Popular Nigerian comedian turned preacher, Oluwatoyin Bayegun, also known as Woli Arole, has urged Nigerians to always celebrate their Nigerian citizenship with the same enthusiasm they do for foreign citizenship. In a post via his Instagram handle on Friday, Arole called on Nigerians to celebrate Nigerian citizenship like that of the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. The actor …

The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Interior, has commenced the review of the draft handbook on citizenship administration in Nigeria. This was as the ministry denied increasing the cost of obtaining a Citizenship Expatriate Resident Alien Card. The government was reacting to speculations on social media that the card cost had increased from $2,000 to $3,000. In a statement …

President Muhammadu Buhari has conferred Nigerian citizenship on 385 foreign nationals, declaring them worthy of being citizens of Nigeria after meeting all necessary conditions. The conferment was conducted on behalf of the President by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, at the Nigeria Correctional Service headquarters in Abuja. President Buhari said his administration gave citizenship to more foreigners than any administration so …

Many more Nigerians are renouncing their citizenship, according to the Federal Ministry of Interior. While 150 Nigerians renounced their citizenship between 2006 and 2021, 159 did so in 2022 alone. The Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Shuaib Belgore gave these statistics at the 64th session of the State House Ministerial briefing, organised by the Presidential Communications Team in Aso Rock …

Two hundred and eighty-six foreign nationals took the Oath of Allegiance to adopted Nigerian citizenship. They include four Americans, 14 Britons and 86 Lebanese. After the ceremony presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, Interior Minister, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola told State House correspondents that on 9 February, the Federal Executive Council approved a list of the …