THE Federal Government, on Thursday, said it had raised N585m towards the settlement of fines for inmates in a bid to decongest correctional centres across the country. The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, represented by an Assistant Director in the ministry, Dr Anayo Romanus-Nzekwe, disclosed this on Thursday in …
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The Federal government through the Ministry of Interior, on Tuesday, freed 37 inmates from the Port Harcourt Maximum Security Custodial Centre and the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Ahoada, Rivers State. Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, the Minister of Interior, disclosed this while performing the release of the inmates at the Port Harcourt …
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MINISTER of Interior Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has said that the automation of passport applications is 99 per cent done. According to him, the new method of applying for a passport will go live next week. This, according to the minister, would mean that applicants would only go to immigration passport offices …
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THE Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has revealed that the Federal Government will pay N500 million fines to secure the freedom of 4,000 inmates from correctional facilities across Nigeria. Tunji-Ojo disclosed this on Thursday in an interview with Arise TV. Speaking on plans to decongest correctional facilities, the minister said …
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THE Federal Government has introduced the ‘Brown Card’, a new legal instrument for permanent residency for eligible foreign nationals. This was as it conferred Nigerian Citizenship on 385 deserving adult foreign nationals from different countries. In his remarks at the conferment ceremony which held at the Nigeria Correctional Service Headquarters, …
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…As Minister Bags Traditional Title THE Federal Government has launched an additional Passport Front Office in Auchi, Edo State, as part of it’s effort towards effective service delivery to Nigerians. This is just as it promised to launch a home delivery service of passport. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf …
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THE Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has expressed the readiness of the Nigerian government to cooperate with India to eradicate the use of fake Nigerian passports to travel to India. Aregbesola gave this assurance in his office at the weekend while receiving the Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr …
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An officer of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has been caught extorting passport applicants at the Alausa Passport Office, Lagos State on Wednesday. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, who paid a surprise visit to the passport office, caught the officer (name not given) in the act. Media adviser to the …
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Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola on Tuesday inaugurated the enhanced e-passport production centre in Benin, Edo state capital. The federal government in 2021 launched the enhanced e-passport to address issues of forgery and improve the application process. According to a statement by Amos OKPU, public relations officer of the assistant …
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A serving Minister of Interior, Abdurrahman Bello Dambazau is among some former army chiefs indicted in the newest report to be submitted to the president, Premium Times has reported. As reported by our source, those indicted in the report of Presidential Committee on Defence Equipment Procurement in the Nigerian Armed …
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