President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday in Abuja launched the Expatriate Employment Levy (EEL) to facilitate home-grown skill retention and technology domestication and to balance employment opportunities between Nigerians and expatriates. Speaking at the launch of the Expatriate Employment Levy handbook, the President also said the aim is to close wage gaps between expatriates and the […]
Ogun State Deputy Governor, Engr. (Mrs.) Noimot Salako-Oyedele, has stressed the need for the Federal Government and sub-national governments to adopt proper modalities for the demarcation of boundary lines nationwide to avoid conflicts among the people. She also harped on the need to address other socio-economic issues, including trans-border trade, cross-border integration, and adequate security […]
With long queues of hundreds of Nigerians waiting to collect their international passports without success in its offices nationwide on daily basis, the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has blamed the scarcity of booklets on the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN’s) foreign exchange (FX) policy. The Comptroller-General of the Service, Mr. Idris Jere, who accused the […]
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Wednesday said it would continue to strengthen its partnership with Chinese leading technology firm, Huawei, to provide a digital platform for efficient and real-time migration management across the nation’s borders for internal security. The Service’s Acting Comptroller-General, (CG), Mallam Isah Idris, said the need for deployment of relevant Information […]
The Federal Government has approved the opening of Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) swap centres in all the 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs) nationwide. A joint statement signed by the Director, Public Affairs at Nigerian Communications Commission, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, and the Head, Corporate Communications, Mr. Kayode Adegoke, indicated the approval was taken during the fourth […]
Apparently worried by the surging cases of COVID-19 infections nationwide and other countries, the Federal Government is considering another ban order on international flights to and fro Nigeria to control further spread of the pandemic. The Chairman Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Mr. Boss Mustapha, gave this hint while announcing a new COVID-19 advisory […]