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Sample of Nigerian Passport The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the granting of Nigerian citizenship to 385 applicants who have met the requirements. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, disclosed this on Wednesday while briefing State House correspondents after the FEC meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. According …

Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s Minister of Information The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says President Muhammadu Buhari has no business meddling in affairs of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Mohammed said it is INEC’s exclusive preserve to handle the controversy that trailed the just-concluded Adamawa governorship election where …

Union Bank of Nigeria Plc has admitted it may be facing its worst nightmare yet after a Nigerian court awarded N1.49trn against the bank. The bank looks to the Supreme Court to upturn the judgment made by the appeal court. In the Union Bank’s ‘assessment of contingent liabilities’ contained in …

Airport The striking aviation unions on Tuesday vowed to have a total shutdown of the airports after seven days as they staged a procession to the international wing of the Murtala Muhammad International Airport (MMIA). Security operatives also took over the venue of the protest where the unions converged on …

Moonbin Moonbin, a South Korean actor and member of the K-pop boy band Astro, has passed away at the age of 25. His music label Fantagio announced in a statement on Thursday. “Members of Astro and fellow artists and staff at Fantagio are deeply saddened and shocked as we mourn …

Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu Nigeria’s President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has called on police authorities to fully investigate all that transpired in the Adamawa governorship election given that attendant controversy. Last Sunday, there was drama in Yola when the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Yunusa Hudu Ari, usurped the power of the …

Court Two persons, Alice Tojare, 26, and Adebisi Seyi, 30, were on Monday arraigned before an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun for allegedly defrauding a man of N508, 000 through fake transfer. Seyi and Tojare allegedly defrauded one Ezike Samuel by doing fake money transfer to him after buying goods …

The governor-elect of Enugu State, Mr Peter Mbah, was never convicted for corruption as being speculated in some quarters. One of his lawyers, Chief Emeka Ozoani, stated this in Enugu on Monday during an interaction with some newsmen. Ozoani, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, further added that Mr Mbah was …

EFCC officials on the prowl to arrest vote-buyers The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it arrested 12 people for alleged vote-buying in Saturday’s supplementary polls in Kano and Katsina States. The EFCC Kano Zonal Commander, Faruk Dogondaji, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an interview that …

INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission and the Economic and Financial Crime Commission have appointed 18 lawyers to prosecute electoral offenders. The commissions also appointed two Senior Advocates of Nigeria. The 18 lawyers – all legal officers of both INEC and the EFCC – will prosecute electoral …