President Muhammadu Buhari has set up a committee to study and address the issues that made the US to suspend issuance of immigrant visas to Nigerian passport holders. On Friday, the US announced temporary travel restrictions on six countries, including Nigeria. The suspension did not apply to other US visas such as those for official, business, tourism and student travel. The US said it [...]
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The senate has summoned Rauf Aregbesola, minister of interior, over the visa-on-arrival policy announced by the federal government for all Africans. The upper legislative chamber also said it will domesticate the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCTA) signed by Nigeria in July. The resolutions of the senate followed a motion sponsored by Olubunmi Adetunmbi, senator representing Ekiti north. While moving the motion on [...]
Rauf Aregbesola, minister of interior, says to maintain the country's security, lost social values need to be brought back. Speaking at a town-hall meeting in Katsina state on Tuesday, Aregbesola said the "moral fabric" of the country has been destroyed by military rule and "irresponsible" governments. He said inequality in society motivates hoodlums to engage in crime. "In dealing with insecurity, we need [...]
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BY SEMIU OKANLAWON Trust Nigerians, hardly had he rounded off his first visit to the Ministry of Interiors than cartoonists, graphic artists went to work. In a jiffy, the tweeting facebooking and instagramming generation had gone to work to serve us different interpretations of what the new Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, said shortly after his oath taking. “Interior Ministry for [...]
Rauf Aregbesola, minister of interior, has directed the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) to produce the international passport to eligible applicants within 48 hours. The minister made this known on Friday during the agency's management retreat in Lagos. Aregbesola said doing that will make Nigeria a preferred destination for investors and visitors. He also lamented the unpleasant experiences many applicants are subjected to before [...]
Some ministers visited their respective offices shortly after their portfolios were assigned to them on Wednesday. Among these minsters are Babatunde Fashola, minister of works and housing; Rauf Aregbesola, minister of interior and Olamilekun Adegbite, minister of mines and steel development. Others include Sharon Ikeazor, minister of environment; Godswill Akpabio, minister of Niger Delta and Muhammad Bello minister of federal capital territory (FCT). They [...]
Rauf Aregbesola, the newly appointed minister of interior, says he does not know much about the ministry beyond what he has read in the newspapers. The minister, who with others was inaugurated on Wednesday, said this when he visited the ministry. Addressing officials, Aregbesola admitted that he had no idea of the ministry’s policies and operations, and he instructed Georgina Ehuriah, the [...]
Rauf Aregbesola, former governor of Osun state, says Nigeria is being misled by "misguided, badly groomed and disoriented people" due to leadership collapse at the family level. According to NAN, Aregbesola spoke on Saturday at the seventh edition of the youth leadership summit organised by students' executives of the University of Ilorin. Describing leadership at the family level as the most strategic, [...]
Rauf Aregbesola, a ministerial nominee from Osun and former governor of the state, says he will impose heavy taxes on high net-worth individuals if he eventually becomes a minister. Aregbesola made this known on Monday while responding to questions during his ministerial screening. Theodore Orji, the senator representing Abia central, had asked Aregbesola to share his opinion on multiple taxation and how [...]
Rochas Okorocha, senator representing Imo west, says Rauf Aregbesola, former governor of Osun state, will speak up if President Muhammadu Buhari makes a mistake on any decision. The senator said this during the screening of Aregbesola, a ministerial nominee, on Monday. He said the former governor is known for his use of power for the benefit of the masses. "When the great philosopher [...]
Elisha Abbo, senator representing Adamawa north, on Monday narrated how Rauf Aregbesola, ministerial nominee from Osun state, gave him his one-month salary to contest the chairmanship election in his hometown in 2012. Speaking on Monday during the screening of ministerial nominees at the senate, Abbo said Aregbesola showed him kindness seven years back and providence has now made it possible for [...]
Ademola Adeleke, candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2018 governorship election in Osun, says being an honest dancer is better than looting the state treasury. He said this in response to a statement credited to Gboyega Oyetola, governor of the state, who had said he felt ridiculed contesting against Adeleke in the gubernatorial election. In a statement released on Thursday, [...]
Gboyega Oyetola, governor of Osun state, has ordered the cancellation of a proposed trip of local council chairmen in the state to Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In a statement on Monday, Adeniyi Adesina, chief press secretary to the governor, said the foreign trip was cancelled owing to the financial situation of the state. The 68 council chairman had proposed to embark on [...]
Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), fled the podium when suspected thugs threw objects towards his direction at the MKO International Stadium in Abeokuta, Ogun state, on Monday. The embarrassing incident happened during the APC presidential rally in the state. Akinwunmi Ambode, governor of Lagos; Kayode Fayemi, his Ekiti counterpart; and Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state, also [...]
The Osun government on Thursday launched a 10-year development plan aimed at improving the economy of the state as well as human capital. The unveiling takes place five days before the end of Rauf Aregbesola's tenure as governor of the state. Olalekan Yinusa, the state's commissioner for economic planning, budget and development, said the Osun Development Plan 2019-2028 was hinged on four [...]
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