BY GODWIN OBI Nigeria’s decades-long ordeal with fuel scarcity may have finally been buried. Billionaire industrialist and President of Dangote Petroleum Refinery, Aliko Dangote, has declared that the country’s 50-year nightmare of petrol queues is over, thanks to the giant refinery’s output. Speaking at an event marking the first anniversaryContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Terror struck Kebbi State on Monday as suspected gunmen shot dead a Nigeria Customs Service officer at the Fingila checkpoint in Dandi Local Government Area. Witnesses told Frontline Reporters that the armed men, numbering about seven and riding on motorcycles, first stormed nearby farmlands where they harassedContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI WITH REPORTS FROM JAMES AKINOLA Nigeria’s food crisis has taken a dramatic turn as the nation’s agricultural import bill surged to a staggering ₦2.22 trillion in the first half of 2025—igniting outrage among farmers, millers, and industry stakeholders who say government policies are crippling local production andContinue Reading
It was a day of transition and high expectations at the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) headquarters, Zone ‘A’, Lagos, as Deputy Comptroller-General (DCG) Charles Orbih on Friday, September 12, 2025, officially handed over leadership to Assistant Comptroller-General (ACG) Mohammed Babandede. Orbih, who has now been redeployed to head the Finance,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI As Rivers State braces for the return of Governor Siminalayi Fubara on September 18, after six months under emergency rule, the sole administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd.), has mounted a spirited defence of his tenure, insisting he fulfilled President Bola Tinubu’s mandate and stabilised the volatileContinue Reading
The Ogun State Government has warned residents of communities adjoining the Ogun, Ilo, Iju, Owa, and Yemule rivers, such as Isheri, Warewa, Akute, parts of Abeokuta, Ayetoro, Itele, Iju, and those of the coastline of Makun, Oni, Iwopin, Igele, Ifaara (Ogun Waterside), Ebute-Imobi (Ijebu East), Tungeji Island, and Agosasa inContinue Reading
The Commissioner of Police for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Adewale Ajao, has linked Nigeria’s deepening insecurity to the steady erosion of cultural values and traditions that once held communities together. Speaking at a stakeholders’ forum themed “You Against Crime” over the weekend in Abuja, Ajao lamented that many NigeriansContinue Reading
BY MODESTUS EFE What was supposed to be a youthful competition for affection has ended in tragedy in Tunga Wawa community, Kontagora, where a young man, Tanko Sule, allegedly murdered his rival, Nasiru Amadu, over a love interest. According to sources, the fatal clash happened on Friday night when Sule,Continue Reading
…Indian kingpin, three Nigerians nabbed as agency intensifies nationwide crackdown BY GODWIN OBI The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has dealt a heavy blow to a major drug cartel after intercepting a mind-blowing 2.2 million tramadol pills worth N3.99 billion at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. TheContinue Reading
…Promises to Crush Smuggling, Speed Up Cargo Clearance, and Keep PTML as Nigeria’s Model Port BY GODWIN OBI It was jubilation on steroids at the Ports and Terminal Multi-Purpose Limited (PTML) Command of the Nigeria Customs Service on Friday, September 12, 2025, as history was made in a leadership transitionContinue Reading