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The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it intercepted nine trailers of parboiled rice, 5,459 bags of 50kg of foreign bags of rice (equivalent to nine trailer loads), amongst other prohibited items valued at over N872 million in one month. Speaking to Newsmen, comptroller of the unit, Mr. Hussaine Ejibunu,…
Senior Hamas officials on Tuesday joined the family of Nelson Mandela to mark the 10th anniversary of his death and cast the spotlight on the bitter conflict in Gaza. South Africa has strongly condemned Israel’s response to the unprecedented October 7 Hamas attacks that unleashed a war in which thousands have died. Mandela, who died…
National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO) has attributed Nigeria’s missed opportunities, delayed progress, strained relationships, social cohesion and low productivity to the ‘African Time Syndrome.’ The executive secretary of NICO, Ado Yahuza, stated this during at the annual roundtable on cultural orientation (ARTCO) organised by Nigeria Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO) with the theme: “The…
The Head and Chief of the Nigerian Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar has visited Port Harcourt to assess the situation, and encourage personnel of 115 Special Operations Group (105 SOG) Following the unfortunate crash of a NAF MI-35P helicopter on 1st December. While addressing the personnel of 115 SOG, Air Marshal Abubakar encouraged them…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Mr Godswill Akpabio to use his leadership position “to promptly reject the plan by the Minister of the FCT, Nysom Wike to spend N15 billion for the construction of ‘a befitting residence’ for the Vice President, Mr Kashim Shettima.” SERAP urged him to “assert…
The Ogun State Government says it has sealed three companies for violation of various environmental laws in the state. The companies are Ruili Recycling Limited, Mowe, Robust International PTE 1, also in Mowe and Star Pipe Limited, Sagamu area of the state. The lock-up operations were part of the government’s continued “efforts at laying a…
The Ogun State Government says it has sealed three companies for violation of various environmental laws in the state. The companies are Ruili Recycling Limited, Mowe, Robust International PTE Limited, also in Mowe and Star Pipe Limited, Sagamu area of the state. The lock-up operations were part of the government’s continued “efforts at laying a…
The Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria (APN) has blamed the rising cases of mental health disorders in northeast to the decade Boko Haram insurgency that traumatised the people of the region. The APN equally decried the lack of mental health desk offices in many states of the federation which it said would negatively affect the…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the last general election, Mr Peter Obi, has slammed President Bola Tinubu for producing a large number of contingents at the ongoing Climate Change Conference, COP28, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Obi’s statement followed a report that Tinubu arrived in Dubai with 1,411 delegates, according to…
Hoodlums, suspected to be armed robbers have reportedly attacked students of the Gateway Polytechnic (ICT), Sapaade, Ogun State, killing one, while nine others sustained injuries in Ode Remo in the early hours of Saturday. This attack comes barely a week after the management closed the school for three days after students protested the rape of…
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has clarified that the ban on “Ghana must go” bags was issued by Ethiopian Airlines and not the Federal Government. FAAN made this clarification in a terse post on its X handle on Friday, responding to a report making the rounds on the ban of “Ghana must go”…
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has distanced itself from a purported protest that took place at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters in Lokoja, Kogi State. Director General, New Media MuriSam Campaign Council/SDP Isaiah Davies Ijele in a statement on Thursday noted that those causing trouble are not supporters of SDP but loyalists of…
The Ekiti State Government has pledged to roll out palliatives for the victims of rainstorm that destroyed some houses at Ilokun, a farmstead under Ado Ekiti metropolis, on Saturday. A torrential downpour, accompanied with heavy storm, that lasted for over two hours, had destroyed over seven buildings in the community located along Ado-Iworoko road, thereby…
The federal government has approved the sum of N27.5trillion for the 2024 Appropriation Bill. Minister of Budget and National Planning, Atiku Bagudu, disclosed this to State House correspondents on Monday after the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. According to him, further details of…
The Federal Government has announced that palliative road projects in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, would commence before December. The Federal Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, made this known on Monday in a statement he personally signed. The former Ebonyi State governor was responding to the growing public concerns about the…
The Ministry of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy has unveiled its roadmap to boosting the sector’s revenue to the nation’s economy to 10 per cent. According to the principal adviser to the Minister of Arts, Culture and Creative, Mr Faiz Imam, who spoke to Arise TV, the ministry is deploying the South Korea’s model/strategy in…
A Nigeria-inspired Rock n’ Roll Opera Killin Republicans will debut from November 30 to December 17 in the United States. Killin Republic is led by Dick D. Zigun, under the Coney Island Mermaid Parade, with concept and libretto by Zigun, and Arturo ‘Artie’ Rodriguez as composer and musical director. It is directed by vagabond, with…
The Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Ohanenye, has filed a suit before the Enugu State High Court against a couple for alleged defilement of their nine-year-old daughter. Counsel to the Minister, Chuma Oguejiofor, told Radio Nigeria in Enugu, that the suit was filed on Monday to enforce the fundamental rights of the minor as well…
A young Russian actress has been killed in a Ukrainian strike while giving a performance to troops, according to her theatre. The actress was reportedly giving a show to celebrate a Russian military holiday. The 40-year-old Polina Menshikh singing and playing the guitar at a crowded cultural center in the village of Kumachovo, less than…
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Mr. Fidet Okhiria, says staff of the corporation are involved in ticket racketeering. Mr Okhiria disclosed this when he appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Finance for the 2024–2026 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF/FSP) interactive session. He said those involved have…
Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly has demanded the identities of five cabinet nominees Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu sent to them for confirmation. The Assembly had received a letter from the governor seeking the screening and confirmation of six new nominees for cabinet positions. At a sitting presided over by the Speaker, Hon. Mudashiru…
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has expressed the commitment of his administration to changing the narratives of the state from a civil service economy to a thriving Industrial hub. He expressed this commitment when he opened the “Osun 2023 Trade Fair” organised by Osun State Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (OSUCCIMA) in…
The Federal University of Lafia (FULafia) is facing security challenges as yet-to-be-identified gunmen reportedly invaded the off-campus student apartments in Gandu, a neighbouring community of its permanent site in Nasarawa State. The incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, leaving students in fear and calling for improved security measures. The gunmen targeted about three…
There was a mild drama in the Senate on Tuesday over the emergence of Benue South Senator, Abba Morro as the Senate Minority Leader and Enugu West Senator, Osita Ngwu as Minority Whip. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members replaced Simon Mwadkwon, senator representing Plateau north; and Darlington Nwokocha, senator representing Abia central, following their…
Governor Dauda Lawal has restated that the people of Zamfara State bestowed their trust in his administration, hence he was not afraid of a rerun poll as ordered by the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal. The governor, who returned to the state on Monday from an official foreign trip, was greeted by a…
The Gombe State government has appealed to the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, to sustain its intervention in education, health, and nutrition among others across the state. The state Commissioner for Education, Hajiya Aishatu Maigari, who spoke Monday in Gombe, the state capital, said the various interventions of the United Nations agency have been all-encompassing…
The Bayelsa State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP, has taken a swipe at the All Progressives Congress,APC, in the state for attacking former President Goodluck Jonathan over personal comments he made during a visit to Governor Douye Diri last Friday. The elders council of APC blasted former President Goodluck Jonathan, following his comment that…
The Unit Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun has appealed to motorists to be conscious of their safety and that of other road users to avoid crashes before, during and after the yuletide. The FRSC Unit Commander, Akeem Ganiyu, made the appeal during a news briefing to commemorate the Road Traffic…
The Vice-Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the North West, Garba Muhammad Datti has said that former Zamfara Governor, Bello Muhammad Matawalle will soon reclaim his mandate. Matawalle is the current State Minister for Defence. Datti stated that the appeal court judgment, which ousted the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governor, Dauda Lawal, gives…
The youths in Benin on Sunday staged a protest against the presence of controversial transgender, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky in Edo State. The protest was fueled by alleged insults directed at the Oba of Benin by Bobrisky in a clip that circulated in 2022. Bobrisky had in the video suggested that the Oba…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has successfully apprehended Ibrahim Momoh in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) after he eluded capture for seven years. Femi Babafemi, the agency’s spokesperson, confirmed the rearrest in a statement on Sunday. Initial arrestMomoh, also known as Ibrahim Bendel, initially faced arrest on November 27, 2014, with 385.1 kg…
