The Federal Government has revealed plans to discontinue its visa-on-arrival policy, describing it as ’unsustainable’ and a potential security risk. The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, disclosed this on Friday at the graduation ceremony of 100 officers of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) who underwent a five-day specialised training on the application of Advance Passenger Information/Passenger Name Record data …

The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, 1 October, as a public holiday to commemorate Nigeria’s 64th independence anniversary. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, announced this in a statement by the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Magdalene Ajani, on Saturday. The minister commended Nigerians for their patience adding that their sacrifices would not be in vain. Tunji-Ojo urged the citizens to use …

The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has gifted four trailers of rice, containing 1,200 bags, and N23 million cash to members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) across Ondo State in celebration of Christmas and New Year. According to a statement on Tuesday, the minister gave N1 million each to all the 18 local government secretariats of the APC …

The Federal Government has charged personnel of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to go beyond the timely issuance of passports and ensure the efficient discharge of their core mandate of policing the country’s vast borders. Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo at a meeting with senior officers of the service including the Comptroller General, Deputy Comptrollers General, Assistant Comptrollers General, …

Plans are in full gear for the Ondo State government to convene a summit of its diaspora community in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East and other places across the world. The diaspora summit, which is billed to hold virtually on Saturday, 2 December 2023, for those in North and South America and Saturday, 9 December 2023, for …

The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo said automation of passport applications is 99% complete and expected to go live next week. Tunji-Ojo disclosed this in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday. He said, “Automation of passport applications is 99 per cent done. We’ve done the testing, and we should be going live in the next week or …

Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has pledged to support the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) in its vision to promote the good image of Nigeria beyond its borders. The Minister stated this on Tuesday in Abuja while receiving the Chairman and CEO of the commission, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, on a courtesy visit. He said: “Keeping NiDCOM afloat is our collective …

The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has received accolades from Nigerians in his efforts to sanitise the process of the issuance of international passports. The minister was urged to go beyond overseeing the clearing of over 200,000 backlogs of passports by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to institutionalize efficiency and integrity in the service. Participants in an anti-corruption radio …

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has urged the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, to spend the N500 million earmarked for the payment of fines of inmates across the country’s correctional centres on their welfare. Tunji-Ojo had earlier on Thursday lamented that over 4,000 inmates held in custodial centres across the country were unable to pay N500 million in fines. He …

Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has told officers and men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and their counterparts in the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Correctional and the Federal Fire Service (FFS) to upgrade themselves academically because they will no longer be elevated just for passing promotion examinations. Tunji Ojo, who advised personnel of all the …