APGA Blasts Vote-Buying Allegations After Soludo’s Landslide Victory
Governor Chukwuma Soludo The National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Sly Ezeokonwa, has described as “shocking” the claims by opposition parties that APGA engaged in vote-buying during the just-concluded Anambra State governorship election. Speaking on Channels Television’s breakfast show, The Morning Brief, on Wednesday, Ezeokonwa dismissed theContinue Reading
Customs Boss Storms Ogun Industrial Hubs, Vows to Break Trade Barriers and Boost Revenue Flow
In a bold push to strengthen trade relations and drive economic growth, the Ogun II Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has renewed its pledge to create a more business-friendly environment while sustaining robust revenue generation. The Area Controller, Comptroller Olusola Akingbade, made the declaration during a sweeping familiarisation tourContinue Reading
Dockworkers Day 2025: Stakeholders Prioritize Safety, Celebrate Maritime Heroes • Oyetola Commends Dockworkers’ Role in Advancing Nigeria’s Blue Economy
R-L: Comrade Francis Bunu (MWUN President-General); Mr. Emmanuel Nosakhare Igbinosun (Rep. Minister of Labour & Employment); Dr. Dayo Mobereola (DG, NIMASA / Rep. Minister of Marine & Blue Economy); and Engr. Ibrahim Abba Umar (ED, Engineering & Technical Services, NPA) during the 2025 Day of the Dockworker celebration in Lagos.Continue Reading
NAFDAC To Begin Enforcement Of Sachet Alcohol Ban In December
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) will begin the enforcement of the ban on the production and sale of alcoholic beverages packaged in sachets and small bottles below 200ml by December 2025. NAFDAC Director General, Mojisola Adeyeye, gave the directive during a press briefing inContinue Reading
Tinubu’s Envoys in London Push for Ekweremadu’s Return to Nigeria!
President Bola Tinubu’s delegation to the United Kingdom has opened high-level discussions on the possible transfer of Nigeria’s former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, to serve the remainder of his prison sentence in Nigeria. Ekweremadu, who was sentenced to nine years and eight months in a UK prison for organContinue Reading
“Tension in Abuja: Wike, Soldiers in Dramatic Face-Off Over Controversial Land!”
Things got heated between the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, his entourage, and some soldiers when he was stopped from gaining access to a land in the Gaduwa district of the area. “This is unprofessional. You cannot be threatening a minister like this,” one of the officialsContinue Reading
NIMASA Rallies Africa: Mobereola Pushes to crush substandard shipping with stronger Port Control
Participants in a Group Photograph during the Regional Train-the-Trainer workshop on Port State Control Inspecti on under the Abuja Mou held in Lagos.The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dayo Mobereola, has declared that effective Port State Control (PSC) remains one of the world’s strongest weapons in securing saferContinue Reading
Fury in Badagry: Mob Burns Immigration Checkpoint After Officer’s Bullet Hits Woman
Tension boiled over in Igbogbele, Badagry West LCDA, Lagos, after a stray bullet allegedly fired by an Immigration officer struck a woman identified as Hunsu Elizabeth. The incident, which occurred on Friday, ignited outrage among residents, leading to the burning of the Nigeria Immigration Service checkpoint in the area. AccordingContinue Reading
Air Strikes Kill Terrorists in Borno, Pound Hideouts in Katsina, Kwara
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) intensified its counterterrorism operations over the weekend, launching coordinated, intelligence-driven airstrikes that eliminated scores of ISWAP fighters and destroyed multiple terrorist hideouts. The operations came shortly after the assumption of office by the new Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Aneke, who has vowedContinue Reading
ISWAP Terrorists, Bandits Killed As NAF Raids Hideouts In Borno, Others
Several members of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) have been killed by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) during intensified counterterrorism and counter-banditry operations nationwide. The incident followed a series of precision airstrikes that neutralised the terrorists in Mallam Fatori and Shuwaram, Borno State, and destroyed bandit enclavesContinue Reading