MINISTRY OF INTERIOR
PRESS STATEMENT
FG LAUNCHES NEW CITIZENSHIP, BUSINESS MANAGEMENT PLATFORM*
In line with the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Ministry of Interior has announced the launch of a new Online Citizenship and Business Management Platform.
This initiative forms a key part of the Ministry’s ongoing reforms aimed at promoting transparency, enhancing operational efficiency, and significantly improving service delivery to the public.
The new digital platform is designed to streamline the application and processing of citizenship and business-related services, ensuring faster turnaround times and improved user experience.
Members of the public, corporate entities, and other stakeholders are expected to access the platform through the following official channels:
Ministry of Interior Website: https://t.co/WfDmfuHph1
Direct Portal Access: https://t.co/EfaSMCLVVD
They could also contact [email protected] for support or inquiries
The Ministry of Interior remains committed to establishing a more efficient, transparent, and secure framework for citizenship administration, while continuously enhancing service delivery through digital transformation.
Signed
Dr Magdalene Ajani
Permanent Secretary
15th May, 2025
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The Nigerian Passport Debate
The most honest intervention I’ve come across in tracking these conversations around the downside of owning a Nigerian passport during my “working from home” holiday is probably from my good friend, @saniyusuf. He pointed us to the big picture—that we are not being singled out just like that. The smoke isn’t without fire. Our experience is the consequence of the transgressions of fellow Nigerians who’ve trodden those foreign airports and countries before us.
Personally, I do not travel without a reason or without an organization waiting for me at the other end, whether as a student or a subject-area professional. This is probably why I’ve also never experienced a visa rejection. But I’ve seen applications by well-intentioned Nigerians declined, and that, along with the unusual “hospitality” given to Nigerians at foreign airports, is a legitimate excuse to be outraged.
The only time I knew my Nigerian passport was a problem was at the New Orleans airport in 2017. I was traveling with friends from almost 20 nationalities, and all but two of us were asked to stay behind during the screening. The TSA officer asked if I needed a private room for the pat-down search, muttering that it could be uncomfortable, and I told him it was okay to be frisk-searched in the open. That seemed like a test—or he wasn’t comfortable to do what he had intended there—because he just touched my pockets quickly and asked me to go. There was no metallic object on me to warrant such a search. I hardly wear belts while traveling and often prefer shirts with no buttons or metallic buttons for this reason. But on this day, it made no difference. The other co-traveler singled out was from Venezuela, and she started a joke about us being the black sheep of the group because of our passports.
When we rejoined our friends, they asked to know why we were kept longer at the screening, and we just flashed our passports at them, laughing, and told our stories as we proceeded to the exit. So, yes, while even innocent Nigerians are subjected to scrutiny at airports, I also agree that it’s neither racism nor a referendum on our nation. We are pariahs even at the airports of black-majority or African countries. Their treatment of us is a reaction to what our fellow citizens have brought with them to the airports and what they have done in those foreign places.
The UAE authorities’ decision to bar Nigerians from their country, a country that relies heavily on tourism, was because of the criminal operations of our fellow Nigerians who had the guts to start gang or cult fights in a country people visit to experience material luxury in peace. So, each of us owes it to ourselves to change the narrative and to redeem our perception as an unflattering stereotype. There’s nothing wrong with the Nigerian passport; we are what’s wrong with our passport.