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May 27, 2023 6 tweets 6 min read
Today, at the conferment of Nigerian Citizenship to 385 Foreign Nationals by Pres. @MBuhari, who was represented by the VP, @ProfOsinbajo, the Federal Government announced the introduction of the ‘Brown Card’ to four categories of Foreign Nationals. They four categories are; ImageImageImageImage 1. Foreign nationals of African descent who desire to make Nigeria their homeland through the ‘Privilege of Return’

2. Foreign nationals who desire to invest in Nigeria in line with established guidelines

3. Foreign nationals who had demonstrated exceptional talents, knowledge ImageImageImageImage
Mar 31, 2023 8 tweets 2 min read
ASIWAJU: OKE AGBA
 
Your 71st birthday anniversary is unique because of the following:
1. A climax of political aspiration and attainment.

2. A remarkable milestone in life and a sign of divine grace.

3. A testimony to political resilience, sagacity and tenacity. You must indeed be eternally grateful to almighty Allah for his immeasurable support and mercy in your life.

Your life is memorable; it is therefore important to emphasize Yoruba ethos of leadership for reflection.

Age is the essential qualification for leadership in our clime.
Mar 2, 2023 9 tweets 2 min read
JAGABAN: A CALL TO DUTY
 
I join the leadership of our party, starting from President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR; the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, GCON; the National Chairman of our Party and other members of the National Executive Council (NEC), Image members of the PCC; other leaders of the party, members nationwide and admirers to congratulate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu @officialABAT, the President-elect, and Alhaji Kashim Shettima, the President-elect, on their victory at the February 25, 2023 Presidential election.
Jul 8, 2022 6 tweets 6 min read
Today, I led the management of the @MinOfInteriorNG and her agencies on an inspection visit to the Kuje Custodial Centre that was recently attacked by gunmen suspected to be terrorists. There was a platoon of the Nigerian Army with sophisticated weapons, elite men of the Nigeria Police Force, Officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence, and armed officers of the Nigerian Correctional Service, on ground during the time of the attack.
Feb 19, 2022 8 tweets 2 min read
My good people of Osun,
Good day to you all. 

Another electoral cycle has rolled by and we are now in that season again in Osun. We should thank God for the democratic right to participate in the electoral process of electing our leaders. As you all know, this is a two staged process. The first is intra-party, meaning that our party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), will democratically nominate its candidate. The second stage, inter-party, will take place in a state-wide election sometime in July, God willing.
Apr 22, 2021 13 tweets 5 min read
To permanently curb the complaints of difficulty in obtaining Passports from the NIS, today, I held a meeting with the Leadership of the Nigeria Immigration Service (@nigimmigration) and all Passport Control Officers in Nigeria and Immigration Attachés around the world. It has become imperative that we review our operations and rejig our system, in order to be able to offer excellent services to our clients. We need to review a system from time to time to see if it helps best to serve and realise the objectives.
Mar 18, 2021 12 tweets 8 min read
Early today, Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwoolu (@jidesanwoolu), represented by his Deputy, Dr. Femi Hamzat commissioned a DG-54 Aerial Platform Firefighting Truck. 

The Truck has 54 metres height capacity and will reach the 18th floor of high-rise buildings. This has been a challenge in Lagos especially with a plethora of skyscrapers, and a nightmare to fire-fighters. This will be a thing of the past now.
Nov 24, 2020 17 tweets 7 min read
Today, I was hosted by Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu (@jidesanwoolu) in Lagos where I held a Stakeholders Engagement on Internal Security and Conflict Management.

I delivered a speech titled, Lagos is the Destiny of Our Race. Here are excerpts from the speech;

#Thread Permit me to do a brief appraisal of the importance of Lagos to us as a people. Lagos is not just a city in Nigeria, it is the symbol of the black race and the city most representative of our people. It is the city wholly built by the labour, intellect and capacity of Africans.
Nov 11, 2020 10 tweets 2 min read
MALLAM BALARABE MUSA: THE END OF AN ERA 

The news of the passage of Mallam Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa caught me totally unaware. I was with the son, Kassim, until 2000hrs of yesterday, November 10, 2020. There was no hint of sickness or death. It is therefore a huge shock & surprise that our leader & pillar in the struggle to build a just, humane & progressive society in Nigeria has returned to his maker; never again to be part of those patriotic efforts to make Nigeria very great and leader in the African renaissance.
Sep 25, 2020 15 tweets 4 min read
My Angel is 60 

by Rauf Aregbesola

My sojourn in Kaduna in the 1980s, first for my youth service and later for a paid employment, will remain ever memorable. This is because it was there that I found the love of my life, Iyaafin Sherifat Abidemi Aregbesola.  

#Thread I was a dashing young man with long hair and ideological fire burning in my soul. I had been caught in the throes of the ideological fervour of the time. I left The Polytechnic Ibadan fired with idealism and was prepared to change the world.
Sep 24, 2020 7 tweets 2 min read
SPECIAL BIRTHDAY GREETING.

I write to felicitate with you on your 60th birthday. This is a notable landmark in an exceptional life of a wife, mother and patriot.

#Thread Remarkably, you have given our leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the best support any wife can give her husband. It would not have been possible for Asiwaju to be as successful without a supportive and efficient wife that you are.
Sep 17, 2020 18 tweets 6 min read
MY EULOGY TO AN AMAZON

It gives me great joy to be here this morning and I must thank you all most sincerely for honouring our Amazon with your esteemed presence. #OnMeritByEhuriah #OnMeritTheBook ImageImage That you have all come from far and near to be part of this occasion, considering the risk of traveling, mixing and public gathering in this era, shows the high regard you have for her. #OnMeritByEhuriah
Sep 3, 2020 15 tweets 5 min read
Today, I delivered a speech titled, ‘Our Women, Our Treasure’ at the 20th Regular National Council Meeting on Women Affairs with the theme: “Gender-Based Violence, Shadow Pandemic in a Pandemic: A Call for Action”, at the Ministry of Women Affairs.

Highlights!👇

#THREAD ImageImage Women deserve to be adored & honoured, not bruised & battered. Though it is not a settled science, probably due to patriarchal influence than to inexactitude of science, but it is somewhat established that violent crimes against women have deep roots in psychiatric disorder. Image
Aug 27, 2020 16 tweets 3 min read
Today, I delivered a Keynote Address at the Virtual Launch and Press Conference on Digital Empowerment and Values Correctional Programme. ImageImageImageImage The programme is an empowerment scheme that complements government’s efforts at reforming inmates at the correctional centres and equipping them with life sustaining skills that will make them better member of the society.
Aug 24, 2020 4 tweets 2 min read
OGBENI RAUF AREGBESOLA REACTS TO PROF. AKIN ABAYOMI (@ProfAkinAbayomi), LAGOS STATE COMMISSIONER FOR HEALTH, TESTING POSITIVE TO COVID-19 

Early this morning, I got the sad news that Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, tested positive to COVID-19.

#THREAD! Image I share in the pain and anxiety that his testing positive might have brought to his family, friends, colleagues and well-wishers. 

Prof Abayomi has performed excellently in office since his appointment. He has been in the forefront of the fight against COVID-19 and it was...
Aug 23, 2020 17 tweets 4 min read
Tribute to the Political Juggernaut of Epe Division, By Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola.

The past few months could have been quite traumatic to all of us...

#THREAD Image There is practically no one who has not had to wail & mourn the passage of a loved one, an acquaintance, associate or someone that one considered very important. I have had to write tributes to mourn and celebrate people very dear to me & are simply unforgettable & irreplaceable.
Aug 21, 2020 7 tweets 8 min read
#RaufAtInterior: 12 Achievements in 12 Months at the helms of affairs @MinOfInteriorNG:

1. Launch of the New Visa Policy reclassifying the Visa Categories from 6 to 79 by Pres. @MBuhari.

2. @nigimmigration commenced Visa on Arrival to holders of Passports of African Countries. ImageImage 3.Procurement of 451 Operational Vehicles for the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) - @CorrectionsNg

4. Creation of Citizen Integrity Unit at the NSCDC - @CIVILDEFENDERS

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Aug 15, 2020 10 tweets 3 min read
Condolence to Mrs Arese Carrington
Harvard, Massachusetts
United States

Dear Mrs Carrington,
I received the news of the glorious departure of your dear and loving husband, Ambassador Walter Charles Carrington, with shock and perplexity, but submission to the will of God.
#Thread Image On behalf of my wife, the entire family and our associates, I offer, and please accept, our deepest condolences.
Ambassador Carrington passed on at a good old age. He clocked 90 years on July 24th. It has pleased the good Lord to give him long life. Image
Aug 13, 2020 12 tweets 5 min read
Today, I presented the Report of the Committee on Citizen Data Management and Harmonization to President Muhammadu Buhari (@MBuhari) at the Federal Executive Council Chambers in Abuja. HIGHLIGHTS
All concerns which led to the imposition of visa restrictions by US have been reviewed & processes put in place or proposed to address them. The Committee also engaged the US Amb. to Nigeria & the Charge d’ affaires of the US Embassy in the course of its assignment.
Aug 12, 2020 5 tweets 3 min read
HAPPY 58TH BIRTHDAY Barr. Georgina Ehuriah, MON, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior (@MinOfInteriorNG).

I write on behalf of my wife and our associates to felicitate with you on your 58th birthday. Congratulations!

#Thread Image Every one of those years it has pleased the good Lord to see you through is blessed. They have seen you rise academically, socially, professionally and in all areas. Worthy of note is that the last 35 of them have been diligently and fruitfully spent in the service of fatherland. Image
Aug 8, 2020 12 tweets 3 min read
FIFTY-FIVE HEARTY CHEERS TO RIGHT HONOURABLE NAJEEM SALAAM (@NajeemFSalaam)

The Right Honourable Najeem Folasayo Salaam, PhD, Executive Director, Nigeria Communications Satellite Limited (NigComSat) and former Speaker of Osun House of Assembly is 55 years.

#THREAD Image I join my wife and our other associates to congratulate him on reaching this milestone. This is a big moment for him and for the All Progressives Congress (APC) family in Osun. Image