Former Governor of Osun State and Nigeria’s Minister of Interior from 2019 to 2023, Rauf Aregbesola, has called for a change in the country’s leadership system. Aregbesola called for a parliamentary system of governance, stating that the country cannot survive an executive presidential system. Naija News reports that the former minister made this remark at […]
By Ukpono Ukpong Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, yesterday charged the newly promoted officers in both Nigeria Correctional Service and Nigeria Immigration Service to live above board through in the discharge of theirs new responsibilities. The Minister gave the charges in his office while decorating six Nigeria Correctional Officers with their new rank to Deputy […]
By Ukpono Ukpong The Federal Government has declared Friday 21st and Monday 24th April, as Public Holiday to mark this year’s EIdil-Fitr Celebration Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government. He congratulated all Muslims for the successful completion of the holy month of Ramadan. Ogbeni Aregbesola calls […]
By Ukpono Ukpong The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola yesterday commended the Federal Fire Service for expanding the scope of fire and disaster management across the country. Aregbesola made the commendation during the first 2022 performance Review Meeting of the Ministry and its Services /Board held in Abuja. He said that giant strides have been […]
By Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja with agency report The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, on Tuesday, said the biggest achievement of the Muhammadu Buhari administration is its tackling of insurgency. The minister stated this in Abuja at the fourth edition of the PMB Administration Scorecard 2015-2023 Series organised by the Ministry of Information and Culture. The […]
By Ukpono Ukpong The National Security Council yesterday declared the National Task Force on Prohibition of Illegal Importation/Smuggling of Arms, Ammunition, Light Weapons Chemical Weapons and Pipelines Vandalism (NATFORCE) an illegal organisation. Addressing the State House Correspondents after the Council’s meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the Minister of […]
By Ukpono Ukpong The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola has said that Nigeria must invest in National peace to avoid statelessness caused by war and armed conflict. Aregbesola said this yesterday at the launch of the National Action Plan (NAP) and High Level Steering Committee (HSLC) to end the nightmare of statelessness in Nigeria. He […]
By Ukpono Ukpong The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has said that no fewer than 625,000 passports has been issued to Nigerians desirous of acquiring the travel document in 2022 alone. Aregbesola disclosed this yesterday at the Rollout of the Enhanced e-Passport for Delta and Edo States, which held at the Passport Office Headquarters, Benin, […]
By Ukpono Ukpong The Federal Government has declared Monday, June 13, as public holiday, to mark this year’s Democracy Day celebration. June 12 every year has been declared Democracy Day in Nigeria by the Federal Government. This year, June 12 falls on a Sunday, which has prompted the government to move the holiday to Monday, […]
By Ukpono Ukpong In a bid to ensure rapid response to distressed calls, the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has commissioned 20 new Basic Life Support ambulance buses and seven state-of-the-art firefighting trucks for use by the Federal Fire Service (FFS). According to the Minister, the equipment are part of the N10.4 billion infrastructure upgrade […]
After months of delays in passport issuance, Minister of Interior Rauf Aregbesola announced on Saturday that the Nigeria Immigration Service was working to ensure that all pending passport applications were processed by May 31. He also stated that beginning June 1, passports will be issued within six weeks, citing the COVID-19 pandemic as a factor […]
Wednesday June 10, 2020, was ‘judgment day’ for Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola. Incidentally, the day had broken with stories of denials of rift between him and his political mentor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former two-term Governor of Lagos State, and National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC). The APC had outlawed all […]
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Tuesday said that there was no rift between him and the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola. Tinubu made the clarification in a statement signed by his aide, Tunde Rahman. The APC chieftain described as fake news, reports alleging that the […]
The Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, has admitted he copied some social programmes Rauf Aregbesola implemented while he was Osun State Governor. Speaking on Saturday during a virtual colloquium to mark Aregbesola’s 63rd birthday celebration, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, said the programmes struck him and helped him connect with Aregbesola. “He did many innovative […]
The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has said that there was no record of any COVID-19 case in any of the 244 correctional facilities across the country. Aregbesola disclosed this at the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 daily press briefing on Thursday in Abuja. He said that its officers at the correctional centres followed the […]
Abuja – Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, Minister of Interior, has allayed fears over the planned recruitment of workers in 774 Local Governments Areas of the country as approved by President Muhammadu Buhari. Aregbesola said this at the press briefing of Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 on Tuesday in Abuja. He said the President ordered for the recruitment before the lockdown over […]
Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has constituted a committee, to be chaired by the Minister of Interior, Ra’uf Aregbesola, to study the reason why the United State banned Nigerians from its immigration visa. According to a statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Saturday, the committee […]
The Minister of Interior and former governor of Osun state Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola was on Friday made that the Amirul Waziri-Muuminiina of the State of Osun by Osun League of Imams and Alfas. Police on the trail of kidnappers of C/River NLC Chairman I was Turbaned by the Osun League of Imams and Alfas […]
Abuja – The Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, has vowed to punish unprofessional personnel of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Ikoyi custodial centre, Lagos. Aregbesola disclosed this while launching a book on de radicalisation of violent extremists, a new training curriculum and teaching template for personnel of the NCoS at the Service headquarters on […]
Abuja – The Minister of Interior Rauf Aregbesola, on Wednesday disclosed that there are 75, 000 inmates currently in the country’s correctional facilities. Aregbesola made the disclosure at a public hearing organised by the National Assembly Joint Committee on Appropriation. The minister said that the Federal Government was working on de-congesting correctional centres across Nigeria […]