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The Nigerian Immigration Service has directed former Nigerian public office holders to immediately surrender official and diplomatic passports issued to them while they were in office.
The action, officials say, is based on the directive of President Muhammadu Buhari.

The categories of officials affected by the directive are former governors, former ministers, former senators, former members of the House of Representatives, and former members of state Houses of Assembly.

Others are former commissioners, former special advisers/special assistants, former chairmen/deputy chairmen of local government areas, all retired heads of parastatals and retired public servants.

“These categories of persons are hereby informed that these passports which were previously held by them have been revoked and should return them to the Nigeria Immigration Service Headquarters Sauka Abuja with immediate effect,” the Comptroller-General of the Immigration Service, Martin Abeshi, said in a statement Monday.

“Failure to comply with this directive will amount to an offence under the Immigration Act 2015. Such unauthorized possession will be impounded at our control posts on arrival or departure.”

The Federal Government had on August 24 directed the Immigration Service to retrieve all valid diplomatic and official passports from all persons not entitled to hold such documents.

“The attention of the Federal Government has been drawn to the fact that some Nigerians who are not entitled to hold diplomatic and official passports are in possession of these documents,” a statement by Yusuf Isiaka,the Director of Press, Federal Ministry of Interior, said at the time.

According to the statement, the measure was intended to protect and promote Nigeria’s integrity in the comity of nations in addition to ensuring law and order.

Pastor of the Latter Rain Assembly and one of the conveners of the Save Nigeria Group, Tunde Bakare, has disclosed what he knows about some of Nigeria’s leading political figures.

Speaking in the second edition of The Interview magazine, which hits the newsstand this week, Bakare revealed how President Muhammadu Buhari chose him as running mate in 2011 and the role of the-then national leader of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), later the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and the drama that followed.

A statement by the Managing Director/ Editor in Chief of The Interview, Mr Azubuike Ishiekwene, also quoted Bakare as saying that, “When I first spoke to Tinubu about it (after Lai Mohammed had come to tell me that the ACN wanted me to persuade Buhari to be the party’s flagbearer), he (Tinubu) said, ‘the greatest mobiliser in the South West will be his running mate….’”

Apart from describing how former President Goodluck Jonathan’s minion, Godswill Orubebe, chased him (Bakare) with a $50,000 “gift”, Bakare ascribed Jonathan’s failure to his lack of capacity. “At best, he worked with some botanical things” before his odyssey to fame and power,” said the fiery man of God.

In an interview that he would later say “drained him of virtue”, Bakare did not mince his words about the leadership tussle in the South West, the challenges before Buhari and his potential role in Buhari’s government.’’

VisaOfficer:
This isn't a question I have an answer to. Maybe someone here can explain how to get the police certificate?

VisaOfficer:
The AOS from either the petitioner or a joint sponsor should be the original forms signed by the person whose income is being described. No photocopies.

It's a good idea to do the medical exam as close to the interview date as possible, so that the visa (if immediately issuable) will be valid for as long as possible. The visa is only valid as long as the medical paperwork is valid.

The management of MTN Nigeria has apologised to its teeming subscribers over the noticeable congestion in its service outlets across the country as a result of the ongoing SIM validation exercise.

In a statement signed by MTN’s corporate services executive, Akinwale Goodluck, the company is doing everything possible to ameliorate the conditions at the service centres.

“We wish to apologise to all our customers who are experiencing difficulty with the ongoing SIM registration/revalidation exercise. Affected customers can revalidate their registration details at all MTN sales outlets including the nearest agent and dealer shops. We appeal for calm as customers visit our various outlets. We are committed to ensuring that all affected subscribers complete the process as directed by the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC). It is for this reason that we have increased the number of staff handling SIM registration/validation across all our channels. We have also mandated all our registration outlets to remain open till 8pm every day until further notice,” he said.

According to Goodluck, the decision to deactivate all lines with invalid or incomplete subscriber registration details was in compliance with the NCC directive. “It is to enable us provide maximum support to government in achieving the national interest objectives of the exercise,” he said.

While reiterating that SIM registration is free, he urged all MTN customers in their interactions with MTN Channel partners and agents, to be assured that in full compliance with NCC regulations, every element of the registration will be completed at once and to report any fraudulent activity to the MTN manager in charge at the centres.

VisaOfficer:
The July 17 confirmation date is simply the date of the letter confirming that NVC had received your file; the date really isn't important to your case. The letter that you quoted means that NVC is ready to schedule your case for an interview when the case becomes current, but the Embassy or Consulate General may require additional documentation at the time of the interview.



For our (immigration) purposes, the police certificate is valid for one year. However, you should bring a police certificate with you to the interview even if you have already submitted one to NVC.



Interviews are only scheduled when the priority date is current, not before. The priority date is the date on which the petition was officially filed with USCIS. You can monitor your case's priority date at http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/law-and-policy/bulletin.html .



Please review http://nigeria.usembassy.gov/immigrant_visas.html to see the documents you will need. If an AOS was submitted to NVC, you will only need to submit a new one if the one submitted does not demonstrate sufficient income to support you in the United States.



It depends what your visa category is. If it's IR1 or CR1, your case is current and you should be scheduled for an interview as soon as one is available. If your category is F2A, only cases with petitions filed on or before March 1, 2014, are currently eligible to be interviewed. I don't know how quickly that cut-off date is likely to move in 2015.



Hope this helps!

At least 12 wives of Boko Haram militants have surrendered to members of Civilian JTF in Borno, as their husbands abandoned them in the bush, vigilante security said.

‎Leader of vigilante in Mussa District in Askira-Uba local government area of Borno state, Mr. Apagu Istifanus, said between Monday and Tuesday total number of 12 wives of Boko Haram militants had surrendered including 2 pregnant women, he said the women explained that their husbands left as a result of lack of food and fuel supply.

He said, ''on Monday 4 of them came to Askira after thorough investigation, they told us that their husbands could no longer feed them that they are many in the bush but more were still coming, they have been taken to Biu town for more information,''

''Yesterday at about 4 pm another 8 surfaced again, two of them several months pregnant, their husbands had left them and their children at Ngude village in Damboa local government area. But we have handed over to the military, they have moved them to Mubi,'' Apagu said.

Apagu commended Nigerian troops for cutting the supply of foods and fuel to the militants that it has weakened the militants in the recent months.

‎A military source who is not authorized to speak with journalists disclosed that they are aware of the report that some Boko Haram wives are coming out now.

''You see we don't disclose how we operate to journalists, but the truth is this, they (Boko Haram) are feeling the heat because most of their camps is either destroyed or taken over by our troops, the military source told Saharareporters.

Another unconfirmed source said they have sighted a large number of insurgents on horses between Damboa-Kaga local governments area of Borno state which links to Goneri village in Yobe state on Monday.

‎Our reporter gathered that it seems is no longer easy for the militants in the recent time because the military has stepped up their operations even for the militants to fuel the vehicles becomes difficult as all their suppliers have been nabbed the military.

kestolove95:
Buhari never made any 100 days promise to nigerians..is nigerians dat made 100 days promise to demsef...I have apc manifesto and my covenant with nigerians...nothing like 100days in office dia..

Yeebos ar on it again but d yorubas and hausas ar too intelligent to take dix rubbish from u cursed erosion striking region..

So..just hoolop niggar..hoolop..hallar