BY GODWIN OBI The southwest enforcement unit of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has impounded 1,995 bales of second-hand clothing among other contraband items. According to the unit, this forms the largest single seizure of such goods ever made by the unit were discovered at an abandoned building aroundContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, Mohammed Bello Koko has received the commendation of the the Hon Minister of Transportation Engr. Mu’azu Jaji Sambo for the strides being made by his management team especially in the area of revenue generation and remittance. The HonourableContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has disowned the “Pentecostal Bishops Forum of Northern Nigeria” for holding meeting with Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Deputy National Secretary of the PFN, Bishop David Bakare, told our reporter in a telephone interview that suchContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI A Lagos State High Court in Ikeja has awarded N750,000 damages against the state government for violating a legal practitioner, Lawal Aliyu’s fundamental rights, following the towing of his vehicle and imposed fines by Lagos State Traffic Management Authority without a valid court order. In a judgmentContinue Reading
BY ADOLPHUS DURU Former speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has continued to express his disapproval of the adoption of same faith presidential and vice presidential ticket by the All Progressives Congress (APC) saying it was antithetical to the quest for nation building. Speaking at the maiden MeetContinue Reading
• Umahi, Akpabio, Tambuwal make Senate list • Lawan, Obaseki’s camp loses out BY EFE MODESTUS Candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu and the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi as well as 15 others have been cleared to contest theContinue Reading
BY MARTINS DURU Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has promised to adequately support small scale businesses and young entrepreneurs in the state to ensure the growth and sustainability of their various businesses. Soludo said that doing so would encourage youth entrepreneurship, create jobs and encourage more youths to getContinue Reading
BY GODDY OBINWA As Nigerians look forward to electronic transmission of election results in next year’s elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the country is close to transiting to electronic voting. Also, INEC has revealed that it would use 1.4 million adhoc staff to conduct nextContinue Reading
The Kanwan Katsina District Head of Ketare, Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara ‘mni’ has commended the efforts and instrumentality of Katsina State Governor Aminu Bello Masari for establishing the Katsina State Safety Road and Traffic Authority KASROTA Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara made the commendation recently when he paid a courtesy visitContinue Reading
•Students defy FG, block Ibadan-Ile-Ife Highway, motorists, commuters stranded •State varsities’ pro-chancellors backs FG on ‘no work no pay’ BY JAMES AKINOLA The President, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, has said the union was wiling to end its seven-month old strike if concrete agreements were reachedContinue Reading