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March 21, 2025 No Responses

Nigeria Probes TikTok, Truecaller

The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has launched an investigation into the data processing practices of Tiktok and Truecaller. Dr. Vincent Olatunji, the Chief Executive Officer of the NDPC, disclosed this on Thursday at a press conference in Abuja, where...

March 20, 2025 No Responses

Labour Faults Emergency Rule In Rivers

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) have condemned declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu. The labour unions called for the immediate reversal of the declaration, saying...

March 20, 2025 No Responses

Reps To Probe Conditional Cash Transfer

The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the conditional cash transfer programme of the Federal Government. Honourable Abass Adigun who moved the motion reminded the House that in order to ensure effective and efficient delivery of the programm...

March 19, 2025 No Responses

Oyetola Tasks Africa’s Maritime Stakeholders On Green Shipping

Nigeria’s Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola has called on Maritime stakeholders across Africa to leverage the continent’s renewable energy potential to become a global leader in green shipping. The Minister made the remark a...

March 19, 2025 No Responses

Lagos Receives 80,000 Bags Of Dangote Foundation 10kg Rice

Lagos State Government, in conjunction with the Aliko Dangote Foundation on Tuesday flagged off the National Food Intervention programme aimed at alleviating hunger and promoting food security across Lagos and Nigeria at large. The programme is mea...

March 18, 2025 No Responses

Apapa Customs Attains ₦18.9b Daily Collection

The Apapa Port Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Friday, March 14, 2024 attained daily revenue collection of ₦18.9billion, the highest in the history of the command. City Business News reports that the new record breaks the existing highest....

March 18, 2025 No Responses

Nigeria’s Inflation Drops To 23.18 Per Cent

Nigeria’s inflation rate dropped to 23.18% relative to the January 2025 headline inflation rate of 24.48%. This was disclosed by the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in its February 2025 consumer price index (CPI) on Monday. According to NBS, the...

March 18, 2025 No Responses

NCAA Clears Max Air To Resume Operations

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has cleared Max Air to resume its domestic flight operations following a successful completion of an economic and safety audit. This was disclosed by Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection of the NCAA, Mich...

March 17, 2025 No Responses

Shippers’ Council Partners Customs On AEO

As part of measures to foster inter-agency collaboration, the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has partnered the Nigeria Customs Service (NSC) to facilitate a workshop programne on Authorized Economic Operation (AEO) for the Council’s operation officers.In...

March 17, 2025 No Responses

Edo Revenue Service To Partner Insurance Practitioners

The Edo State Internal Revenue Service (EIRS) is to collaborate with the forum of Insurance Practitioners in Edo State for effective service delivery. This was revealed by the representative of the Executive Chairman, Sir Michael Ohio-Ezomo, Executive Di...

March 17, 2025 No Responses

NDLEA Intercepts Cocaine Concealed In Prayer Beads, Shoes

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted cocaine concealed in prayer beads and locally made shoes. In a statement and pictures shared on X on Sunday, NDLEA spokesman Femi Babafemi explained that the agency had arrested some suspects....

March 16, 2025 No Responses

U17WCQ: Nigeria’s Flamingos Defeats South Africa

Nigeria took a giant step to qualification for the 2025 U-17 Women’s World Cup on Saturday, beating South Africa 2-0 at the Remo Stars Stadium, Ikenne, Ogun State. The Flamingos had last week defeated the Bantwana 3-1 in the first...

March 15, 2025 No Responses

Kano Donates N3b Land For NWDC HQ

Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has donated a 1.9-hectare plot of land, valued at N3 billion, to the newly established North West Development Commission (NWDC) for the construction of its permanent headquarters in Kano. The land, taken from the premises...

March 15, 2025 No Responses

Customs Impounds 34,470 Litres Of Petrol

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intensified its fight against fuel smuggling, leading to a major crackdown on smugglers of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, in Gembu and Kan-Iyaka border communities of Taraba State. Gembu, the headqua...