The Nigeria Immigration Service has raised the alarm over increase in “arrangee” marriages in by Nigeria by foreigners seeking Residence Permit. The NIS Comptroller General, Muhammad Babandede, who appeared before Senate Committee on Finance, made this submission on Wednesday. “Arrangee” marriage is a false marriage intended for other purposes than co-habitation for love purposes. Babanded explained that foreigners seeking to reside in Nigeria have decided to opt for such because of the high cost of Combined Expatriate Residence Permit and Aliens Card, CERPAC, which is about $2,000. The CG lamented that the Consulting Company in charge of issuance of Residence…
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The State Government of Osun wishes to inform the public that Thursday, August 20, 2020, shall be a work-free day across the State. This is to commemorate the beginning of a new Islamic year – 1442 AH, and afford the Muslim Community in the State the opportunity of celebrating this year’s Hijrah. The State Government wishes to emphasize that the holiday is no approval for large gatherings or unauthorized meetings under any guise. Residents are enjoined to observe the safety guidelines against COVID-19 as outlined by the government and the NCDC. All workers in the State are expected to resume…
A former Governor of Anambra State, Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife, has met with some Peoples Democratic Party aspirants for the 2021 Anambra State governorship election. The aspirants who hail from Anambra South Senatorial District, agreed that the position be zoned to their district. This was contained in a communique issued after the meeting. A former president of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria, Valentine Ozoigbo, who is also an aspirant, told our correspondent over the telephone on Tuesday, that the communique was “an authentic document.” The communique read in part, “We re-affirm that the next governor of Anambra State in the forthcoming gubernatorial…
Former Super Eagles defender and founder of Shelter in The Storm Miracle Ministries of All Nations, Taribo West, has opened up on how he used his church in Milan to rescue homeless immigrants and prostitutes in Italy during his time at AC Milan and Inter Milan. A huge number of Nigerian women are reportedly lured to Italy and other parts of Europe on false promises of a better future. Instead, these ladies are turned to prostitutes by those who brought them in and have to sell their bodies to repay debts. According to a report published by infomigrants in 2019,…
Mohammed Bello, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), says a Chinese mining company operating in the nation’s capital was not granted mining lease. Speaking when he met with Suleiman Adamu, minister of water resources, on Tuesday, Bello said Hongao Mining Company Limited acted against Nigeria’s mining policy. TheCable had reported how the company operates with the water from a stream in Kutasa in Karshi area of the FCT while being protected by officers of the Nigerian police force. The stream is the only water source for at least six communities in the area. The villagers, mostly farmers, said some of…
The Charity Commission has appointed an interim manager to Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries International (1100416), a north London based charity which exists to promote Christianity. In March 2018, the Commission opened a statutory inquiry to look into a number of concerns at the charity. These included the repeated late filing of financial information, and a failure in the administration which resulted in opportunities for significant losses to the charity to occur. The Commission is concerned over the trustees’ unwillingness to report serious incidents. The inquiry found two alleged incidents of fraud by former employees involving significant sums, both of which…
The Land Use Charge Law was passed in 2013 resulting in 6 years arrears payable in 2020. Full amnesty is hereby granted to all Land Owners in respect to the arrears of Land Use Charge from year 2013 to 2019.The introduction of waiver on Penalty and Interest on Land Use Charge for year 2020.The minimum tax payable under the Presumptive Tax Regime (Market Men & Women, Artisans, etc.) in the State has been reduced by 50% for the year 2020 only.The deadline for submission of returns for individuals or self-employed taxpayers in accordance with section 41 (3) of the Personal…
Health workers in the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) under the umbrella of Joint Health Staff Union (JOHESU) have begun one-week warning strike. The notice of the strike was announced on Tuesday, following a meeting held at the university’s premises by executive of the union. Mr Olutunde Oluwunmi, Chairman of the Union, who spoke with newsmen, said the union embarked on the strike because the demands of the union had not been met by the government, despite several letters and ultimatum issued to the authorities, which had yielded no result. According to him, the demands of the union include…
Wife of Ondo State Governor, Mrs Betty Akeredolu, has called for the involvement of social work professionals in investigating rape and other violence against women and children to enable victims speak out on their traumatic experience. Mrs Akeredolu spoke on the sidelines of the 4th Ondo State stakeholders Meeting on Sexual and Gender Based Violence held at the Government House in Akure on Tuesday. The governor’s wife described as worrisome the increasing cases of rape and other violence against women and children, saying that the rapists have graduated to killing victims after perpetrating their evil acts. She said that the…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has resolved the resolved the crisis rocking the party in Cross River as the party appointed interim executives, headed by Sen. Mathew Mbu, to pilot the affairs of the party in the state. The APC Caretaker Committee Secretary, Sen. Akpan Udoedehe, said this on Tuesday at a news conference shorty after the reconciliation and peace meetings at the party’s suecretariat in Abuja. Recalled that there were two APC factional executives, headed by Mr John Ochala and Mr Godwin Etim, respectively. Udoedehe commended President Muhammadu Buhari for giving the APC Caretaker/Extraordinary National Convention Planning Committee, headed…
