By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The acting Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Isah Jere Idris has declared open a week-long Customer Service Ceremony at the Headquarters Abuja. The event which would be holding across all commands and formations is an effort to deepen healthy interface with all...
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The police have arrested a suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari, and four other police officers. Others arrested are ACP Sunday Ubuah, ASP Bawa James, Inspector Simon Agrigba, and Inspector John Nuhu, while the fifth suspect, ASP John Umoru, is still at large. They were arrested on...
… Hold national summit in Abuja By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – All is now set for the National Stakeholders’ Summit on “Protecting Nigeria’s Critical Infrastructure, Monuments and Business Assets,” scheduled to hold in Abuja from February 28, according to the Coordinating Committee for the event. The two-day National Stakeholders...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, fixed March 28 to rule on Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS)’s motion to join Department of State Services (DSS) and National Intelligence Agency (NOA) in a suit filed by leader of the proscribed Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, and his...
The Federal Government has charged radio stations in the country to uphold the trust of their listeners by shunning fake news. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, gave the charge in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday to mark the 2022 World Radio Day. The...
The Federal High Court in Yenagoa on Monday adjourned until March 22, hearing in a N 700 billion oil spill compensation suit filed by members of Aghoro I community in Bayelsa. The people of Aghoro I in Ekeremor Local Government Area (LGA) in Bayelsa sued Shell Petroleum Development Company...
The House of Representatives Committee on Customs and Excise has set the sum of N3.01 trillion as the 2022 revenue target for the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). The committee also approved N369 billion as the 2022 budget for the service. Rep. Leke Abejide, Chairman House Committee on Customs and...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri- Borno State Government has established a stakeholders programmes to disarm, demobilize and reintegrate child soldiers and to ensure their protection from exploitation and re-recruitment. The Borno State Commissioner of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Zuwaira Gambo, disclosed this on Monday in Maiduguri during an...
Suspected bandits have abducted the regional accountant of Nigerian Customs Service in charge of Kano & Jigawa State, Mr Mahassan Lawal. Mr Lawal was kidnapped late on Friday night in his country home of Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The officer was whisked away by gunmen who...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC) on Monday said it has seized various brands of unregistered aphrodisiacs in Kaduna. An aphrodisiac is substance or drug that causes sexual arousal, brings on desire, or increases sexual pleasure or performance. NAFDAC Coordinator in Kaduna State, Mr Nasiru...
Local police on Monday confirmed that 11 people were injured in a stabbing incident that occurred in Albuquerque, the largest city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. The police said officers are investigating seven possible scenes, stretching from Downtown to Central and Wyoming with reports of 11 stabbed...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has declared DCP, Abba Kyari wanted over 25kilograms of illicit drugs. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi said this at a press briefing on Monday in Abuja. The NDLEA said investigation has revealed that Kyari was a member of...
As Paris Saint-Germain prepare to face Real Madrid in the Champions League, the French club hope a victory in the tie could yet help convince Kylian Mbappe to stay rather than move to the Spanish capital. The clock continues to tick down on the World Cup-winning striker’s contract in...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared a one-month warning strike. President of the union, Emmanuel Osodeke, announced this at a press conference on Monday after a two-day meeting of the union’s National Executive Council (NEC). According to him, the industrial action is “comprehensive and total”. More...
The Concerned Members Forum of All Progressives Congress (APC) has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari not to allow the 2023 presidential ambition of some top members of the party to destroy it. Convener of the forum, Mr Okpokwu Ogenyi, made the appeal in a letter he addressed to the...
Anambra State Governor-Elect, Prof Charles Soludo, has thrown open a portal for people interested in joining his team as political appointees to apply. The notice which was signed on behalf of the Chairman of the Transition Committee, Dr Oby Ezekwesili, by the Executive Director of the committee, called on...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kwara State Command has warned petroleum marketers against hoarding and selling fuel above the recommended pump price. In a statement, The NSCDC spokesman in the state, Mr Babawale Afolabi, said the warning became necessary in order...
For the first time hip-hop headlined the Super Bowl halftime show, starring Dr. Dre and proteges Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, and Eminem, who invoked a racial justice protest by taking a knee on music’s biggest stage. Buzz had been building for weeks over the ’90s lovefest that also...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo departs Abuja on Monday for Monrovia, to represent President Muhammadu Buhari at the inauguration of the year-long commemoration of the Liberia’s bicentennial anniversary. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice-President, made the declaration in a statement in...
President Muhammadu Buhari, in the past week under review, reiterated the commitment of his administration to ensure the respect and protection of consumers against market abuses and social injustices. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the president returned to Abuja, on Feb. 7, after participating in the...