COMPTROLLER DERA NNADI, AREA CONTROLLER TIN CAN CUSTOMS COMMAND BY AMROSE OKEHI The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Tin Can Island command has strategically and successfully intercepted illicit drugs, arms and ammunition at various locations worth over N4.2 billion. Disclosing this at a press conference atTin Can Island, Apapa Lagos onContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI, CHIGOZIE EZEH AND ADOLPHUS DURU Outrage yesterday trailed Northern senators’ position on the relocation of federal agencies to Lagos from Abuja. The senators had, aside from expressing angst against relocation of the agencies, also protested what they described as lopsided allocation between the North and South inContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Management of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council, led by the Executive Secretary, Barrister Akutah Pius Ukeyima paid a working visit to the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA. The Director General of NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh OFR, in his welcome address, noted the role enabling actsContinue Reading
President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, assured Nigerians not to be bothered about the mass exodus of skilled workers from the country, assuring the citizens that the Federal Government in collaboration with sub-nationals will train more persons to fill the professional gap now conspicuous in health, tech and other sectors. TheContinue Reading
—Trend threatens banks intermediary role — Analysts —Companies’ access to credit curbed as cost of credit rises BY GODWIN OBI As more multinational companies exit Nigeria over exchange rate volatility, economists and other Investment analysts fear that more businesses may face similar fate as the amount of banks’ deposits with theContinue Reading
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has returned to the state two days after the Supreme Court affirmed his victory at the March 18, 2023 governorship polls. Earlier, the Court of Appeal and the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sacked the governor, but on Friday, the apex court reversed the decision ofContinue Reading
•Vows Truth and Reconciliation Committee will expose malicious falsehood against Igbo•‘Why I think Lagos demolitions were politically motivated’…demands compensation for victims•Laments Eze in Lagos detained indefinitely for mentioning IPoB•‘No way Nigeria can survive without restructuring’•Speaks on what he discussed with Obasanjo during Owerri visit BY ADOLPHUS DURU Chief Emmanuel IwuanyanwuContinue Reading
BY CHIGOZIE EZEH The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, says his camp has fulfilled every condition parties involved in the political crisis in Rivers State agreed with President Bola Tinubu for the return of peace in the state. The Minister made this comment during a visitContinue Reading
Governors of Plateau, Bauchi, Kano and Zamfara states have arrived the Supreme Court in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, as the apex court delivers verdicts in the governorship election disputes involving at least seven sitting governors elected last March and sworn in on May 29, 2023. Governors Abba Yusuf (Kano), CalebContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI After days of sizzling outrage against the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, over a messy disbursement scandal, President Bola Tinubu announced the first suspension of a member of his 48-man cabinet on Monday, removing the 37-year-old from office with immediate effect. In a statementContinue Reading