Osun Assembly reverts state name to ‘Osun State’
July 17, 2023 Osun Assembly on Monday, passed a Bill reverting the name of the state to “Osun State” from the “State of Osun”, given in 2012 by former governor,…
OSINBAJO TELLS NEW, NATURALIZED NIGERIANS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE NIGERIAN
May 28, 2023 Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says Nigeria’s cultural diversity, hard work, innovation and infectious optimism of its people are some of the attributes that make it a great…
FG confers 385 citizenship to foreigners on naturalisation, registration
May 28, 2023 The Federal Government has conferred 385 Nigeria citizenship on foreign nationals from different continents across the world. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, made this known at…
FG spends N1m annually to cater for each inmate – Interior Minister
May 14, 2023 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…
Aregbesola urges states to invest in custodial centres, rehabilitation, reintegration of inmates
May 13, 2023 The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has called on state governments to build custodial centres so as to accommodate offenders of state laws currently in Federal facilities….
Demand for Passports by Nigerians has skyrocketed in the past three years, 1.9m produced in 2022 – FG
May 4, 2023 The Federal Government says in spite the challenges we faced in 2022 alone, we produced 1.9 million Passports, against the 1 million produced in 2021, which is…
Few corrupt officials undermining issuance of passports- Aregbesola
May 3, 2023 The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, says few corrupt officials are undermining efforts of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) at sanitising process and bringing integrity to passports…
FG approves Nigerian citizenship to 385 applicants
April 20, 2023 The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the granting of Nigerian citizenship to 385 applicants who have met the requirements. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, disclosed this…
Eid-el-Fitr: FG declares public holidays
The Federal Government has declared Friday 21 and Monday 24 as Public Holiday to mark this year’s Eid-el-Fitr celebration. This is contained in a statement by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry…
Nigeria now has efficient e-border security architecture -Aregbesola
March 10, 2023 The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, says Nigeria now has a competent electronic border security architecture to effectively secure the country. This is contained in statement by…