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FG Centralise Passport Production After 62 Years
The Nigeria Immigration Service has officially ended passport production at multiple centres, transitioning to a single, centralised system for the first time in 62 years. Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, said this on Thursday while inspecting Nigeria’s new Centralised Passport Personalisation Centre at the NIS Headquarters in Abuja. He stated that since the establishment of NIS in 1963, Nigeria had...
South Africa To Face FIFA’s Disciplinary Actions For Fielding Mokoena
The world’s football governing body, FIFA, has officially opened disciplinary actions against South Africa for fielding an ineligible player, Teboho Mokoena, during a 2026 World Cup qualifying match against Lesotho in March. South African outlet, SABC Sport, reports that FIFA has levelled charges against the South African Football Association and Mokoena. The report stated, “In a letter to SAFA dated September...
Africa’s First Underground Tunnel Project Commences In Lagos – SGOF
The Surveyor General of the Federation (SGOF) Surv. Abuduganiyu Adebomehin, has announced that the Federal Government’s ambitious project to construct Africa’s first underground tunnel is set to commence in Lagos State. When completed, the tunnel will connect Victoria Island to Badagry. This will mark a significant milestone not only in Nigeria’s Infrastructure Development but also that of the entire continent. Adebomehin...
“I Have Forgiven Fubara, Peace Has Return To Rivers” – Wike
The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, says he has made peace with Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State. Mr Wike spoke on Thursday night when he appeared as a guest on Channels TV’s Politics Today. Wike and Fubara had been in prolonged face-off over the control of political structures in Rivers State less than six months after Mr...
LASTMA Deploy UAVs To Enhance Traffic Management In Lagos
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has deployed state-of-the-art Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to enhance traffic management, strengthen security surveillance and reinforce public safety across Lagos metropolis. The General Manager of the authority, Mr Olalekan Bakare-Oki, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Lagos. He said the transition from traditional analog method to advanced digital intelligence harmonised with...
Kaduna Govt Implement N72,000 Minimum Wage For Workers
The Kaduna State Government has begun implementing the new N72,000 minimum wage for civil servants, with workers on Grade Levels 1–6 being the first beneficiaries. The announcement was made by the Nigeria Labour Congress, Kaduna State Council, during a press briefing on Thursday, where the union confirmed that the process had officially commenced but insisted that full implementation for all...
2027: Buhari’s Loyalist Support Atiku, Slams Tinubu’s APC
In a dramatic political shift ahead of the 2027 general elections, some loyalists of former President Muhammadu Buhari have declared support for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, signalling deep cracks within the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The move was formalised yesterday, at a private meeting in Abuja, where state chairmen of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, Buhari’s...
Trump To Make Acquisition Of U.S. Citizenship Harder With Revised Civics Test
The Trump administration is moving to make it harder for immigrants to gain U.S. citizenship by reinstating a tougher version of the naturalization civics test first introduced in 2020. The proposed changes would expand the pool of possible questions from 100 to 128 and require applicants to answer 12 out of 20 correctly to pass. The current test requires six...
Rivers Assembly Resume Sitting Thursday
The Rivers State House of Assembly is set to resume legislative sitting from 10am, Thursday. Information available has it that the assembly, led my its Speakers, Hon. Martin Amaewhule, will resume sitting at the Assembly Residential Complex on Aba-Port Harcourt expressway. It was gathered that the 27 lawmakers had arrived the state some days before the expiration of the State of...
Trump Investigates Antifa ‘Major Terrorist Organisation’
US President Donald Trump said he would designate “Antifa” — a shorthand term for “anti-fascist” used to describe diffuse far-left groups — as “a major terrorist organization,” a move he threatened in his first term. For years Trump has blamed Antifa for various wrongs, from violence against police to being behind the US Capitol riot on January 6, 2021 that...
