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The Nigeria High Commission in the United Kingdom has announced that it will refund £50 to passport applicants who paid a £70 administrative fee for the ongoing passport intervention exercise, effectively reducing the charge to £20. The high commission announced the refund in a notice published on its website on Friday, September 11. The decision follows protests and scrutiny over the £70 administrative charge, which was subsequently reduced to £20. A £20 administrative fee had previously been introduced during the administration of the late President Muhammadu Buhari for a similar passport intervention exercise. According to the report, the high commission later imposed a £70 charge without approval from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, while applicants seeking replacements for lost...

Former Kogi West senator Dino Melaye has warned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, against inviting former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar for questioning over longstanding allegations of financial crimes. Melaye spoke at the African Democratic Congress, ADC, All Support Groups town hall meeting in Abuja, where he criticised calls for the anti-graft agency to reopen investigations into allegations involving Atiku.  Melaye argued that Atiku, who served as vice-president under former President Olusegun Obasanjo, had faced investigations by government institutions over the years without being convicted. “Atiku was part of the government that created the EFCC. You cannot use the EFCC to torment the creator of the EFCC,” he said. Melaye was reacting to a petition by...

The National Assembly has suspended all official legislative engagements with South Africa over renewed reports of xenophobic attacks targeting Nigerians and other African nationals in the country.  NigerianTravel Guide The decision, announced on Friday, September 11, followed consultations between the leadership of the Senate and the House of Representatives amid reports of Nigerians being k!lled, injured, displaced and forced to abandon their homes, businesses and investments in South Africa. In a statement signed by the Clerk to the National Assembly, Kamoru Ogunlana, the Federal legislature said it was deeply concerned about the recurrence of xenophobic att@cks and what it described as the continued failure of South African authorities to effectively halt the violence des...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has threatened to ground academic activities in public universities across the country if the Federal Government and state governments fail to meet the union’s demands.The threat is contained in a statement by the union’s president, Christopher Piwuna, on Friday. The union stated that it could reactivate the strike “without any further notice” due to the failure of the government to complete the implementation of the December 2025 agreement. Other grievances include the non-remittance of billions of naira deducted from lecturers’ salaries. The new development came amid an emergency meeting of the union’s National Executive Council held at the University of Abuja. According to ASUU, the December 2025 agreement followed mor...

The Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, has extended its ongoing Special Passport Intervention Exercise in the United Kingdom from September 19 to October 3, 2026, following a high turnout of Nigerians. The Service, in a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, DCI Akinsola Akinlabi, on Friday, said the exercise was progressing smoothly at the London and Manchester centres despite initial challenges recorded on the first day. According to the NIS, a total of 1,477 Nigerians were successfully processed and enrolled within the first four days of the exercise, with more than half of the applicants already having their passports produced and dispatched to their respective addresses. “In line with NIS commitment to an orderly and transparent process, eligible applicants are ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has uploaded the new logo of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, on its official website. The commission also updated the party’s leadership on its website, placing Cleopas Moses Zuwoghe as the National Chairman of the NDC, while Ikenna Morgan Enekweizu is listed as National Secretary. In the new update, Mr John Odey is also listed as National Treasurer, while Mainasara Abubakar Sani is the National Financial Secretary. Similarly, Reuben Egwuaba is listed as the party’s National Legal Adviser. The commission marked the five leadership positions as having been updated ‘by court order’, indicating that the NDC’s party logo on its platform is recognised in compliance with a court order. This came after a judgment deli...