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January 6, 2023 No Responses

NCS Loses Four Personnel To Smugglers

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, said it lost four of its officers to smugglers in 2022. The acting Controller of the unit, Deputy Comptroller Hussein Ejibunu, disclosed this on Thursday in Lagos. Ejibunu explained said that...

January 6, 2023 No Responses

Kaduna Generates N44b Revenue In Ten Months

Between January and October 2022, Kaduna State Government generated N44 billion Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), the State Bureau of Statistics (KDBS) has disclosed. The performance was based on the Monthly IGR Performance Report, published on KDBS we...

January 6, 2023 No Responses

NAHCO Suspends Personnel Over Air Peace Incident

The Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) Plc has commenced investigation on how its equipment damaged an Air Peace Airbus A320 Aircraft at Murtala Muhammed Airport on Wednesday. In a statement on Thursday, the company’s Group Executive Director, ...

January 6, 2023 No Responses

DMO: Alarm Over National Debt Unnecessary

The alarm created around the country’s projected public debt by a segment of the media was unnecessary, the Debt Management Office (DMO), said on Thursday. The Director-General, Mrs Patience Oniha, said this in a statement to react to reports by...

January 6, 2023 No Responses

Couple, Six Others Nabbed For Allegedly Killing, Selling Lady’s Parts In Ogun

The Police Command in Ogun State has arrested a couple and six others for allegedly killing and dismembering a 26-year-old mother of two, Oyindamola Adeyemi. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said this in a stat...

January 5, 2023 No Responses

Forensic Audit: Minister Tasks NDDC Board On Implementation

The Minister of Niger-Delta Affairs, Chief Umana Okon Umana, has charged members of the Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to be faithful in the implementation of the recommendations of the report of the Commission’s Forensic Au...

January 5, 2023 No Responses

Stock Market Extends Gain By 0.12%

The Nigerian Exchange (NGX) on Wednesday gained N34 billion as market capitalisation closed at N28.136 trillion from N28.102 trillion recorded on Tuesday. Also, the All-Share Index (ASI) increased marginally by 61.9 basis points or 0.12 percent to close ...

January 5, 2023 No Responses

Edo Extends Deadline For Compulsory Vehicles’ Painting

The Edo State Government has extended the deadline for the compulsory painting of all commercial vehicles and profiling of commercial drivers/ owners in the state by two weeks. In a statement, the Managing Director, Edo State Transport Authority, Mrs. Ed...

January 5, 2023 No Responses

Air Peace Demands Investigation Into Aircraft Damage By Ground Equipment

Air Peace has urged aviation authorities to look into the ground handling equipment that collided and damaged its aircraft elevator at the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos Spokesman of Air Peace, Mr Stanley Olisa, who confirmed the incident in ...

January 5, 2023 No Responses

Court Remands Two Brothers For Allegedly Enticing Married Woman

A Shari’a Court sitting in Kano on Wednesday, ordered the remand of two brothers, Saifullahi Hamisu, Mujahid Hamisu and one Hassana Surajo, in a Correctional Center for allegedly enticing a married woman. The defendants, who lives at Bachirawa Quarters...

January 5, 2023 No Responses

SAHCO GETS ISO 9001:2015 CERTIFICATION

Skyway Aviation Handling Company (SAHCO) PLC has been awarded the International Organization for Standardization (ISO 9001:2015) certification for Quality Management system. ISO 9001:2015 is the international standard that identifies requirements for qua...

January 4, 2023 No Responses

Air Peace Lifts 55m Passengers In Eight Years

Air Peace airlifted 55,821,258 passengers in the last eight years of its inception, a statement from the airline on Tuesday, has revealed. Meanwhile, the airline has also reaffirmed its commitment to providing seamless domestic, regional and internationa...

January 4, 2023 No Responses

FG Lists Support For FRSC, Inaugurates Biu As Corps Marshal

The Federal Government has recruited and trained not less than 8, 000 personnel of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) as part of measures to safeguard highways in the country. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustaph...

January 4, 2023 No Responses

Edo Explains BoI Partnership, Loan Support For Persons Living With Disability

Loans disbursed by Edo State Government and the Bank of Industry (BOI) have promoted the expansion of businesses operated by persons living with disability, Managing Director, Edo State Skills Development Agency (EdoJobs), Mrs. Violet Obiokoro, has said. ...