Tag: Passports
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Despite Buhari's travel ban, Obanikoro, Omisore recover passports from EFCC, jet to US
Indications emerged on Sunday that a former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, has retrieved his passports from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). This is despite a directive by the Federal Government that 50 persons under investigations for fraud exceeding N50m are restricted from travelling. Quoting an anonymous in the EFCC,…
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NIS indicts Justice Ngwuta, accuses him of using multiple passports illegally
The Nigeria Immigration Service on Friday told a Federal High Court, Abuja, that Sylvester Ngwuta, a suspended justice of the Supreme Court used two similar standard international passports interchangeably. A senior staff of the service, Mr Tanko Kutana, made the claim while being cross-examined by counsel for the defendant, Chief Kanu Agabi (SAN). Ngwuta was…
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Ghanaians, other Africans using Nigerian passports to perpetuate crime – Ambassadorial nominee
A non-career ambassadorial nominee, Yusuf Hinna, has alleged that Ghanaians and citizens of other African countries obtained Nigeria passport to perpetuate criminal activities. The nominee stated this while responding to questions at his screening by the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs in Abuja on Tuesday. He told lawmakers that some of the criminal activities perpetrated…