The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has revealed that the complete automation of passport applications will commence on January 8, 2024. The minister said this during an inspection tour of the facilities of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in Abuja. Last year, the Minister had earlier promised Nigerians that the automation process was nearing completion and that when fully automated, Nigerians would only go to immigration centres for fingerprint capturing. The Minister also added that the new system will enable users to upload their passport photographs and other supporting documents from the comfort of their homes. After inspection of…
Author: Michael Chibuzo
President Bola Tinubu has signed the N28.7 trillion 2024 Appropriation Bill into law. The assented to the 2024 Appropriation Bill at a brief ceremony in the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Monday afternoon shortly after arriving from Lagos. While signing the Renewed Hope budget into law, President was flanked by the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Tajudeen Abbas. Others at the signing ceremony were Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun; Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Abubakar, the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu…
Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has promised Nigerians that the pace of service delivery across all sectors of the nation’s economy will be accelerated this year having laid the groundwork for the economic recovery plan in the first seven months of his administration. The President made this pledge in his New Year Address to the nation. President Bola Tinubu in the address acknowledged that the past year was a challenging one and equally an eventful one which saw a peaceful transfer of power from one democratically elected administration to another, marking 24 years of unbroken democracy in Nigeria. The President…
The crisis rocking the Labour Party took a new turn for the worst in Edo State following a violent mob attack against two officials of the Labour Party from the Lamidi Apapa faction by supporters of the Abure faction of the party who are loyal to Mr. Peter Obi. The victims of the mob attacks were accused by the Obidients mob of attempting to organise a parallel Labour Party Gubernatorial Primary Election and Congress in Edo State. One of the victims was identified to be one Mr. Eragbe Anslem, the National youth leader of the Apapa-led faction. In a viral…
The engine room of governance in any country is its public service. In most countries, the public service is the single biggest employer of labour and offer the widest range of services to the people. A dysfunctional public service invariably leads to a dysfunctional country. Nigeria is not an exception. The efficiency of the public service is measured by the ease with which citizens can access public services. A number of factors in turn determine the ease of accessing public services some of which include: the availability of services, the physical and technological infrastructure for delivering those services, the…
The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has resolved the political crisis rocking Rivers State after meeting with Rivers Governor, Sim Fubara, FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike and other major political stakeholders from the state at the State House. After the closed door meeting, the following resolutions were reached: 1. All matters instituted in the courts by the Governor of Rivers State, Sir Fubara and his team, in respect of the political crisis in Rivers State, shall be withdrawn IMMEDIATELY. 2. ALL impeachment proceedings initiated against the Governor of Rivers State by the Rivers State House of…
President Bola Tinubu is holding a closed-door meeting with Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State, FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, former Governor of Rivers State, Dr. Peter Odili and other stakeholders from Rivers State over the ongoing political feud between the incumbent state governor and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike. Vice President Kashim Shettima and the Deputy Governor of Rivers state, Ngozi Odu, are also attending the meeting at the State House, Abuja. Rivers State is governed by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, however President Bola Tinubu has been playing the role of a peacemaker and a unifier to settle the lingering…
By Bayo Onanuga On Monday 11 December, I stumbled on the 6th, in the series of opinions about the last general election being peddled by Daily Sun columnist, Amanze Obi. I was shocked by the cocktail of lies and fallacies put forward by the writer, on why his candidate, Peter Obi lost the last presidential election and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu won. This spurred my frantic search for the 5th edition. It was more of the same, indeed dangerous as Amanze tried, albeit fruitlessly, to instigate Christians and their leaders against President Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima. Believing so…
The Supreme Court has reinstated the terrorism charges filed against Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) by the federal government. The Court in a judgment it delivered today upheld the Federal Government’s Appeal challenging the verdict of the Appeal Court which had earlier dismissed some of the charges filed against Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. In upholding the government’s appeal, the Supreme Court held that Kanu must face trial at the Federal High Court. Delivering judgment, Justice Emmanuel Agim held that the Court of Appeal was wrong to hold that Kanu could not be tried again…
By Michael Chibuzo Rivers State, an oil-rich state along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean is a very intriguing state not necessarily because of its diverse topography or the multitude of rivers that traverse the state, which earned it the name Rivers. It is intriguing because of its politics. When states with less than straightforward political climate are mentioned, Rivers is a sure candidate for the top spot alongside Kano. Since the start of the fourth Republic, Rivers State has had five governors with Celestine Omehia lasting just few months. Despite being a one-party state until recently, Rivers State have…