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BY GODWIN OBI Panic gripped Lagos Island on Tuesday as a massive fire engulfed the 22-storey Great Nigeria Insurance House on Martins Street, sending thick plumes of smoke into the skyline and triggering a frantic emergency response. According to the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), the raging inferno reportedlyContinue Reading

United States President Donald Trump said US forces conducted “powerful and deadly” strikes against Islamic State militants in northwestern Nigeria on Thursday, after he warned the group to stop killing Christians in the country. The Department of Defense said “multiple ISIS terrorists” were killed in an attack conducted at theContinue Reading

BY GODWIN OBI The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dayo Mobereola has felicitated with stakeholders in the Nigerian maritime industry during the yuletide. Dr Mobereola who observed that the year 2025 was a good one for the industry also assured that the AgencyContinue Reading

Chairman of the Presidential Tax Reforms Committee, Mr Taiwo Oyedele. By Frontline Reporters Chairman of the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee, Mr Taiwo Oyedele, has said Lagos State has the capacity to generate as much as ₦1 trillion annually from property tax if the sector’s full potential isContinue Reading

Former UN Envoy Arthur Mbanefo, Odu of Onitsha By Godwin Obi President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed deep condolences to the family, associates and the people of Anambra State over the passing of Chief Arthur Christopher Mbanefo, who died at the age of 95. In a statement issued on WednesdayContinue Reading

The Federal Government has filed 16 alleged money laundering charges, to the tune of ₦1.014bn, against a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), and his son, Abubakar Abdulaziz Malami, before the Federal High Court in Abuja. Also listed as a co-defendant in the caseContinue Reading

Comptroller Frank Oyeka BY GODWIN OBI The Tin Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has recorded a historic revenue breakthrough, smashing its 2025 target and surging past expectations with an unprecedented ₦1.56 trillion collected as of December 23, 2025.The Command’s Area Controller, Comptroller Frank Onyeka, announced theContinue Reading

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted and seized 20 diverted transit containers with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N769.5 million across Kano and Jigawa states between the second and fourth quarters of 2025. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale-Adeniyi, disclosed this during a press briefing at the Kano/JigawaContinue Reading