•Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo and Nigerian passport The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has announced the rollout of an enhanced passport tracking feature. The update posted by the Service on X today followed rising public clamour over delays in passport issuance and collection. According to the Service, it had observed that hund...
•Malami The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday seized the international passport of a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN. The seizure was part of the ongoing investigation of the whereabouts of $490 million Abacha loot secured through Mutual Legal Assistance (MLAT)...
•Tambuwal and EFCC operative The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has granted bail to former Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, after questioning him over alleged fraudulent cash withdrawals totalling N189bn. Tambuwal, who governed Sokoto State from 2015 to 2023, was invited to the EFCC headquarters in Abuja on Monday, arriving aro...
•Drivers’ licence, number plate Nigerians have continued to express frustration over the rising cost of living since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu assumed office. Many lament that the prices of basic commodities and essential services have doubled—or in some cases, tripled—without any sign of relief in sight, reports Daily Trust. In the last one...
•Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro Brazil’s top court yesterday refused to return the passport of right-wing former president Jair Bolsonaro so that he could attend the inauguration of US President Donald Trump. The court said Bolsonaro still posed a flight risk, almost a year since his passport was seized as part of an investigation into [&hell...
•Nigerian passport Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has declared that the failure of the Nigeria Immigration Service to issue passport in six weeks after the applicant has fulfilled all requirements for the issuance of a Nigerian passport within six weeks as illegal and a contravention of the law. The […]
•Nigerian Passport The federal government has increased the fees for the procurement of Nigerian Passport with effect from the 1st of September 2024. A statement by the spokesman of the Nigeria Immigration Service, DCI Kenneth Udo, says the increment is a part of the government’s efforts to maintain the quality and integrity of the Nigerian [&...
The man featured in a viral video, in which his wife reportedly tore up his passport upon their return to Nigeria, has clarified that the entire incident was staged as a skit. In a recent video shared on the family’s Instagram page, the man could be seen in the company of his children begging Nigerians […]
•This woman tore husband’s passport at airport due to family issues The woman who tore her husband’s international passport at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos has dared him to narrate what led to her action. The footage, which captured the woman tearing her husband’s Nigerian Standard Passport shortly after the...
•Nigerian passport The Nigerian passport has been ranked among the worst on the globe highlighting significant challenges for Nigerian travelers seeking international mobility. The latest assessment by VisaGuide’s World Passport Index ranked the Nigerian passport at 191 out of 199 countries above countries like North Korea (192), Iraq (193), L...

