The Nigeria Immigration Service generated a total of N39.06bn through the issuance of passports and other services within the 2018 fiscal period.

The figure is contained in a report on the activities of the agency which was released by the National Bureau of Statistics.

The NBS in the report said the amount generated by NIS in 2018 represents an increase of 9.34 per cent over the N35.72bn local revenue generated in 2017.

In terms of passport application, the report stated that a total of 1,011,158 passport applications were received in 2018 as against 720,958 received in 2017

The Senate has called for immediate convocation of a National Security Summit to address high level insecurity in the country.

This followed a point of order raised by Ondo state Senator AYO AKINYELURE over the killing of Mrs. FUNKE OLAKUNRIN.

The daughter of Pa REUBEN FASORANTI, a leader of the Afenifere, was shot dead by gunmen along Akure-Ore Road in Ondo State on Friday.

AKINYELURE expressed concern over the killing and similar ones, which he described as “increasing and incessant murder of innocent Nigerians by gunmen along major highways in the country.”

Also adding his voice to the debate, Senator TOLU ODEBIYI called on the Senate to liaise with the presidency and security formations and take immediate action on insecurity ravaging parts of the country.

In the meantime, Senate President AHMAD LAWAN has condemned the continuous killing of Nigerians in South Africa.

He warned that further attack on Nigerians in South Africa would no longer be condoned.

LAWAN gave the warning when he hosted the South African High Commissioner to Nigeria, BOBBY MOROE.

MOROE and his delegation paid the visit to brief the Senate leadership on his government’s investigations to unravel the causes of the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and steps being taken to stop such attacks.

The Presidency has said that the death of Mrs FUNKE OLAKUNRIN, the daughter of Afenifere factional leader, Pa REUBEN FASORANTI, is tragic and regrettable, but politicising it will not help the unity of the country.

In a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, GARBA SHEHU, the Presidency expressed reservations over comments being made by some Nigerian leaders over the incident, saying that the issue was being politicised.

Recall that Former President OLUSEGUN OBASANJO wrote an open letter to President BUHARI, where he warned that Nigeria is tipping towards a dangerous cliff and only the president could forestall such a looming disaster.

He also said the security situation in the country could lead to “spontaneous or planned reprisal attacks against the Fulani, which may mushroom into a pogrom or Rwanda-type genocide.