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The Federal Government has declared Thursday, July 30 and Friday, July 31 as public holiday for the celebration of Eid-el-Kabir. The declaration of the holiday is contained in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Georgina Ehuriah. Ehuriah stated that the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, while congratulating muslims urged…
The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has described as commendable the lack of coronavirus case in the nation’s correctional centres. Aregbesola made the remark on Thursday during the briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja. He explained that the 14 persons said to have contracted the disease in Bauchi were not…
Wednesday June 10, 2020, was ‘judgment day’ for Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola. Incidentally, the day had broken with stories of denials of rift between him and his political mentor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former two-term Governor of Lagos State, and National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC). The APC had outlawed all…
Senateor Bola Tinubu, National Leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, on Tuesday debunked speculations of any cold war between him and the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, stating that he remained his leader. Tinubu, in a statement by his media adviser, Tunde Rahman, stated that ‘there is no war, cold or hot, between us.”…
The Federal Government on Tuesday explained that the Chinese medical team brought into the country has remained in Nigeria despite visa expiration and completion of its job because of the ban on flights. The restriction order, it would be recalled, was given to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the country. In Beijing, China, members…
The Federal Government has called on the United States of America to consider the long standing relationship between the two countries and reverse its Visa restrictions on Nigeria. Director Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Interior, Mr Mohammed Manga, in a statement said the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, made the call on Thursday.…
The Federal Government on Tuesday in Abuja launched a New Visa Policy, NVP, to boost the nation’s economy and allow travellers to visit Nigeria without visas and only commence the process of obtaining visa upon arrival into the country. The Service Public Relations Officer, Mr Sunday James, who disclosed this in a statement made available…
The Senate on Tuesday summoned the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, before its committees on Interior, Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters to brief the upper chamber on the legal and constitutional issues surrounding the implementation of President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent visa-on-arrival policy. The decision to invite the minister was reached sequel to the consideration…
The Senate on Tuesday is to summon the Ministers of Police Affairs, Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi, and Interior Minister, Rauf Aregbesola, over the deteriorating conditions of police colleges across the country. The resolution to summon them was reached after the consideration of a motion sponsored by Senator Barinada Mpigi (PDP, Rivers South East) and nine others…
The Federal Government is open to meaningful ideas that can help in the formulation of policies to tackle the challenges of internal insecurity, the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has said. This is as he identified internal security as Nigeria’s major challenge at the moment. According to him, the government was receptive to ideas and…
