FG makes NIN mandatory for passport issuance from 2018

The Federal Government Tuesday said that with effect from January 2018, Nigerians seeking for International Passport must be holders of the electronic National Identity Card which has the National Identity Number (NIN).

This was disclosed by the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Mohammed Babadede while speaking with State House correspondents after a meeting of the National Identity Management Harmonization committee at the State House, Abuja.

The Federal Government in 2014 had ordered all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and security organizations involved in all forms of biometric data capture of Nigerians to complete their registrations and handover to the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC).

Davido's Father Goes To Prisons

Nigerian billionaire, Deji Adeleke was at the Ilesha and Ile-Ife prisons where he distributed beddings and cash to prisons inmates.

Davido is a giver. That is a known fact, but now we know that his heart of gold runs in the blood.

The inmates at the medium security prisons at Ilesha and Ile Ife in Osun state have had cause to smile after a rare visit by Davido’s father, Dr. Deji Adeleke who is one of Nigeria’s richest men.

When Baba Olowo visits, there is expected to be a rain of goodies and he did not disappoint.

He did this under the canopy of his non-governmental organisation, Springtime Development Foundation.

CNN Mocks Nigeria over Buhari’s Continued Absence in Country

The United States television medium, Cable News Network, CNN, has mocked Nigeria in its latest edition of “The Global Public Square (GPS)”, a foreign affairs show anchored on CNN by Fareed Zakaria, Vanguard reports.

In an apparent mockery of Nigeria and her President Muhammadu Buhari, CNN, on its programme displayed at 4:59pm local time on Sunday said, “The head of state from which country has not set foot in his homeland in over two months?”

President Orders Shooting Of Drug Traffickers

The president has previously been criticised for ordering executions against convicted drug traffickers who were given the death penalty by courts.

President Joko Widodo of Indonesia wants a permanent end to drug peddling.

He says peddlers are destroying his people and he wants them shot if they refuse to be arrested peacefully.

The instruction is part of emergency efforts to tackle narcotic use in the South-East Asia nation.

“Be firm, especially to foreign drug dealers who enter the country and resist arrest,” Widodo told law enforcement officers on Monday.

Nollywood Actress Leaves Jail

Lola Margaret has left an Atlanta jail in America after she was allegedly accused of money laundering and card fraud.

Yoruba actress, Lola Margaret Oladipupo has finally been released from an Atlanta jail weeks after she was arrested over card fraud and money laundering allegations.

The Atlanta police detained the actress over claims that she attempted to withdraw suspicious sums from her account.

Army Demotes Major-General To Brigadier-General

Ibrahim Sani, one time Chief of Transformation and Innovation Centre of the Nigerian Army has been demoted after he was convicted for cheating.

Sani had been standing trial in the court since 2015 after he was accused of dividing and allocating army land to himself.

The court sat at the Mogadishu Cantonment, Asokoro, Abuja.

The President of the court, AVM James Gbum ordered the convict to return N23 million being the money he got after he sold the part of the army land.

NPFL: Rivers United Suffers Home Loss

Rivers United's Israel Daniel
In jersey number 16

After crashing out of the CAF Confederation Cup, Rivers United received more knocks at home as they were beaten by Sunshine Stars in Port Harcourt.

The Yakubu Gowon Stadium fortress has been penetrated and dismantled.

The home fans looked cold and more exhausted then the players on the pitch as they kept asking one another - Is this really our team?

No side, since February 19, 2016 had beaten the ‘Pride of Rivers’ at that venue in domestic competition but on Wednesday, July 19 2017, history was re-written.