A new development is coming passport processing and no passport backlogs should be cleared within the 14 days. This new development is announced by the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo on Tuesday, adding that there is no excuse for passport delay in Nigeria. He said that he is in talks with service providers and the Nigeria Immigration Service to digitise and decentralise the process of fresh passport issuance and renewal. The minister revealed this while featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Tuesday night. He said, “clearing all backlogs shouldn’t take more than two weeks “After clearing these backlogs,…
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A former Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on Tuesday has revealed that the protest about fuel subsidy renewal that occur during Goodluck Jonatham tenure was due to political Interests Fayemi made this statement during his keynote address at a national dialogue held to commemorate the 60th birthday of Professor Udenta Udenta, the founding National Secretary of the Alliance for Democracy and a Fellow at the Abuja School of Social and Political Thought, in Abuja. The programme was attended by Jonathan, former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili; former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, among others. While condemning what…
Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of a faction within the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), led by Major Agbo, has been ousted from the party. This expulsion comes as a consequence of allegations of anti-party activities and the misappropriation of campaign funds by Kwankwaso. The NNPP faction, under the leadership of Major Agbo, formally declared Kwankwaso’s expulsion in a statement released in Abuja on Tuesday. Abdulsalam Abdulrasaq, the faction’s National Publicity Secretary, made the announcement. This development occurred shortly after the faction’s leaders had previously pledged to investigate the former Kano governor and some of his supporters regarding the…
After a Month of no aviation service in the country, the Niger military administration finally reopened the country’s airspace on Monday. The local media reports that the opening has now granted both national and International commercial flights “Niger’s airspace is open to all international and domestic commercial flights as well as unlimited ground services,” the official Niger News Agency reported, citing the Transport Ministry spokesperson.However, the new development does not apply to military flights and special flights, which are subject to authorization by the competent authorities.” Niger’s military administration shut down the country’s airspace on August 6 in response to…
U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, is set to participate in the Africa Climate Summit, taking place in Nairobi. The summit will bring together leaders, ministers, and representatives from civil society across African nations to address the pressing climate crisis. Secretary Kerry will use this platform to emphasise the United States’ commitment to tackling climate change through President Biden’s Emergency Plan for Adaptation and Resilience (PREPARE), initiative. This initiative aims to assist half a billion people in developing countries, with a particular focus on Africa, in adapting to the effects of climate change within this decade. Additionally, Secretary Kerry will…
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), again said it has advised all corps members not to travel late at night, especially after 6 p.m. Reiterating the message in response to corp members that were travelling from Uyo to Akwa Ibom to Sokoto State through Zamfara State for camp orientation, Eddy Megwa, the NYSC Director of Press and Public Relations, stated this in an interview with Channels TV. The eight corps members were abducted by gunmen along a highway in Zamfara State on August 19. He said the corps members might not have been abducted if they had adhered to the…
Niger’s military-appointed prime minister on Monday said he saw hopes of a deal with the West African bloc, ECOWAS, which has threatened to use force to restore civilian rule after a coup in July. “We have not stopped contacts with ECOWAS, we are continuing contacts. We have good hopes of reaching an agreement in the coming days,” Prime Minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine told a press conference in Niamey. ECOWAS — the Economic Community of West African States — has imposed hefty sanctions against Niger after rebel soldiers overthrew Mohamed Bazoum, the country’s democratically-elected president, on July 26. It has…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), condemned on Monday, the use of calcium carbide for ripening of fruits. Calcium carbide, scientifically labelled CaC2, serves primarily in industry for the manufacturing of acetylene and calcium cyanamide. Prof. Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye, the Director-General of NAFDAC, made this declaration while inaugurating the NAFDAC Media Sensitization Workshop on the Hazards of Drug Hawking and the Use of Calcium Carbide for Fruit Ripening in Lafia, Nasarawa State. Who was represented by Chemical Evaluation and Research, Dr Leonard Omokpariola “There have been clarion calls by well-meaning Nigerians on the need to…
Special Adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, has said the president is confident about the presidential tribunal judgement. Speaking during an interview on channels TV’s Politics Today “The Presidential Elections Petition Tribunal has fixed Wednesday, September 6, 2023, for judgment in the petitions challenging the February 25 presidential election.” “The president believes in the sanctity and integrity of the Nigerian judicial system. He believes that they make their judgment based on the facts before them.” Ngelale said Tinubu believes that the mandate which Nigerians gave to him would stand. He said, “He believes that…
The G20 summit that President Tinubu went to on Monday will not have the full attendance of all world leaders. Xi Jinping, China’s President, will not be attending the summit. China’s decision not to attend came as a result of bilateral relations remaining icy between the two countries. The countries have had an unsmooth relationship over their disputed border in the Himalayan mountain range. China’s foreign ministry said Premier Li Qiang will attend the G20 in President Xi’s place. A notice on the ministry’s website said: “At the invitation of the government of the Republic of India, Premier of the…
Emmerson Mnangagwa, Zimbabwe’s President, was inaugurated for his second term on Monday after being declared the victor of the recently contested election held last month. Despite the opposition party’s claim of a “massive deception” regarding the election results, Mnangagwa, in his post-inauguration address, appealed for national unity and pledged to resuscitate the struggling economy with the aim of lifting millions out of poverty. “Responsive policies, which began in the first term of my presidency, are on course to lift many out of poverty,” Mnangagwa said. Thousands of Mnangagwa’s supporters, mostly bussed in from across the country, sang and danced as…
The Court of Appeal has announced to Nigerians that the final results of the long anticipated 2023 Presidential election, before its Presidential Election Petition Court will be delivered on Wednesday, September 6, 2023. In a press statement posted on X , the Appellation Court said that final judgement will be given on all submitted cases and that it will be televised live. The press statement reads in part, “The Court of Appeal wishes to inform the General Public that judgement in the following petitions before the Presidential Election Petition Court will be delivered on Wednesday 6th September, 2023: CA/PEPC/03/2023 between…