15/05/23 PRESS RELEASE No fewer than 80 officers and men of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) have gone on trial for indulging in collection of illegal fees for the issuance of new passports and renewal of old The Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO), Comptroller of Immigration, Tony Akuneme, who disclosed this in an interview in Abuja,Continue reading “NIGERIAN IMMIGRATION SERVICE (NIS) DISCIPLINE OFFICERS FOR INDULGING IN COLLECTION OF ILLEGAL FEES FOR THE ISSUANCE / RENEWAL OF PASSPORTS”
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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL STOP FEEDING INMATES INCARCERATED FOR BREACHING STATE LAWS…Aregbesola
15/05/23 PRESS RELEASE The Federal Government says it spends N1 million annually to cater for each of the inmates at the correctional facilities in the country. Sola Fasure, the Media Adviser to the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. According to the statement, the minister saidContinue reading “FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL STOP FEEDING INMATES INCARCERATED FOR BREACHING STATE LAWS…Aregbesola”
GOODBYE MURPHY AFOLABI
14/05/23 DANIELS G O Members of the Nigerian theatre arts industry have been thrown into mourning following the death of one of their colleagues Murphy Afolabi. The death of the Nollywood Yoruba Actor, Film Producer Murphy Afolabi was confirmed in a telephone chat with AIT by the President Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners AssociationContinue reading “GOODBYE MURPHY AFOLABI”
SUDAN EVACUATION; NEMA SUSPENDS EXERCISE
14/05/23 SHINA J.O The Nigeria Emergency Management Agency, NEMA has announced suspension of the evacuation exercise with the 7th batch of 147 Nigerians airlifted from port Sudan to Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja by Tarco Aviation on Saturday, 13th May 2023. Briefing Journalists in Abuja to give an update on the process, the Director General,Continue reading “SUDAN EVACUATION; NEMA SUSPENDS EXERCISE”
HOW VETERAN NOLLYWOOD ACTOR ST OBI PASSED ON @ 57
14/05/23 Eliza .O.D Ace Nollywood Veteran has passed on after a prolonged illness. According to multiple reports on the evening of Saturday, May 13, 2023, the thespian lost his battle with an undisclosed illness earlier in the week. There are speculations that a scuffle had broken out within the deceased’s family preventing the announcement ofContinue reading “HOW VETERAN NOLLYWOOD ACTOR ST OBI PASSED ON @ 57”
FIRE OUTBREAK AT NSCDC LAGOS COMMAND
13/05/23 PRESS RELEASE The storage facility of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corp, Lagos Command, housing Exhibits recovered by the command through various operational activities were engulfed by fire early Saturday. The Commands Public Relations Officer, Oluwaseun Abolurin, who disclosed this said the incident occurred at 3:30am, Saturday, adding that a team from theContinue reading “FIRE OUTBREAK AT NSCDC LAGOS COMMAND”
BUHARI CELEBRATES NYSC @50, HAILS GEN. GOWON’S VISION
13/05/23 SHINA J.O PRESS RELEASE President Muhammadu Buhari has on behalf of the government, and people of Nigeria, saluted Former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, for the wisdom of setting up the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in 1973. According to a statement issued on Friday by the special adviser to the president onContinue reading “BUHARI CELEBRATES NYSC @50, HAILS GEN. GOWON’S VISION”
NBC MOVES TO APPEAL COURT JUDGEMENT
13/05/23 SHINA J.O The National Broadcasting Commission NBC says it will appeal the judgement of a federal high Court Abuja nullifying the powers of the commission to impose Fines on broadcast stations who violate provisions of the Nigeria Broadcasting code. The NBC in a statement signed by its Director General Balarabe ilelah says the broadcastContinue reading “NBC MOVES TO APPEAL COURT JUDGEMENT”
NIGERIA – IRELAND RELATIONS
12/05/23 DANIELS G.O THE GOVERNMENT OF IRELAND HAS PROMISED TO COLLABORATE WITH NIGERIA IN MORE WAYS ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA OF EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY TO CONSOLIDATE IT’S LONG EXISTING RELATIONSHIP THIS WAS DISCLOSED BY THE AMBASSADOR OF IRELAND TO NIGERIA PETER RYAN AT FORUM AT THE NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS IN LAGOS ON FRIDAYContinue reading “NIGERIA – IRELAND RELATIONS”
SUDAN EVACUATION UPDATE: FG DISPATCHES ASSORTED FOOD ITEMS TO STRANDED NIGERIANS
12/05/23 SHINA.J O The Federal Govt has dispatched assorted food items to Nigerian embassy in conflict-ridden sudan to cushion the effect of food scarcity for stranded Nigerians awaiting to be airlifted from Port sudan to Nigeria. The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA said the supply of the items became neccessary following the food shortage inContinue reading “SUDAN EVACUATION UPDATE: FG DISPATCHES ASSORTED FOOD ITEMS TO STRANDED NIGERIANS”