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The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has announced an upward review of fees for the standard Nigerian passport, effective September 1. In a statement on Thursday, by Assistant Comptroller of Immigration Akinsola Akinlabi, the Service’s Public Relations Officer, said the new charges apply only to applications made within Nigeria. Under the revised structure, the 32-page passport with a five-year validity will now cost ₦100,000, while the 64-page passport with a ten-year […]

The Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to fostering increased crude oil production through supportive policies, incentives, and strategic partnerships with international oil companies, IOCs. This reassurance came during a courtesy visit by Mr. Nicolas Terraz, President, Exploration and Production at TotalEnergies SE to Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Oil, in Abuja. During the meeting, Mr. Terraz, provided updates on TotalEnergies’ ongoing and future operations […]

Renowned gospel singer and social commentator, Buchi Atuonwu, on Thursday expressed concern over the challenges facing Nigerian youths, stressing that wrong models and misplaced priorities have distorted their understanding of education, morality, and power. Mr. Buchi who featured on Let’s Talk Nigeria, Golden FM’s morning programme, said not all young people have the capacity to rule the country, largely because of the faulty values being promoted in society. He noted […]

As schools resume in Bayelsa State, some residents of Yenagoa have expressed mixed reactions over whether government should ban kindergarten and primary school graduation ceremonies, and also introduce a policy to regulate the use of textbooks. Recall that the governments of Imo and Benue States recently banned graduation ceremonies for nursery and primary pupils, restricted the use of textbooks to four years, and outlawed customised textbooks and exercise books. Reacting […]

Following the killing of a police officer in Amarata Community, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, residents of the area are now suggesting ways peace can return to the area. Recall that on Tuesday August 19, 2025, the officer identified as Godwin Obot was killed in the OMPADEC area by suspected cult group. The incident led to a reprisal attack from the police, who allegedly arrested and assaulted individuals, […]

A police officer, identified as Obot Godwin, was killed on Tuesday morning in the Amarata area of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, while attempting to buy medicine. Witnesses said the officer was robbed of his phone and pleaded with the assailants to return it before he was struck on the head, leading to his instant death. Following the incident, policemen reportedly stormed the area around OMPADEC Street, breaking into homes, firing shots, […]

Women of Agudama community in Yenagoa Local Government Area in the early hours on Thursday 7th of August 2025, blocked the Agudama axis of the Mbiama-Yenagoa road in protest. The women, dressed in black, said they were demonstrating against alleged land encroachment and repeated attacks on their farmers by youths from the neighboring Akenfa community. Speaking to newsmen, Chief Mrs. Lovester Ogon, a Woman Chief in the community alleged that […]

  An air of palpable fear is hovering over Communities on Cape Formosa Island of Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State after the body of a woman, who went missing, was found dismembered. The 47-years-old Ayebaesin Amazige of both Egweama and Liama sister Communities was said to have gone fishing on Saturday, 2 August, 2025 at about 10am but did not return until nightfall, prompting apprehension among family members […]