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July 4, 2024 No Responses

Customs Impounds Firearms, Drones At Lagos Airport

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has seized assorted arms, drones, and military accoutrements worth ₦1.5bn exported from Turkey to Lagos State. Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, disclosed this in Lagos on Wednesday at the Murtala Muhammed Area Command of...

July 3, 2024 No Responses

Bill To Repeal NIMC Act Passes Second Reading

A bill to repeal the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) Act 2007 has passed the second reading in the Senate. The bill provides for the establishment of a National Identity Database, and the NIMC is charged with the responsibilities for...

July 2, 2024 No Responses

NDDC To Develop New Strategies For Niger Delta Development

The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, has assured that the Niger Delta Stakeholders Summit, coming up on July 10-13, 2024, will develop strategies for economic growth and development of the Niger Delta Region....

July 1, 2024 No Responses

NDLEA Arrests 60 Suspects In Abuja

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Sunday arrested Sixty suspects comprising 25 males and 35 females at a drug party in Abuja. The suspects were nabbed in the nation’s capital on Friday night following credible intelligence about the...

June 28, 2024 No Responses

Photo News

Managing Director, Globe Motors, Victor Oguamalam (Right) and Customs Area Comptroller, Ports Terminal Multi Services (PTML), Kenny Mankini Daniyan, at the Maiden edition of Nigeria Auto Industry Summit (NAISU) organised by the Nigeria Auto Journalists Asso...

June 27, 2024 No Responses

FG Approves Upgrade Of Ibadan Airport

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, disclosed on Wednesday that President Bola Tinubu has approved the upgrade of Ibadan airport, The governor said his administration’s efforts to have the Ibadan Airport, Alakia, upgraded to an international airport have yield...

June 26, 2024 No Responses

Emefiele: Court Orders Final Forfeiture Of $1.4m

The Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos has ordered the final forfeiture to the Federal Government, of the sum of $1.4 million, linked to a former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele. Justice Ayokunle Faji gave the order...

June 25, 2024 No Responses

Cholera: Lagos Adopts New Strategy, Free Treatment

The Lagos State Government has announced the adoption of the One Health Strategy in response to the recent cholera outbreak in the state.Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, disclosed this today, Tuesday, June 25, 2024 at a press briefing on...

June 25, 2024 No Responses

Cholera: Death Toll Hits 53

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has activated its emergency centre as the death toll in the recent outbreak of cholera reached 53 nationwide. This is according to a Monday update by the agency shared on its official X...

June 25, 2024 No Responses

Tinubu Appoints Tunji Bello FCCPC CEO

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Olatunji Bello as the new Chief Executive Officer/Executive Vice-Chairman of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC). The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, who...

June 24, 2024 No Responses

NDDC Harps On Youth Empowerment

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has re-affirmed its commitment to programmes aimed at empowering the youths of the Niger Delta region.The NDDC Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, gave this assurance during a stakeholders’ engagement in Akure, ...

June 23, 2024 No Responses

Dangote Refinery Accuses IOCs, NMDPRA Of Sabotage

Vice President, Oil and Gas at Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), Devakumar Edwin, has accused International Oil Companies (IOCs) in Nigeria of doing everything to frustrate the survival of Dangote Oil Refinery and Petrochemicals.A statement issued on Sunday qu...

June 22, 2024 No Responses

NIMC Refutes Alleged Data Compromise

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) hasdebunked alleged exposure of sensitive data of Nigerian citizens.A statement issued on Saturday by Kayode Adegoke,Head, Corporate Communications assured the public that the data of Nigerians has notbeen com...

June 21, 2024 No Responses

Nigeria’s Debt Up By ₦24.33trn In Three Months

Debt Management Office (DMO) on Thursday disclosed that Nigeria’s total public debt is now ₦121.67 trillion ($91.46 billion), The DMO said as of March 31, 2024, the country’s domestic and external debts stood at ₦121.67 trillion ($91.46 billion). Niger...