BY GODWIN OBI Operatives of the Federal Operations Unit of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Lagos have intercepted 20 drums of carbide, a chemical substance used in manufacturing improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Acting Controller of the unit, Deputy Comptroller Hussein Ejibunu, who made the disclosure while addressing newsmen in Lagos,Continue Reading
• INEC pledges to publish comprehensive list of registered voters soon BY EFE MODESTUS Ahead of commencement of campaigns on September 28 and the 2023 general election, Abubakar Atiku, Bola Tinubu, Peter Obi of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Labour Party respectively and otherContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi on Tuesday denied his campaign has received $150m in donation from diaspora sources. A group under the aegis of Tinubu-Shettima Connect had urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to disqualify Obi over the alleged funding as it violatesContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI There is no respite yet in the crisis rocking the Peoples democratic Party (PDP) as Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has vowed to flog and crush his political enemies he tagged “small boys.” Wike, who spoke in Aba, Abia State, yesterday, during the commissioning of Osisioma flyover,Continue Reading
BY EFE MODESTUS Interior Minister, Rauf Aregbesola, has vowed that terrorists and bandits would be flushed out by December. This was just as Information and Culture Minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said terrorists and bandits were now on the run, over the superior firepower from the country’s armed forces. They spokeContinue Reading
FG suspends 5% Excise Duty on Telecom services BY MARTINS DURU The Federal Government has announced the suspension of the proposed 5% Excise Duty on telecommunications services. Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami who said this also inaugurated a committee to review the policy to determine the nextContinue Reading
BY GODWI OBI Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, is of the opinion that Nigeria might be in a very critical position at the moment, however, all hope is far from lost. At an event on Sunday put together by the Columbia Africa BusinessContinue Reading
BY JAMES AKINOLA Two bodies have been recovered from the rubbles of a building that collapsed in the early hours of yesterday in the Lekki area of Lagos State. Several people were still reportedly trapped in the rubbles of the seven-storey building at the time of this report. The buildingContinue Reading
Plenary of the Nigerian Senate BY EFE MODESTUS In a bid to stop political parties from producing same faith ticket for Presidential candidate and the running mate, the Senate is in receipt of a bill seeking to amend the Electoral Act, 2022 by inserting a new subsection (3) to SectionContinue Reading
BY ADOLPHUS DURU Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted 32 travellers around Ifon in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State. The victims were said to be returning from a burial ceremony in Edo State on Saturday when the incident happened. It is not yet established whether the kidnappersContinue Reading