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March 23, 2025 No Responses

NDLEA Arrests Indian Woman With Heroin

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 42-year-old Indian woman, Ms. Neetu Neetu, at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, with 72 parcels of heroin concealed in wafer wraps and packaged as chocolates.A statement issued on...

March 23, 2025 No Responses

Ramadan: CGC Urges Customs Personnel To Elevate Community Spirit

The Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Adewale Adeniyi, has called on officers and stakeholders to embrace the spirit of service, discipline, and charity as essential values during the holy month of Ramadan and beyond.The CGC stated this during the grand If...

March 23, 2025 No Responses

Osun Communal Crisis: Adeleke Tasks Traditional Rulers

Based on the communal crisis in Ifon, Ilobu and Erin-Osun communities in Osun State, Governor Ademola Adeleke has threatened to suspend traditional rulers in the communities if clashes erupt in the towns again. The communities have been at loggerheads with...

March 23, 2025 No Responses

SPDC’s Host Community Threatens $5bn Lawsuit Over Asset Sale

One of the landlords to Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) in Bonny, Rivers State, Se-Alabo Dan-Jumbo, has accused the oil giant of “illegally’ divesting its assets without the consent of its host communities, and threatened a $5 billion...

March 22, 2025 No Responses

LPG Supply: NLNG Harps On Digitalisation, New Platform

As part of measures to improve operational efficiency of Domestic Liquefied Petroleum Gas (DLPG), the management of NLNG has reiterated it’s commitment to work closely with stakeholders.At an engagement session with stakeholders in Lagos, recently, NLNG ...

March 22, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Probes Suspect Arrested with $578,000

Operatives of the Lagos Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have commenced investigations of a suspect, Okorie Sylvernus Sunday, arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, by the Nigeria Customs Servi...

March 22, 2025 No Responses

NDDC Empowers Rice Farmers

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has reaffirmed its commitment to agricultural empowerment by concluding the second batch of its Capacity Building Programme for Rice Farmers on Commercial Scale in Umuahia, Abia State. Speaking during the clo...

March 22, 2025 No Responses

ILO: Nigeria Seeks Formal Designation, Elevation Of Seafarers, Others

The Federal Government of Nigeria through its Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy, and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has continued its advocacy for the formal designation of seafarers as key workers. This, the government expl...

March 21, 2025 No Responses

Security Agents Trail Kidnappers Of ABC Transport Passengers

Security agencies have intensified efforts to rescue 11 passengers of ABC Transport and seven passengers of River State Transport company.The passengers were kidnapped on March 16, 2025 in Kogi State while on their way to Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.I...

March 21, 2025 No Responses

Women In Automotive Industry To Honour Weststar Associates MD, Ebere Anenih

The Women in Automotive Industry, a group dedicated to empowering and recognizing women in the automotive sector, is set to honor Ebere Anenih, Managing Director of Weststar Associates, the authorized General Distributor of Mercedes-Benz in Nigeria, in commemo...

March 21, 2025 No Responses

Alao Assumes Duty As Permanent Secretary, Lagos Finance Ministry

Mahmud Tajudeen Alao has officially assumed office as the new Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Ministry of Finance, following his recent appointment by the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu.A distinguished financial expert and seasoned civil s...

March 21, 2025 No Responses

NADDC DG Visits Imo Governor To Discuss Partnership

The Director General, National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), Oluwemimo Joseph Osanipin, on Thursday paid a courtesy visit to Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma.The visit aimed to strengthen the ongoing collaboration between NADDC an...

March 21, 2025 No Responses

Motoring Worlds Founder, Owoeye, Honoured At FUOYE, Makes Case For Engineering Entrepreneurship

The Federal University of Oye, Ekiti has honoured the founder and editor of Motoring World International, Femi Owoeye for his contributions to the engineering field in Nigeria through the media.Owoeye received the award as a special guest at the 2025...

March 21, 2025 No Responses

NGX Group, CBN, MinieMoney, Others Partner To Boost Students’ Financial Literacy

The Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX Group), in collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and MinieMoney, empowered over 200 students with essential financial literacy skills as part of the 2025 Global Money Week celebration. The event conve...