•IYC, Sara-Igbe demand release of Jackrich, Weris, othersBy Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South-South, and Daniel Abia BY GODWIN OBI The Ijaw ethnic nationality in the Niger Delta yesterday raised alarm over the invasion of the homes of prominent Ijaw leaders and sons, and the arrest of some without proper explanationContinue Reading
Muslims in Nigeria joined their counterparts worldwide on Wednesday to mark Eid-El-Fitr, signalling the end of the one-month Ramadan fast President Bola Tinubu joined other Muslim faithful at the Dodan Barracks Mosque prayer ground in Lagos to mark Eid-El-Fitr. Some of the dignitaries who observed the Eid-El-Fitr prayer with theContinue Reading
Mr. Arsenio Dominguez , IMO Secretary BY GODWIN OBI The Secretary General of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Arsenio Dominguez has congratulated the Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Dayo Mobereola on his appointment by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR. In a conveyance letter personallyContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Lagos State Government has suspended commercial activities in the Central part of the state. This followed a fire incident which engulfed a section of the Idumota Market in the area. The fire, which started in the early hours of Tuesday, already brought down two buildings evenContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Segun Sowunmi, has expressed disappointment that some of the founding fathers of the party are looking away while the party suffers a haemorrhage The ex-Ogun PDP governorship aspirant, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme onContinue Reading
The Chairman of Nigerian indigenous carrier Air Peace, Allen Onyema, has raised the alarm that foreign carriers operating the Nigeria-UK route are allegedly conspiring to send Air Peace out of international operations by crashing airfares on the route. There is an “unspoken alliance” among foreign airlines to use lower pricingContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has seized illegal drugs with the combined street value amounting to about N50 million. These drugs were seized during a recent a targeted raid conducted by NAFDAC’s Investigation & Enforcement Directorate on drug hawkers operating inContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Katsina State Police Command said it has neutralised five suspected bandits, rescued over 100 kidnapped victims and recovered 658 rustled animals from March 1 to 31. Within the period under review, a total number of 51 cases of major crimes such as armed robbery, kidnapping, culpableContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Federal Government, through the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), will launch an upgraded national identity card with payment functionality for all types of social and financial services. The innovative card made in collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria Inter-bank Settlement SystemContinue Reading
…29 Suspects Arrested Compt Ejibunu displays some of the intercepted used vehicles to journalists BY GODWIN OBI The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service Ikeja Lagos has said that it arrested a total of 206 seizures in the first quarter of year 2024 with inclusionContinue Reading