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The Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammad Babandede, has adjusted the visa fee for American citizens to $160 in deference to the directive of the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola. The change has been effected in the service’s ...

The pervasive insecurity, poverty and corruption in Nigeria have been blamed on the past inactions of the nation’s leaders. The country’s Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) of the military President Ibrahim Babangida administration in 1992 was specifically fingered as the precursor ...

Crisis is imminent as the Cross River House of Assembly is about to begin legislation on a bill seeking the establishment of Land Use and Allocation Management Commission (LUAC) to do away with the Land Use Act 1978, which it ...

Nigeria and the European Union (EU) has signed a €50 million (N19.65 billion) memorandum of understanding (MoU) to support the development of the insurgency-ravaged North East geo-political region. The latest pact, signed by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Geoffrey Onyeama, ...

Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria, Patrick Akinwuntan, has urged bankers in the country to make deliberate efforts to reposition their skillsets and knowledge-scope in order to meet with the challenges of a fast-changing business environment and marketplace. Akinwuntan, who spoke at ...

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has declared his readiness to tackle poor remuneration in the state’s civil service, stressing that poor wages packages could be counterproductive to the anti-corruption fight. Governor Makinde, who made the assertion, while addressing the newly ...

Minister of State for Environment, Sharon Ikeazor has cautioned pensioners against patronising those she referred to as fake agents during their pensions verification, saying most of them fall into the hands of fraudsters when they want to perfect their documents. ...

Scholars and activists have blamed the increasing insecurity, poverty and corruption in the country on past decisions of the nation’s elites and leaders. Specifically, the country’s business model since 1982, the structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) was identified as a major ...

The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to full charge of the nation’s security challenges by changing the strategy that has not produced positive results. It’s National President, Christopher Isiguzo stated this at a town hall ...

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has canvassed the establishment of state police as a solution to the prevailing security challenges in the country. He noted that the present security structure in the country makes it difficult for the Federal Government-controlled ...