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FG Tells Immigration Personnel To Provide Efficient Customer Service
The Federal Government has charged personnel of the Nigeria Immigration Service NIS to continue to offer excellent services to its clients, declaring that efficient customer service is a right and not a privilege. Comptroller General of the Immigration Service CGIS, Kemi Nanna Nandap, gave the charge on Monday in Abuja when she declared open the 2025 SERVICOM Customer Service Week. She...
Senate To Withdraw 10-years Passports Of Nigerians Convicted Abroad
The Senate on Tuesday considered a bill seeking to amend the Passport (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act to impose penalties on Nigerians convicted of crimes abroad, including the withdrawal of their international passports for a minimum of 10 years. The bill, sponsored by Abubakar Bello (Niger North), aims to redeem Nigeria’s image in the international community and curb criminal activities by citizens...
WAEC Assures Efficient, Seamless Conduct Of 2026 Computer-Based WASSCE
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has assured students, parents, and schools that the 2026 Computer-Based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (CB-WASSCE) will be conducted smoothly and efficiently. Speaking during a sensitisation campaign in Lagos on Wednesday, the Head of the WAEC National Office, Dr. Amos Dangut, said every candidate who registers for the CB-WASSCE 2026 will be able...
Tinubu Declines Assent To Transport Technology, Library Trust Fund Bills, Cites Fiscal Loopholes
President Bola Tinubu has declined assent to two bills recently passed by the National Assembly, citing fiscal loopholes, policy conflicts and unsustainable provisions in public administration. They are the Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology (Establishment) Bill, 2025, and the National Library Trust Fund (Establishment, etc.) Amendment Bill, 2025. Tinubu explained in separate letters addressed to the President of the Senate, Godswill...
FG Urge ASUU To Shelve Planned Strike
The federal government has appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to shelve its planned strike which is expected to start next week. The government said there was no need for the union to embark on strike as it was committed to addressing all outstanding demands raised by the union. The Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa made the appeal...
Presidency Disagrees With World Bank’s Poverty Report
The Presidency has disputed the latest economic report by Nigeria’s biggest multilateral lender, the World Bank, which estimated that 139 million citizens were living in poverty, describing the figure as “unrealistic” and detached from the country’s economic realities. President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Public Communication, Sunday Dare, said in a post on his official X handle on...
Tinubu Approves N70bn For TETFund Mini-grid Solar Project
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved a sum of ₦70 billion for the implementation of the Mini-Grid Solar Power Project under the 2025 Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) intervention cycle. Chairman of the TETFund Board of Trustees, Rt. Hon. Aminu Bello Masari disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja at the 2025 TETFund National Town Hall Meeting, which brought together key...
Court Adjourns Nnamdi Kanu’s Trial To October 16 Over Missing NMA Medical Report (Video)
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, adjourned the terrorism trial of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, to October 16, 2025, following the failure of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) to present its medical report on Kanu’s health condition. https://youtube.com/shorts/MdcLbs3Awx0 The court had earlier directed the NMA President to...
Abia LP Reps Caucus Condemns Deputy Speaker Kalu Over ‘Arrogant, Divisive’ Remarks Against Gov. Otti
The Abia State Labour Party (LP) Caucus in the House of Representatives has lashed out at the Deputy Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu, accusing him of arrogance, recklessness, and attempts to incite political tension in the state through what it described as “unguarded and inflammatory” statements. In a statement signed by members of the caucus and made...
Deputy Speaker, Kalu Should Use His Office To Support Abia’s Development — LP Caucus
The Abia State Labour Party (LP) Caucus in the House of Representatives urged Kalu to use his national position to assist Abia in securing and executing federal projects instead of playing “cheap politics.” They highlighted several federal projects facilitated under the Otti administration, including the Port Harcourt Road in Aba, Ohafia-Arochukwu Road, Omenuko Bridge, and the 25km Umuahia–Ikot Ekpene Road,...
