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Nigeria Aims for One-Week Passport Delivery with New Center

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The recently finished Data Personalization Center at the Nigeria Immigration Service NIS Headquarters in Abuja has been hailed as a “game-changer” for the country’s passport production system by Interior Minister Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo. The Minister stated during the inspection that the center will shorten response times because passports may be printed in a day and delivered in a week. According to him, the center will be Nigeria’s first world-class centralized passport personalization facility since the NIS was established in 1963, on par with those in the US, UK, France, Russia,…

BREAKING: FG declares Friday public holiday for Eid-ul-Mawlid

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This year’s Eid-ul-Mawlid, which commemorates the birth of Prophet Muhammad, has been marked with a public holiday designated by the Federal Government on Friday, September 5, 2025. On behalf of Interior Minister Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, the statement was released on Wednesday by Dr. Magdalene Ajani, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior. In addition to congratulating Muslims nationwide and abroad on the event, the government encouraged them to follow the Prophet’s example of compassion, humility, love, peace, and tolerance. The statement also asked Nigerians of all religions to use the event to…