BREAKING: FG bows to pressure reduces visa fees for Americans The Federal Government has approved a reduction in visa charges payable by United States citizens from $180 to $150. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, explained on Wednesday, that the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Immigration Service, Muhammad Babandede, had been directed to implement the decrease in the visa charges with …

NIGERIA-BENIN BORDER PARTIALLY CLOSED DUE TO SMUGGLING ACTIVITIES, SAYS PRESIDENT BUHARI President Muhammadu Buhari has attributed the partial closure of Nigeria’s border with Benin Republic to the massive smuggling activities, especially of rice, taking place on that corridor. The Nigerian leader gave the reason during an audience granted his Beninois counterpart, Patrice Talon, on the margins of the Seventh Tokyo …

SENATOR MINORITY LEADER, ABARIBE INDICTS NBA OVER ONNOGHEN’S REMOVAL Senate Minority Leader, Eyinnaya Abaribe has indicted the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) over its inaction in the removal of former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Samuel Walter Onnoghen. Abaribe, who spoke at the Rule of Law symposium in the 2019 NBA Annual Conference in Lagos yesterday, argued that if the …

Lagos Assembly begins probe of Ambode over N45 billion contract for buses August 27, 2019 Lagos governor, Ambode, proposes N1.046 trillion 2018 budget Lagos House passes N813 billion 2017 budget Lagos Assembly passes N1.046 trillion budget for 2018 Ambode to present 2017 budget to Lagos lawmakers Tuesday Ambode clarifies Lagos’ N500 billion bond The Lagos State House Assembly on Tuesday …

THE VISIONARY SCHEME OF GOV. IKPEAZU FOR A NEW ABIA. By Kingsley Maduforo Brian Tracy, a prolific writer, speaker, entrepreneur and success expert, once said that “all successful people are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work everyday toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.” Every successful person has …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday appointed a 16-member new Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). In a statement in Abuja, Olusegun Adekunle, Permanent Secretary, General Services Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, noted that the appointment was subject to the confirmation of the appointees by the Senate. According to Adekunle, the Interim Management …

By: Kingsley Omonobi – Abuja. IG appoints new CP for Enugu State. **Orders him to restore sanity in the state The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu has ordered the immediate posting of CP Ahmad Abdulrahman to Enugu State Command as Commissioner of Police in charge of the State. He takes over from CP Sulaiman Balarabe, who has been redeployed …

I CONGRATULATE MY GOVERNOR AND THE GOOD PEOPLE OF ABIA STATE I want to personally congratulate His Excellency Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu and the good people of Abia State on this occasion of the 28th anniversary of our State’s creation. As I reflect on our journey so far, how far we have come, the contributions of our people to the larger …

The Abia  State Chairman,Public Service  joint Negotiating Council and major leader of Nigerian Leader Congress ,Comrade Chris Okoro has disclosed that within a short while the leave allowances of 2017 and all the other outstanding salaries being owed to Abia workers will be paid. Comrade Okoro who made this disclosure while interacting with newsmen during the 28th anniversary celebration held …

THE NYSC SHOULD MAKE UNIFORMS FOR CORPS MEMBERS IN ABA IKPEAZU Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has yet again challenged the management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to look inwards and produce uniforms for Corp Members in Aba, stating that there would not get any better quality than the ones made in Aba. The Governor threw this challenge today in …