The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has confiscated 1,577 jerry cans of smuggled Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, commonly known as petrol, valued at N39.4 million. Assistant Comptroller General of Customs and National Coordinator of the Unit, Hussaine Ejibunu, made this disclosure while addressing journalists on Friday in Lagos. Ejibunu, who represented the Comptroller General of Customs
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The death toll from the Niger State flood disaster has risen to one hundred (100). This was as the Deputy Governor of the State, Yakubu Garba, visited victims of the disaster in Mokwa community. The Deputy Governor revealed the casualty figure in an interview with newsmen during the visit on Friday. DAILY POST reports that
The Kwara State Government has sealed off some extra mural coaching centres and computer and cyber cafes across the state for failing to register, pay annual renewal fees and comply with other regulatory requirements in violations of the state’s regulations. Some of the affected centres were operating illegally without meeting the state’s stipulated guidelines, according
A chieftain of the opposition New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Engineer Buba Galadima, has claimed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration has delivered nothing to Nigeria other than hardship, the hardship he said could only be compared to “digging dry wells.” Galadima made the assertion in light of President Tinubu’s speech on Thursday, May 29
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, says it will not bow to pressure in its bid to rid the country of banned, counterfeit, unregistered and harmful drugs. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye made this declaration at a news conference in Lagos while reacting to claims that the agency
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has debunked reports that the upper legislative chamber embarrassed Senator Sani Musa (APC, Niger East) during a recent plenary session. In a statement he signed personally on Friday in Abuja and titled “Clarification on Misleading Reports Regarding Senate Proceedings,” Akpabio defined the online claims as false and misleading. “My attention has
The trial of self-acclaimed Biafra Prime Minister, Simon Ekpa, has commenced in Finland. Ekpa appeared before the Päijät-Häme District Court in Finland on Friday to face terrorism related charges. In November 2024, Ekpa was arrested by the Finland government for alleged terrorism related activities. He was accused of inciting violence and funding terrorism as part
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fixed June 30 to hear the suit filed by former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke challenging the forfeiture of her assets by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, at the resumed hearing of the matter on Friday, the former
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested at least 78 suspected internet fraudsters in Kano, Nasarawa and Abia. Spokesman for the EFCC, Dele Oyewale, made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Oyewale said that the EFCC operatives on Friday, arrested 43 suspected internet fraudsters in Toto, Nasarawa State. The EFCC’s
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, on Friday said plans have been concluded to introduce reforms in the FCT transportation sector to improve safety and comfort. Wike said this in Abuja, after he inspected the completed Kugbo and Mabushi Bus and Taxi Terminals in preparation for inauguration to celebrate President Bola