BY GODWIN OBI The 2023 Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, has called for quick action in resolving the current economic crisis in the country. The call came as he expressed deep concern over the country’s economic trajectory since 2015, in a series of tweets on Monday via X. InContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on President Bola Tinubu to invite the leaders of a planned nationwide protest over hardship in the country, asking him to also address the challenges facing the citizens. “As the date for the widely reported national protest looms, the NigeriaContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Owo in Ondo State, Revd Stephen Fagbemi, has lamented that the economic challenges in the country have left Nigerians in pain and frustration just as he urged President Bola Tinubu to as a matter of urgency intensify efforts to addressContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted seven containers bearing 1,229,400 bottles of codeine syrup worth over N9.8 billion at Onne Port, Rivers State. NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja, said that the seizureContinue Reading
OLADEJI WITH OTHER OFFICERS By GODWIN OBIThe Federal Operations Unit (FOU) zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service on Thursday announced seizures of bullet proofs, drugs and other items worth N3.6bn in the month of June alone.This was disclosed by the Area Controller of the Unit, Comptroller I.K Oladeji atContinue Reading
Customs Area Controller, Apapa Command, Babatunde Olomu (3rd from left) BY GODWIN OBI The Apapa Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has intercepted seven containers of contrabands including cutlass, expired drugs and some frozen chicken among others.Parading the contrabands at the Apapa Port complex today (Friday), the Customs AreaContinue Reading
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has rejected claims that petroleum products from his refinery are substandard. Dangote rejected the allegations on Saturday when the leadership of the House of Representatives visited and toured the refinery located at the Lekki Free Trade Zone in Lagos Reps Speaker Tajudeen Abbas and hisContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has given marching orders to the Chief of Defence Staff(CDS), General Christopher Musa to curb the menace of crude oil theft and vandalism in the Niger Delta region of the country in the shortest possible time. Tinubu, said the order had become necessaryContinue Reading
Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service, Wale Adeniyi BY GODWIN OBI The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has warned Nigerians against the escalating activities of fraudulent entities preying on unsuspecting individuals through social media platforms, falsely doing auctions or recruitment. Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi said auctions of seized/overtime goodsContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Justice Hamza Muazu of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has rejected an application by former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, for permission to travel to the United Kingdom for a follow-up medical checkup. Justice Muazu, in a ruling,Continue Reading