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10 years Validity Nigerian Passport in December

10 years Validity Nigerian Passport in December The issuance of Nigerian Passport with 10 years validity will commence in December 2018, the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has said. Mr Mohammed Babandede, Comptroller-General of NIS, unveiled the plan when he visited Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo state...

Nigeria Has Room To Borrow More – Udoma

Nigeria Has Room To Borrow More - Udoma Nigeria still has ample room to borrow more whenever it needs to do so, the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udo Udoma, has said. He explained that the country was not running any debt risk, adding...

No travel ban list -Presidency

No travel ban list- Presidency The Presidency has denied issuing a list of Nigerians affected by a travel ban as it also clarified that the Executive Order No. 6 is not a political weapon against opposition but part of revolutionary efforts to rid Nigeria of...

Nigeria Needs $1tn Investment To Modernise Energy In 29years – Osinbajo

Nigeria Needs $1tn Investment To Modernise Energy In 29years – Osinbajo   Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday said Nigeria needed about $1tn investment to modernise its energy infrastructure in 29 years. He, however, noted that the report of a study of the Energy Investment Risk Assessment presented...

Nigeria Bleeding Under Chinese, Foreign Loans – Duke

Nigeria Bleeding Under Chinese, Foreign Loans – Duke   The Social Democratic Party presidential flagbearer, Donald Duke, has expressed concern over the growing indebtedness of the nation to China and other countries, stating that Nigeria is haemorrhaging under foreign loans. Stating that the government needed to indigenise...

Paris Club: FG Recalls Five States Disbursements

Paris Club: FG Recalls Five States Disbursements It may have drew the ire of some, but the Federal Government, yesterday, ordered the recall of the second tranche of London and Paris Club Refunds disbursed to five states, amounting to about $2.7 billion (N972 billion.) No reason...