BY GODWIN OBI A decade after, Amina Ali Nkeki, one of the 276 abducted schoolgirls of Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok, in Borno State, has recounted the horrific event of her abduction by vicious Boko Haram terrorists on April 14, 2014. Nkeki, who regained freedom in 2016 with a baby and aContinue Reading
…As Customs laments CBN-approved Forex regime for import duty By Godwin Obi The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has disclosed that it generated a total of N1.6 billion through its electronic auction platform between February and March 2024. The Comptroller General of Customs Adewale Adeniyi stated this at a press briefingContinue Reading
Okuama •Residents of Delta community cry out over alleged torture by soldiers•One dead; victim’s eardrum impaired; another can’t walk—Evuarherhe, president-general- Olota community BY OUR REPORTER The Chief of Civil-Military Affairs, Nigerian Army, Major General Nosakhare Ugbo, said yesterday the Army has recovered some of the arms and ammunition snatched fromContinue Reading
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
BY GODWIN OBI Investors demand for treasury bills has reached a record high as the total subscriptions have risen to N2.62 trillion, with particular interest observed in the longer-dated bills, accounting for N2.48 trillion. According to data obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s website, instruments worth N161.33 billion,Continue Reading
Godswill Akpabio • State Police, Resource Control, Fiscal Federalism, others as new battlegrounds • How S’West lawmakers orchestrated ‘counter coup’ against Northern counterparts BY GODWIN OBI Less than one year after the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly, Senators from the North and their counterparts from the South are headingContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Senator Opeyemi Bamidele from Ekiti Central Senatorial District has described as a “civilian coup”, claims made by Senator Abdul Ningi that the 2024 Budget passed by the Senate was padded. A furious Bamidele, who is also the Majority Leader of the upper chamber, alleged that Ningi, whoContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Senate under the leadership of Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Tuesday suspended Senator Abdul Ningi over allegations of N3.7trn padding of the 2024 Budget Ningi, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from Bauchi Central Senatorial District, was suspended for three months after a long stormy sessionContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR, has reiterated his commitment to improving the welfare of Customs personnel, across the federation, by providing shelters. The Comptroller-General of Customs made this known on Thursday, 7 March 2024, in Kaduna during the flag-off ceremony ofContinue Reading