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‘We Need Prayers To Surmount Insecurity Challenges In Nigeria’
Wife of the Nasarawa State Governor, Haj Salifat Sule has said there is a need to pray to God to help their husbands all over the country, including the president to fight the insecurity challenges bedevilling the country.
Speaking during the one-day ‘Peace Prayer for the Nation’, yesterday in Lafia, the first lady explained that the prayer was in compliance with the directive by the First Lady of the country,Aisha Buhari, to pray for the nation against the various insecurity challenges negating the flow of development and the dividends of democracy in the country.
The Muslim session of the prayer was led by the first Lady at the State Secretariat of Federation of Muslim Women Association of Nigeria (FOMWAN).
The wife of Governor AbdullahiSule of Nasarawa State added that the first ladies of the 36 states and the nation had in a meeting recently agreed to organised women to pray for the nation.
“It was aimed to support our husbands with prayer for God to help them surmount the security challenges bedevilling the country.
“Without prayer we cannot achieve anything as a nation hence the need for consistent prayer,” the first lady added.
Salifat further said that the prayer was going on in all the 13 local government areas of the state.
In a similar development, wife of the Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State, Dr Sheila Tosan-Akabe, led the Christian session of the prayer at the St Williams Catholic Cathedral,Lafia.
The wife of the deputy governor also commended their husbands for working tirelessly 24 hours every day with a view of addressing the security and other challenges confronting the nation.
She said as a Christian women the least they can do is to support them through prayer, and therefore, called on all and sundry to turn to God for a lasting solution.
Speaking earlier during the church service at St. Williams Cathedral Catholic Church, Jos Road, Lafia, Bishop David Ajang said leaders at all should as a matter of urgency address the unemployment issues facing the youths.
The bishop said they cannot sit and pretend that all is well in the country despite the insecurity in all parts of the country, noting that peace cannot just happened on its own, leaders and followers alike have to work to make peace to happen.
“Government must do something for the young people, by generating employment that would make them unavailable for crime and would to take them off the streets”, he stated.
“The unemployed youths rooming the streets of all communities across the 36 states of the country is a time bomb waiting to explode,” the bishop added.
Ajang explained that the recent #EndSARS protest across the country was a test of the time bomb and the results was frightening.
He, therefore, called on government at all levels to do something urgently towards addressing the challenges especially with the youth before the situation gets out of control.
The bishop, therefore, commended the first lady of Nasarawa State and the wife of the deputy governor for organising peace prayer for peace and unity in the state and the country at large.
He said more prayers are needed, especially now for God to intervene in the numerous challenges bedevilling the country.
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FG Ends Passport Production At Multiple Centres After 62 Years

The Nigeria Immigration Service has officially ended passport production at multiple centres, transitioning to a single, centralised system for the first time in 62 years.
Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, disclosed this yesterday while inspecting Nigeria’s new Centralised Passport Personalisation Centre at the NIS Headquarters in Abuja.
He stated that since the establishment of NIS in 1963, Nigeria had never operated a central passport production centre, until now, marking a major reform milestone.
“The project is 100 per cent ready. Nigeria can now be more productive and efficient in delivering passport services,” Tunji-Ojo said.
He explained that old machines could only produce 250 to 300 passports daily, but the new system had a capacity of 4,500 to 5,000 passports every day.
“With this, NIS can now meet daily demands within just four to five hours of operation,” he added, describing it as a game-changer for passport processing in Nigeria.
“We promised two-week delivery, and we’re now pushing for one week.
“Automation and optimisation are crucial for keeping this promise to Nigerians,” the minister said.
He noted that centralisation, in line with global standards, would improve uniformity and enhance the overall integrity of Nigerian travel documents worldwide.
Tunji-Ojo described the development as a step toward bringing services closer to Nigerians while driving a culture of efficiency and total passport system reform.
He said the centralised production system aligned with President Bola Tinubu’s reform agenda, boosting NIS capacity and changing the narrative for better service delivery.
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FAAC Disburses N2.225trn For August, Highest In Nigeria

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has disbursed N2.225 trillion as federation revenue for the month of August 2025, the highest ever allocation to the three tiers of government and other statutory recipients.
This marks the second consecutive month that FAAC disbursements have crossed the N2 trillion mark.
The revenue, shared at the August 2025 FAAC meeting in Abuja, was buoyed by increases in oil and gas royalty, value-added tax (VAT), and common external tariff (CET) levies, according to a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting.
Out of the N2.225 trillion total distributable revenue, FAAC said N1,478.593 trillion came from statutory revenue, N672.903 billion from VAT, N32.338 billion from the Electronic Money Transfer Levy (EMTL), and N41.284 billion from Exchange Difference.
The communiqué revealed that gross federation revenue for the month stood at N3.635 trillion. From this amount, N124.839 billion was deducted as cost of collection, while N1,285.845 trillion was set aside for transfers, interventions, refunds, and savings.
From the statutory revenue of N1.478 trillion, the Federal Government received N684.462 billion, State Governments received N347.168 billion, and Local Government Councils received N267.652 billion. A further N179.311 billion (13 per cent of mineral revenue) went to oil-producing states as derivation revenue.
From the distributable VAT revenue of N672.903 billion, the Federal Government received N100.935 billion, the states received N336.452 billion, while the local governments got N235.516 billion.
Of the N32.338 billion shared from EMTL, the Federal Government received N4.851 billion, the States received N16.169 billion, and the Local Governments received N11.318 billion.
From the N41.284 billion exchange difference, the Federal Government received N19.799 billion, the states received N10.042 billion, and the local governments received N7.742 billion, while N3.701 billion (13 per cent of mineral revenue) was shared to the oil-producing states as derivation.
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KenPoly Governing Council Decries Inadequate Power Supply, Poor Infrastructure On Campus
The Governing Council of Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa Polytechnic, Bori, has decried the inadequate power supply and poor state of infrastructural facilities and equipment at the institution.
The Council also appealed to the government, including Non-Governmental Organisations, agencies, as well as well-meaning Rivers people to intervene to restore and sustain the laudable gesture, dreams and aspirations of the founding fathers of the polytechnic.
The Chairman of the newly inaugurated Council, Professor Friday B. Sigalo, made this appeal during a tour of facilities at the Polytechnic, recently.
Accompanied by members of the team, Prof Sigalo emphasised the position of technology, technical and vocational education in sustainable development.
He noted that with the prospects on ground, and the programmes and activities undertaken in the polytechnic, there is no doubt that the institution would add values to the educational system in our society and foster the desired development, if the existing challenges are jointly tackled.
This was contained in a statement signed by Deputy Registrar, Public Relations, Kenpoly, Innocent Ogbonda-Nwanwu, and made available to The Tide in Port Harcourt.
The chairman who restated the intention of his team of technocrats to ensure that KenPoly enjoys desirable face-lift, said the Council would deliver on its core mandates, accordingly.
Earlier, the Rector, KenPoly Engr. Dr. Ledum S. Gwarah, commended the appointment of Professor Friday B. Sigalo as Chairman of the KenPoly Governing Council.
He described him and his team as seasoned technocrats and expressed confidence in their ability to succeed.
The Rector pledged the management’s support to the Council to ensure that KenPoly resumes its rightful place in the comity of polytechnics in the country.
Facilities visited by the Governing Council include KenPoly workshops, laboratories, skills acquisition centre, library, hostels and medical centre.
Chinedu Wosu
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