saying it is a national embarrassment, Newsextra24 reports. The union …

The minority leader of the House of Representatives, Ndudi Elumelu, said the speech was a great disservice to Nigeria by failing to present the true picture of affairs in Nigeria. The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has flayed the speech delivered by President Muhammadu Buhari at the 76th …

…Governor, Cabinet Members Inspect State-Funded Rail Projects The 2022 deadline set for the completion of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) projects being undertaken by the Lagos State Government remains sacrosanct, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu promised on Saturday. The Governor defied the rain for a physical assessment of the progress made …

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has appointed Nigerian-American Joseph Ladapo as Florida surgeon general and Secretary of the Florida Department of Health. “I am pleased to announce that Dr. Joseph Ladapo will lead the Florida Department of Health as our state’s next Surgeon General,” said Governor Ron DeSantis. “Dr. Ladapo comes …

A former governor of the Central Bank (CBN), Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi, has said the Nigerian economy is about to collapse. Speaking at the closing ceremony of the Kaduna Investment Summit, tagged KadInvest 6.0, Sanusi said aside the fact that Nigeria is having difficulties in oil production, the product is now …

Ahead of its October 30th and 31st national elective convention, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has chosen to pick its national chairman and 2023 Presidential candidate from the South and North respectively. Although the zoning committee chaired by Enugu state governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi failed to make a categorical statement on …