President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of a National Paramilitary Academy. In a statement by his media aide, Mr. Babatunde Alao, on Thursday, the Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo reiterated the need to establish a degree-awarding institution where young citizens would be trained in paramilitary engagement. ‘We need a degree-awarding institution, like the Nigerian Defence Academy, that will …

The Federal Government has introduced a Contactless Passport Renewal System in Europe to enable Nigerians to renew their passports effortlessly. The system will allow eligible Nigerians to renew their passports online without visiting an embassy or consulate, reducing waiting times and eliminating the inconvenience of travel. According to a statement made available to Saturday PUNCH, the Minister of Interior, Hon. …

Nigerians in the United States of America, under the aegis of the Organization for the Advancement of Nigerians (OAN), have urged the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, to address the passport printer crisis at the Nigerian Consulates in New York and Atlanta. The group expressed disappointment that one year after it appealed to the minister to address the problem, there …

The Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has ordered a comprehensive investigation into bribery allegations within the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS). The directive came after VeryDarkMan, the activist, shared a video online wherein Bobrisky claimed she bribed some Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) officials with N15,000,000 to drop the money laundering charges against her. The crossdresser, whose birth name …

Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has announced a series of reforms aimed at modernising the country’s immigration services, noting that the ministry has saved the government millions of naira through an automated application system. As a guest on Episode 2 of ‘Unfiltered: The Big Interview’, a YouTube interview series hosted by O’tega ‘The Tiger’ Ogra, and released on Saturday, …

The Federal Government has announced the recapture of some inmates who last month fled the Suleja Custodial Centre following the collapse of its perimeter fence during a downpour. Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja when he inspected ongoing security projects at the Medium Security Custodial facility in Kuje, Abuja.

The Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has disassociated himself from a report that President Bola Tinubu picked Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State as his preferred candidate for the Nov.16 Governorship election in the state. A statement by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Minister, Babatunde Alao, on Wednesday, also described as false the purported appointment …

The National Assembly, through its joint committee of the Senate and House of Representatives on Interior, tackled the Ministry of Interior on issuance of the expatriate quotas, which it believed, served as an avenue for stealing jobs from Nigerians by expatriates. The merits and demerits of issuance of the expatriate quotas permit by the Ministry of Interior to deserving foreign …

The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has said Nigerians will have their passport delivered to their homes, offices, and other locations of their choice from February 2024. At the opening ceremony of the International Week of the University of Lagos on Monday, Tunji-Ojo said that by January next year, Nigerians would be able to complete the application process online. …

The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has said over 4000 inmates are held in custodial centres across the country over their inability to pay fines slammed on them by judges and magistrates. This was as he lamented that over 70 per cent of the total population in the nation’s custodial centres are awaiting trial. He noted that the number of …