The Federal Government has cancelled the printing of e-passports by companies other than the Nigerian Printing and Minting Company. The Presidency, in a statement just released by the Special Adviser to President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said all existing contracts for printing passports elsewhere would not be renewed …
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The Federal Government has dispatched a senior officer to monitor the ongoing investigation into the alleged murder of the deputy director-general of the CIIN in South Africa. It insisted that Nigerians and the deceased’s family must know what transpired, noting that the Consul-General at the Nigerian High Commission in South …
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The Senate on Wednesday warned the South African government to halt the frequent killings of Nigerians by its citizens to avoid grave consequences. The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, who stated this at plenary, warned that the South African government must extend due respect to Nigeria and should not …
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forty-three days after the 2019 budget was signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Federal Government has yet to release funds to Ministries, Departments and Agencies for the implementation of capital projects. Buhari had on 27th May signed the 2019 budget of N8.91tn, made up of capital expenditure of …
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the promotion of a former Commander of the Multi-National Joint Task Force in the North-East, Maj.-Gen. Lamidi Adeosun, to the rank of a Lieutenant General, the same rank with the Chief of the Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai. The Nigerian Army confirmed this “accelerated promotion” …
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President Muhammadu Buhari has sought the confirmation of the Senate for the appointment of Prof. Habu Galadima as the substantive Director-General of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) Kuru, Jos. The President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan, read the letter from the President to his colleagues …
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The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, has said former President Olusegun Obasanjo is the biggest problem of the country. Akiolu spoke at the public presentation of Battlelines: Adventures in Journalism and Politics, a book by a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Olusegun Osoba. The event held at the …
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Boko Haram has reportedly set free a female youth corps member (namewithheld) held hostage since January. Also said to have been released were four other females with the following ages (22 years, 14 years, 15 years and 21 years, all held in captivity since 2017. Their release were said to …
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The crisis rocking the All Progressives Grand Alliances (APGA) has taken a new dimension as the former National Chairman of the party, Senator Victor Umeh has accused the present National Chairman, Victor Oye of defrauding four gubernatorial aspirants before the party’s last governorship primaries. But in a swift reaction, Oye …
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The Police have brought Senator Elisha Abbo to the Zuba Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, for arraignment for assault. The lawmaker is expected to be arraigned on one count of assault today. It had been reported exclusively on Sunday Punch that the Police will, this week, file criminal charges against Abbo for …
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