Rauf Aregbesola

Minister of Interior Rauf Aregbesola says he will meet with state governors to agree on the mass release of at least 30 per cent of inmates from custodial centres across the country. Revealing this in an interview in Abuja, the minister…

The federal government has announced Monday, October 3, 2022, as public holiday for citizens to observe the nation’s 62 Independence Day Celebration. The announcement was made by Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, on behalf of the…

How can the Minister come out to say that there are no shortages of Nigerian Passport booklets amid the sharp practices by racketeers.  How come the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company Ltd not be directed to start…

President Muhammadu Buhari has again ordered the extermination of Boko Haram terrorists and bandits by December 2022, nine months before the end of his eight-year tenure. “Our ultimate goal is to eliminate them all together and restore…

The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, on Monday, said efforts by security agencies to prevent terrorists from attacking the Nigerian Correctional Service’ Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje, Abuja, failed despite having the…

The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has appealed to extortionate passport officers to stop tarnishing the image of the Nigeria Immigration Service, accusing them of creating artificial scarcity. According to Afonja Ajibola, the…

Interior minister Rauf Aregbesola has blamed the continued passport racketeering in Nigeria on corrupt officials of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS). The minister pledged that President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime would will sanitise…

All Progressives Congress (APC) members in Osun under the auspices of the ‘The Osun Progressive’ (TOP), on Tuesday, held a protest in Osogbo, calling for restructuring of the ruling party. The placard-carrying party members called for…

The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has linked the spate of insecurity in the country to financial leakages. According to him, criminals are still in business of the money getting into their hands. The Minister added that…

Nigerians have written to interior minister Rauf Aregbesola to decry the scarcity of passport booklets in the Nigerian embassy and consulates in the U.S., threatening “grave danger” to diplomats and other workers. “If this shortage of…