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The Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, deported a total of 61 foreign nationals from the country in August 2024. This is according to a report released by the Service detailing its achievements for August 2024. NIS said the exercise is to address and curb the issue of irregular migration in the country. The report partly read, “The NIS eased out 61 foreign nationals to address irregular migration. The new Visa Policy facilitated 8,352 Visas on Arrival.” DAILY POST reports that this is not the first time the Immigration Service has deported foreign nationals from the country. The NIS had between 2020…

Ace Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, popularly known as Omosexy, has finally spoken about her periodic breaks from Nollywood. The 46-year-old actress broke her silence while addressing curious fans questioning why she abandoned her acting career. Omotola in a post on her Instagram page, revealed that she takes deliberate breaks to unwind and rejuvenate after years of work. “I know many don’t understand why I take time off movies for a few years and then come back again. “I have seen fans asking when I’ll return to the screen, but when you have been working since age 15 like I have,…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to direct the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to quickly reverse what it described as the illegal and unconstitutional increase in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) across its retail outlets. SERAP, in a statement by its Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, on Sunday, also urged Tinubu to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to probe allegations of corruption and mismanagement in NNPCL, including the spending of the reported $300 million ‘bailout funds’ collected from the…

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has advised Nigerians in the diaspora to remain strong and optimistic about a better future for Nigeria. He made the call during a virtual interactive session with some Nigerians in the diaspora on Saturday. Atiku urged Nigerian citizens not to give up on the nation despite the current socio-economic challenges. According to him, the state of the economy has led to untold hardship for millions of Nigerians, and the poverty index continues to rise. He said Nigerians in the diaspora play a significant role in shaping the country’s future. “I urge you not to give…

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said that the recent increase in Value Added Tax, VAT, is set to become the blazing inferno that will consume the very essence of Nigerian people. Atiku said that Tinubu, alongside his advisers, resolved to raise the VAT rate from 7.5% to 10%, even when the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, had announced a soaring PMS price increase at the pump. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate in the last election, in a post on his X handle on Sunday, said the move unveils a new era of regressive and punitive policies.…

The national leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has expressed confidence of winning the 2027 presidential election. Kwankwaso, who was the party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, made the outburst on Saturday when he inaugurated the NNPP Secretariat, along IBB Way, Katsina. The former Kano State Governor was in Katsina for a condolence visit to the Yar’Adua family over the death of their matriarch, Hajiya Dada. He said that the party was ready to take over the presidency, states and other positions across the country come 2027. According to him, the party was heading towards…

Oyo State Fire Service has confirmed the fire incident that occurred along the Ibadan-Ife Expressway on Saturday. DAILY POST gathered that a petroleum laden tanker caught fire on Saturday at Iyana Ajia in Egbeda local government area of Ibadan. General Manager of the State Fire Service, Yemi Akinyinka, while confirming the incident, said that some people sustained minor injuries. Akinyinka in the short statement made available to DAILY POST Saturday evening said, “On September 7, 2024, at approximately 5:45pm a devastating fire broke out inside a petroleum truck. “The fire ravaged the pump of the truck, displacing several families and…

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Katsina State Command, has arrested a 60-year old man for allegedly vandalising high-tension electric wire. The command’s spokesman, DSP Buhari Hamisu, disclosed this to newsmen while parading the suspect in Katsina. Hamisu said the suspect, Hassan Abdullahi, was arrested by the NSCDC personnel of the Funtua Division. “The special Anti vandal patrol team attached to Funtua division, successfully apprehended the suspect, of Lasanawa village in Maska, Funtua Local Government Areas. “The suspect was later handed to the state command headquarters for further investigation. ”Abubakar is a suspected vandal of high tension electric…

The First Lady of Edo State, Mrs Betsy Obaseki, has advised childless women to see themselves not as barren but as fruitful, potential and proud mothers of children that would come in God’s time. DAILY POST reports that Mrs Obaseki gave the advice on Saturday in reaction to a viral video in which the former Governor of the State, Adams Oshiomhole made remarks about her being childless. Betsy Obaseki, who spoke during a zoom meeting with Edo women in the diaspora, in the company of Mrs Ifeyinwa Ighodalo, the wife of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, reminded women…

Just two weeks to the main elections on September 21, the Imo State All Progressives Congress, APC, is under tension as candidates and other members of the party are eagerly awaiting for the release of results of the party primary elections which was conducted on September 3 at various LGAs and wards in the state. The tension became more worrisome as results allegedly said to have emanated from the just concluded exercise flooded various media platforms with lists of certain names as the winners of the primary exercise. Though , the ztate leadership of the party has earlier warned aspirants…