The Nigeria Customs Service Apapa headed by controller Muhammad Abba- Kura had arrested two male suspects named Micheal Ajibade (Driver) and Olatunde Emmanuel (Escort) along with an ambulance discovered to be carrying ten cartons of 225mg Tramadol Tablets, valued at ...
Read More »Nigerian Navy confirms abduction of 10 Turks by pirates in Niger Delta
The Nigerian Navy has said 10 crewmembers of the Turkish-flagged general cargo vessel, MV PAKSOY 1, attacked by pirates at the weekend in the Niger Delta was still missing. Waylaid South West of Brass, the naval high command said the ...
Read More »Federal Government to supply 10 per cent of India’s oil needs
Nigeria is to supply 10 per cent of India’s crude oil requirements in the face of competing for the demand for the product from other countries. Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, dropped the ...
Read More »Federal Government withdrew graft charges against me to save face, says Danjuma Goje
Former Governor of Gombe State, Danjuma Goje has declared that the Federal Government withdrew corruption charges against him to save face. Goje, who withdrew from the Senate Presidency race shortly before the June 11, 2019 inauguration of the Ninth National ...
Read More »Kwara assembly investigates illegal acquisition of state owned property
The Kwara State House of Assembly has set a five-man Ad-Hoc Committee to probe illegal acquisition of government property by individuals in the state. This followed matter of general public importance on the sudden change of government-owned Tourist Kitchen to ...
Read More »Imo probes political appointees under former governor Rochas Okorocha
Imo State Governor Emeka Ihedioha has appointed Chief Eze Duruiheoma as Chairman of a five-man panel to investigate alleged corruption against former council chairmen and political appointees under former Governor Rochas Okorocha. Other members of the committee to probe Okorocha’s ...
Read More »El-Zakzaky, wife’s arraignment in court grounds business activities in Kaduna
Yoruba youths urge Shiites to stay away from Lagos Business activities were grounded, as several shops in Kaduna remained closed, while many people stayed indoors, following the arraignment of Shiites leader, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zinat at the ...
Read More »WHO declares emergency as Ebola outbreak in DRC spreads
Nigeria raises monitoring, surveillance at entry points, NCDC advises on prevention The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). ...
Read More »Senate charges donor agencies on accountability to IDPs, confirms rejected nominee under Saraki
The Senate has resolved to henceforth engage donor agencies that give humanitarian assistance to Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in the country to make commitments to accountability on their donations. It said it would do this through the National Planning Commission ...
Read More »You can’t shut Edo Assembly, Obaseki dares Reps, court refuses pro-Oshiomhole lawmakers access to complex
The Edo Government has insisted that the House of Representatives lacked the constitutional powers to shut the state House of Assembly. The Governor Godwin Obaseki administration was responding to a resolution of the lower chamber of the National Assembly ordering ...
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