Tag: Rauf Aregbesola

Porous Borders: FG to install electronic border surveillance system – Interior Minister

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The Federal Government is planning to establish electronic surveillance posts at different locations to monitor the nations borders. The Minister of Interior, Ra’uf Aregbesola said this in Abuja, when he featured on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum. Aregbesola said that the electronic surveillance posts were meant to strengthen existing immigration checks, to enhance the security of the country. As a matter of fact, we are at the point of signing an agreement with Huawei on e-border. This means we want to employ technology to put all the critical…

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FG disbands task force on prohibition of illegal arms importation, smuggling

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Says all terrorists in Nigeria will be eliminated by December  The Federal Government has disbanded the National Task Force on the Prohibition of Illegal Importation/Smuggling of Arms, Ammunition, Light Weapons, Chemical Weapons and Pipeline Vandalism (NATFORCE). The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, made the announcement while briefing State House correspondents after the National Security Council meeting in Abuja, yesterday. Briefing State House correspondents at the end of the meeting, the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, said the President was particularly pleased with the Nigeria Police Force for maintaining high professionalism…

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Buhari orders security agencies to chase bandits from Abuja-Kaduna highway

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President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the nations security chiefs to eliminate the threats of bandits and kidnappers along Abuja-Kaduna highway in particular as well as other places across the country. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, announced this yesterday, at the end of the National Security Council (NSC) meeting, presided over by the President at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. According to Aregbesola, the President ordered the Armed Forces and other security agencies, intelligence organisations, not to rest on their oars, notwithstanding the progress and efforts being made to eliminate insurgency,…

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Eid-el-Mawlid: FG declares Tuesday as public holiday

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The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, October 19, 2021, as a public holiday to mark this years Eid-ul-Mawlid celebration in commemoration of the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, (PBUH). Minister of Interior, Ra’uf Aregbesola, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulates all Muslim faithful both at home and in the diaspora for witnessing this years occasion. He admonished all Nigerians to imbibe the spirit of love, patience and perseverance which are the virtues of the Holy Prophet, adding that doing so would guarantee peace and…

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‘Yoruba nation agitators are foolish’ Aregbesola

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The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, said those leading and supporting agitation for the Yoruba nation are foolish. Aregbesola stated this while speaking at Ilesha, Osun State, during his 64th birthday celebration. The former Osun state governor warned that agitators must consider the women, children, old people and those living with disabilities who are mostly affected. He added that they should consider the consequences of war. According to him, Nigeria must be more united else African countries will be enslaved once again. He noted that Nigeria is the country that…

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Eid-el-Fitr: FG declares Wednesday, Thursday as public holidays

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The Federal Government has declared Wednesday and Thursday as public holidays to mark the 2021 Eid-ul-Fitr celebration. The Minister of Interior, Ra’uf Aregbesola, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government on Monday. A statement by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, Dr. Shu’aib Belgore, quoted Aregbesola as congratulating the Muslim faithful on the occasion. He also called all Nigerians, at home and abroad to use the period of this years Eid-el-Fitr celebration to pray for peace, stability and economic transformation in the land. The minister also…

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Immigration officers to now use body cameras – Aregbesola

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The Minister of Interior, Ra”uf Aregbesola has stated that officers of the Nigeria Immigration Service, (NIS), will start wearing body cameras as part of efforts to tackle corrupt practices. Aregbesola, who, during a meeting with NIS officers on Thursday, said the move will curb corrupt practices and also ensure transparency in the system. The minister noted that those found to be engaging in illegal acts will be dealt with according to the law. It has become imperative that we review our operations and rejig our system, to be able to…

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‘Asians hawking vegetables is a clear economic sabotage’ – Interior Minister

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The Minister of Interior, Ra’uf Aregbesola has decried the different ways expatriates come into the country to steal jobs meant for Nigerians. Declaring open a stakeholders meeting on expatriate quota administration in Abuja yesterday, the Minister raised an alarm of expatriates taking over jobs in the country. Aregbesola averred that expatriates coming into the country to work as bricklayers, painters, high-end consorts and even hawking vegetables are clear economic sabotage acts that should be detected, stopped and sanctioned. He said, I have a good cause to say that this meeting…

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FG introduces temporary passports for Nigerians abroad

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The Federal Government has replaced the emergency travel certificate with a temporary passport for security reasons. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, inaugurated the temporary passport at the Nigeria Immigration Service headquarters, Abuja yesterday. The temporary passport is a new genre of travel document that will be issued at the Nigerian Embassies abroad to Nigerians wishing to return home but whose national passport was not available. According to a statement by the NIS spokesman, Sunday James, titled: Nigeria Immigration Service launches the Nigerian Temporary Passport’, the minister stated that the…

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