DPV: Customs impound N141m goods
Gibson Achonu The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone “C” said it recorded 18 seizures with Duty Paid Value of N141,229,000 and underpayment recovery of N24,575,796 in July 2017. The...
View ArticleOkorocha urges electricity agency to arrest fake engineers
Chidiebube Okeoma Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, and the Chairman, Senate Committee on Power, Steel Development and Metallurgy, Enyinnaya Abaribe, have charged the Nigerian Electricity Management...
View Article‘No room for godfathers in APDA’
The National Chairman of the Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance, Shittu Mohammed, has said the party has zero tolerance for godfathers, but will give all members a level playing field. The News...
View ArticleDickson’s aides bemoan killings at APC secretariat
Simon Utebor The killing of two persons during last Friday’s inauguration of Acting Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Bayelsa State chapter, has continued to elicit widespread criticisms and...
View ArticleYewa Obas ask for police protection
FEMI MAKINDE and Samuel Awoyinfa Members of Yewa Traditional Council in Ogun State have called on the state government to attach security aides to each of them, in order to protect them. The call was...
View ArticleMinister hails Buhari’s daughter on photo exhibition
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described as a ‘game changer’ the ongoing photo exhibition in Abuja by a daughter of the President, Hanan. He noted that her passion...
View ArticleAnglican Church urges Nigerians to shun hate speech
Primate of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Dr. Nicholas Okoh, on Saturday appealed to Nigerians to avoid hate speech. Okoh made the call in Kano when he led some members of his church to...
View ArticleProbe panel suspends Bingham varsity VC
Friday Olokor The Evangelical Church Winning All, owner of Bingham University, Nasarawa State, has suspended the Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Samuel Kursim Leonard-Fwar, and sent him on a...
View ArticleNorthern elders launch panel on pressing issues
The Northern Elders Forum, on Saturday, announced the constitution of a special intervention committee to look into issues affecting its 19 member-states, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. A member...
View ArticleAregbesola reinstates five sacked officials of Osun college
FEMI MAKINDE Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has recalled five officials of the Osun State College of Education, Ila Orangun, who were disengaged from the institution in 2015. This was announced...
View ArticleI won’t leave any project uncompleted, says Fayose
Kamarudeen Ogundele The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has reiterated that he will complete all projects embarked upon by his administration before leaving office in 2018. Fayose, who spoke at...
View ArticleCorruption denies Nigerians better life – Ex-minister
Corruption in the procurement process has affected the efficiency of public spending and the opportunities to improve quality of lives of Nigerians, a former Minister of Sports and Youth Development,...
View ArticleWe’re set to empower youths through drama — MTN
Ozioma Ubabukoh MTN Nigeria says it has committed “huge resources” to revive the theatre culture in the country, with the hope that it will take millions of talented but unemployed youths off the...
View ArticleMacron’s popularity plummets in new poll
French President Emmanuel Macron’s popularity rating slumped a further 14 points in August to hit 40 percent, following a sharp 10-point drop the previous month, according to a poll released Sunday....
View ArticleFG moves to constitute committee on minimum wage
FIDELIS SORIWEI The Federal Government has finally agreed to constitute a tripartite committee to deliberate on a new minimum wage for workers in the country. The General Secretary of the Nigeria...
View ArticleBuhari’s return: Aso Villa cabal stages a comeback, sidelines Osinbajo
BAYO AKINLOYE and TOBI AWORINDE With the return of President Muhammadu Buhari from London, United Kingdom, where he spent 104 days receiving medical treatment, the cabal in the Presidency has again...
View ArticleBiafra struggle continues despite Buhari’s order — MASSOB
Chukwudi Akasike The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra has said it will continue with the struggle to secede from the country despite what appeared to be a retreat by the...
View ArticleHerdsmen: Defend yourselves, Middle Belt youths tell residents
Friday Olokor The Middle Belt Youth Council has advised communities attacked by herdsmen to carry arms and other weapons to defend themselves. The President of the MBYC in Southern Bauchi, Emma Zopmal,...
View ArticleSoldiers kill 10-year-old boy during Owerri market demolition
Gibson Achonu and Chidiebube Okeoma There was pandemonium in Owerri, the Imo State capital, on Saturday, when a 10-year-old boy, Somtochukwu Ibeanusi, was allegedly shot dead by military men from the...
View ArticleMan attempts suicide over N24,000 debt
Samuel Awoyinfa A man identified as Abiodun Onipede has been arrested for attempting to commit suicide over his inability to refund a N24,000 debt. The man was arrested by the anti-vandal team of the...
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