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FG Commences Payment Of New Pension To Retirees

Ayomide Oyewole 10/06/2021

The Federal Government through the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate, PTAD, has begun the payment of the consequential adjustment to pensioners under the Defined Benefit Scheme, DBS. The Executive Secretary of PTAD, Chioma Ejikeme, disclosed this development through a statement by the Directorate’s Head of Corporate Communications, Mr Gbenga Ajayi, informing that the payment was in […]Read More

FG Abolishes Degree/HND Dichotomy In Civil Defence, Immigration, Others.

Ayomide Oyewole 15/05/2019

The Federal Government has abolished the dichotomy between holders of Bachelor’s degree and those with Higher National Diploma (HND) in all the services under the ministry of interior. The agencies affected are the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Nigeria Immigration Service, Nigeria Prisons Service and Federal Fire Service. Before now, personnel with HND certificates […]Read More

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Trump Ignites New Immigration Commotion ahead of State of the

Ayomide Oyewole 04/02/2019

President Donald Trump is carving new divides on immigration ahead of his State of the Union address that likely offer a more reliable guide to the year ahead than the ritual calls for national unity he is expected to issue on Tuesday night. “With Caravans marching through Mexico and toward our Country, Republicans must be […]Read More

FEC Approves N12.66b For Prison Vehicles, Fire Equipment

Ayomide Oyewole 08/11/2018

N628m for Abuja airport runway The Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday approved N12.66 billion to buy equipment for the Fire Service. Also included are the procurements of 116 Green Maria vehicles for the Nigeria Prison Service, and data control and communication centre for the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS). The council, presided over by President Muhammadu […]Read More

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Trump says he plans to scrap birthright citizenship.

Ayomide Oyewole 31/10/2018

President Donald Trump said he will scrap a constitutional guarantee to citizenship for anyone born on US soil in a headline-grabbing move bolstering his anti-immigration platform a week before midterm elections. The surprise announcement in an interview with Axios, released in part on Tuesday, followed the dispatch of more than 5,000 regular troops to the […]Read More

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“Stop Extorting Travelers” NIS Comptroller-General

Ayomide Oyewole 11/10/2018

Muhammad Babandede, the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, has directed an investigation into the alleged extortion of travellers by some officers and men of the NIS. The directive was conveyed via a statement issued by the Service Public Relations Officer, Mr Sunday James, on Thursday in Abuja. The statement said the ports of entry […]Read More