The Federal Government has declared Monday and Tuesday as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration. This is contained in a statement issued by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr Shuaib Belgore, on Thursday in Abuja. Belgore said the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal […]
Continue Reading
Nigeria’s Federal Government has declared Monday and Tuesday, May 2nd and 3rd as public holiday to mark this year’s Workers Day and Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations. Rauf Aregbesola, the nation’s interior Minister who made the declaration on Thursday, on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated workers across the country on the occasion and commended their hard work, […]
Continue Reading
Nigeria’s Interior Minister, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, on Friday, denied reports of swap of inmates in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service with free citizens. The Minister gave the denial while speaking at the third and fourth quarter 2021 performance review meeting of the ministry on Friday. Aregbesola went further and described the allegations as […]
Continue Reading
The Governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola has won the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola’s ward in the ongoing primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Aregbesola, who was in absential, lost his ward – Ward 8, Ifofin – in Ilesa East Local Government to Oyetola on Saturday. The leader of Aregbesola loyalists at […]
Continue Reading
Nigeria’s House of Representatives has commenced a probe of the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola. The Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, made this disclosure on Wednesday. Gbajabiamila is a staunch loyalist of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, who has declared his intention to run for presidency in 2023. However, the […]
Continue Reading
The Police Command in Osun has denied reports that the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, was attacked and shot at by hoodlums in Osogbo. In a statement issued on Monday by the command’s Spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, said it was some of the minister’s escorts who shot into the air without provocation, causing people to […]
Continue Reading
The Federal Government of Nigeria on Wednesday, declared Monday 27th, Tuesday 28th December 2021 and Monday, 3rd January 2022, as public holidays to mark the 2021 Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year Day celebrations. Rauf Aregbesola, the interior Minister disclosed the development in a statement issued on Wednesday by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, […]
Continue Reading
NIGERIA – The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola in his determination to reduce and possibly see an end to the menace of money laundering and Combating of financing of terrorism in Nigeria has delivered a key note address and declared open a 3-day Capacity Building Workshop in Abuja. The workshop being coordinated by the […]
Continue Reading
Nigeria’s Federal Government has declared Wednesday 12th and Thursday 13th of May as public holidays to mark this year’s Eidul-Fitr celebration. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, while making the declaration on behalf of the federal government of Nigeria Monday in Abuja, congratulated the Muslim faithful on this occasion and called on all Nigerians, […]
Continue Reading
Nigeria’s interior Minister, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has disclosed that the federal government is worried over the rising unemployment rate in the country. Speaking at the 2nd Shakeholders’ Meeting on Expatriate Quota Administration organized by the Citizenship and Business Department of the Ministry of Interior, the Minister said: “Anyone that is not worried about the unemployment […]
Continue Reading