The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has said that it issued more than 2 million passports to Nigerians in 2023. Comptroller-General Immigration, Caroline Wura-Ola Adepoju, disclosed this on Tuesday during a Diaspora virtual lecture series. The lecture was tagged ‘New Passport Policy/Processes for Nigerians in the Diaspora Confirmation’ organised by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM). […]
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Nigerian Government, in partnership with both the World Health Organisation and the United Nations Children’s Fund, have commenced trainings for medical professionals on the right application and handling of oxygen as a drug. This initiative, our correspondent gathered, is in line with the FG’s resolve to bridge the oxygen application deficit gap among health practitioners. […]
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No fewer than 723 schools are said to have been closed down in nine states across the country due to insecurity and occupation of the school premises by state and non-state actors, Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, including incidents of flood leading to obstruction of teaching and learning in the affected schools. According to the United […]
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Three months after all Nigeria’s ambassadors were recalled, the compilation of the new ambassadors’ list by the Federal Government is still in progress, it has been reported. On September 2, 2023, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu recalled all Nigeria’s ambassadors, both career and non-career. They were asked to return to the country on or before October […]
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has debunked any plan to convert the $30billion deposits in domiciliary bank accounts to the local currency in order to save Naira from free fall against the United States Dollar. A newspaper (not Diplomat Nigeria) had reported that there were strong signs that the Federal Government was planning a […]
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The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, has secured a reduction in the charges for 2024 Hajj from the Saudi Arabian Government. The reductions, according to Fatima Sanda Usara, the Commission’s Deputy Director of Public Affairs, were attained in the cost of air fare, accommodation and Masha’ir packages. Usara noted that the achievement was made […]
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Operators of Bureau De Change (BDC) have announced shut down of operation in the Nigeria’s Capital City of Abuja as a result of scarcity of dollars. Chairman of the Association, Mallam Abdulahi Dauran, announced this in the nation’s capital, on Wednesday. He linked the development to online business transaction and cryptocurrency. Daurau explained that the […]
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The Southwest states of Nigeria have appealed to the new Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Mr Jalal Ahmed Arabi, to release their 2022 hajj refunds withheld by his predecessor Mr Zikirullah Kunle Hassan. The states are: Lagos, Ogun, Osun, Ondo, Oyo and Ekiti. The Southwest states revealed […]
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The Nigerian government is partnering with a United States based hospital, St Jude Global, to combat childhood cancer in Nigeria. The Minister of State for… The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Tunji Alausa, revealed this when a delegation from St Jude Global, visited him in his office in Abuja, on Monday. […]
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Our economic and trade relations are strong and growing. Currently, nearly 150 Indian companies with an investment of $27 billion are in Nigeria, mainly in the manufacturing sector and employ the largest number of people after the Federal Government Gangadharan Balasubramanian, Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, revealed Friday that 150 Indian companies have invested […]
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