BY GODWIN OBI The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has issued an apology to the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) over its Easter message. CAN had on Tuesday called out FIRS over an Easter advert which the Christian body deemed offensive. The FIRS, in an X (formerly Twitter) post, #FIRSNigeria,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Bandits have abducted 18 children who were fetching firewood in Kasai community in Batsari Local Government Area (LGA) of Katsina State. The incident was said to have occurred at about 7:30am, on Monday. A resident of the community, Suleiman Kasai, said the number of abductees could beContinue Reading
B y our correspondent Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has warned that he will surprise those who consider his honest decision to implement the presidential peace pact as a sign of weakness. Governor Fubara said he had been inundated with several comments in the media about the implementation of theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) generated the sum of N1.34 trillion and seized goods worth N10.59 billion in the first quarter of 2024, its Comptroller-General, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi has said. Speaking on NCS’ first quarter activities in Abuja on Wednesday, Adeniyi said the first quarter revenue represents aContinue Reading
BY OUR REPORTER Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP)Gbolahan Olugbemi, 50, has allegedly committed suicide in Ogbomosho, Oyo State. DCP Olugbemi, who was serving at the Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigations Department (FCIID), Alagbon, Lagos, reportedly died in his country home at Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́, Oyo State, where he had gone for theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI A travel and tourism expert, Bankole Bernard, says with the commencement of the Lagos-London direct flight by local carrier Air Peace, foreign airlines hitherto enjoying exclusivity on the route are forced to slash airfares. Bernard, who was a guest on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief programme onContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Police authorities are still searching for six officers who went missing in Delta State, according to Force spokesman Muyiwa Adejobi. Six police officers were gruesomely murdered in Ohoro Forest, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State and the same number declared missing after they were ambushed duringContinue Reading