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FG clears backlogs as NIS produces 230,000 passports

FG clears backlogs as NIS produces 230,000 passports

The Federal Government has said at least 45,000 Passport Booklets are yet to be collected by applicants at the various Nigeria Immigration Service enrolment centres worldwide. This is coming as the government extends the deadline…

Obaseki: Court ‘to decide fate of 14 run-away Assembly members-elect

Obaseki: Court ‘to decide fate of 14 run-away Assembly members-elect

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has asserted that the fate of the 14 members-elect of the state’s House of Assembly, whose seats were declared vacant, rests with the Court. The seats of the…

I want to see all Nigerians employed, Atiku declares four days after Dubai return

I want to see all Nigerians employed, Atiku declares four days after Dubai return

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has said that his primary vision for all Nigerians is to ensure that they are all gainfully employed. Abubakar, who was the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2019…

Senate passes bill to establish National Institute for border studies

Senate passes bill to establish National Institute for border studies

The Senate, yesterday, passed the Bill for an Act for the establishment of the National Institute for Border Studies, Imeko, Ogun State, to provide for teaching, research, instruction and training of students in border management…

Sanwo-Olu woos Dangote Foundation, VDMA on training of Lagos youths

Sanwo-Olu woos Dangote Foundation, VDMA on training of Lagos youths

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo- Olu, yesterday called on the Aliko Dangote Foundation- VDMA Technical Training Programme to work with Lagos State in the establishment of a bigger training hub for youths in the…

Sanwo-Olu mulls biggest tech hub in Yaba

Sanwo-Olu mulls biggest tech hub in Yaba

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo- Olu, yesterday said his administration was set to embark on the construction of the biggest technology cluster in West Africa as part of moves to ramp up its intervention…

Benue deputy gov hits back at Umahi over Ebonyi killings

Benue deputy gov hits back at Umahi over Ebonyi killings

Benue State Deputy Governor, Benson Abounu yesterday hit back at Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi over his utterances that the state was responsible for the killing of Ebonyi residents at the state’s border with Benue…

USAID donates $9.9m to Nigeria for water provision

USAID donates $9.9m to Nigeria for water provision

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded UNICEF $9.9million over three years to support the Nigerian government’s initiative to improve water, sanitation, and hygiene services in the North-West geopolitical zone of the…

Senate passes bill to end discrimination between first degree, HND

Senate passes bill to end discrimination between first degree, HND

The Senate yesterday decided to end the age-long controversial dichotomy between first degree holders and their Higher National Diploma (HND) counterparts in the country. The apex legislative chamber did this by passing the bill that…

Oluwo: Some secession agitators using it to accrue wealth

Oluwo: Some secession agitators using it to accrue wealth

A traditional ruler in Osun State, the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba AbduRasheed Adewale Akanbi, yesterday alleged that some secession agitators are using it to accrue wealth from the international community. He warned the monarchs that…