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Muhammad Babandede, Comptroller-General, NIS, disclosed that the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) issued 20,000 10-year enhanced e-passports in the month of June in Abuja on Friday at the official decoration of four senior officers promoted to the rank of Deputy Comptroller- ...

A legal action has been constituted against President Muhammadu Buhari and some of his key appointees at the Federal High Court, Abuja by the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) over what is called the “continued illegal stay in office ...

Osita Aboloma, the Director General of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), has vowed to rid the country of sub-standard products. Aboloma, said this at a one-day National Stakeholders’ Sensitisation Forum in Kaduna yesterday, he also cautioned Nigerians against patronising ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed all business data generating agencies in the country to furnish the Joint Tax Board (JTB) with all vital information necessary for its activities. This is as the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) plans to get ...

Vice Provincial Superior, Redemptorist of Nigeria, Fr. Joterio Aghoja, has said that the fragile security situation in Nigeria is as a result of failure in governance. He stated this yesterday during the Mary of Perpetual Help and Parish Feast Day Celebration ...

The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations (UN) has identified climate change and conflicts as threats to livestock production and food security in the Northeast. Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states have been the worst hit by the ...

Taraba State has been listed among six other states selected to benefit from the N23 billion United States Agency for International Development (USAID) intervention on Effective Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Services (E-WASH) pilot programme in Nigeria. Taraba was selected along IMO, Sokoto, ...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has suspended implementation of the new tariffs, which came into effect on June 1, 2019. Chairman, Governing Council of NAFDAC, Inuwa Abdul-Kadir, who disclosed this yesterday said the status ...

Archbishop of Bendel Province, Anglican Communion, Reverend Friday Imaekhai, has charged the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to double its efforts at tackling the country’s worsening unemployment. He argued that creating jobs, especially for young Nigerians would be the panacea to ...

Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni has relaxed curfew in the state by one hour, following its Security Council meeting in Damaturu, the state capital. A statement issued by Director General Press Affairs to the Governor, Abdullahi Bego in Damaturu, ...