Immigration Set To Unveil Online Passport Application Portal Today
The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, will today (Monday) launch the first online portal for passport application in Abuja. He disclosed this during a demonstration session of the online portal on Friday with the Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service, Caroline Adepoju. According to Tunji, an online passport application platform has been established for both international and Nigerian applicants. The minister had...
Sen. Kalu Donates Security Vehicles To Police, Vigilante, Urge Nigerians To Embrace Farming (Photos, Video)
The Senator representing Abia North district, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu has admonished his constituents of Abia North and Nigerians in general to shun violence and other criminal activities. The former Abia State Governor rather, urged them to develop their agricultural potential to uplift the Nigerian economy. Kalu made the call at his home in Igbere while donating four security patrol...
How Suspended Betta Edu Was Blocked From Seeing President Tinubu At Villa
A few hours after she was suspended by President Bola Tinubu over the N585 million scandal yesterday, embattled Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation Minister, Dr Betta Edu, was not allowed to see the President at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Nigerian leader had earlier yesterday suspended Edu from office with immediate effect and directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,...
Lagos Police Look Into Tiwa Savage’s Petition Against Davido
The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the receipt of the petition by Nigerian singer and songwriter, Tiwa Savage, over alleged bullying and threats to her life by Grammy nominee, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, while responding to an inquiry by our correspondent on Tuesday, said investigation had begun into the allegations. He...
Female Banker Kills Self In Lagos
A female marketing employee of a bank in Ikorodu, Lagos State, has committed suicide. The deceased, 32-year-old Amarachi Ugochukwu, was said to have drunk an insecticide. ABNTV learnt that the incident happened on Monday within the premises of the bank. Ugochukwu had around 1pm made her way into the restroom, where she drank the insecticide, unknown to her colleagues. Other members of staff...
Prospective NYSC Members Now To Register With NIN
All eligible Prospective Corps Members are expected to register for Mobilization with their National Identification Numbers (NIN) starting from 2024 Mobilization Exercise. This was contained in a statement signed by the Director of Press and Public Relations, National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), Eddy Megwa, and made available to Channels Television on Wednesday. He noted that this was part of the deliberations...
Ex-President Jonathan Loses Sister
Madam Obebhatein Jonathan, the elder sister of former President Goodluck Jonathan, has passed on. She died on Thursday, January 11, 2024, at the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, after a brief illness, at the age of 70. This was announced in a statement issued by Jonathan’s media office on Thursday. It noted that the deceased, popularly known as Amissi, was a...
EFCC Considers Revisiting N70 Billion Alleged Fraud Against Matawalle
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday said that it would under its present leadership revisit the N70 billion money laundering case against former Zamfara State governor and current Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle. The commission specifically said all high profile cases left behind by its former chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, were being reviewed. The Acting Director of Public...
Insecurity: Adequate Training Responsible For Our Success In South East — Army
The Nigerian Army has said that the significant successes it had recorded in the Southeast and some parts of Southsouth were due to adequate training given to the troops. The General Officer Commanding 82 Division, Nigerian Army, Major General Hassan Taiwo Dada, stated this at a security sensitisation lecture for officers and soldiers at the Headquarters 82 Division, Enugu. The lecture,...
Southeast Residents Ignore Sit-At-Home Order Storm Uzodimma’s Inauguration
In what looks like end to the Monday’s sit-at-home order of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), the residents of the southeast region were seen trooping in to Imo state to participate in the second term inauguration of the Imo state governor, Hope Uzodimma. People were seen trooping into Dan Anyiam stadium in Owerri, venue of inauguration ceremony. It has always been...
