Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced the commencement of a new Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for regulating courier companies operating under the Delivered Duty Paid (DDP) Incoterm. The implementation provides a unified framework for registration, manifest submission, declaration, valuation, clearance, delivery and compliance monitoring, in line with global best...
By CLEMENT OMANIBE, Abuja
Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has concluded planns to disburse N2.525 billion to each university in its 2026 intervention cycle, while polytechnics will receive N1.871 billion each and Colleges of Education wilp receive N2.056 billion each. The Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arch Sonny Echono, disclosed this in Abuja on...
News Express Publisher, Mr. Isaac Umunna, has written to the Founder of Haleems Integrated Services Limited, Dr. Halimat Adenike Tejuosho, demanding a written apology and a billion naira for alleged defamation and unjust disruption of business operations. In a demand letter dated 30th December, 2025, Umunna, through his lawyers,...
Total rehabilitation of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State cost N43 billion while the bridge’s Closed Circuit Television Camera (CCTV) Centre cost about N2.5 billion. The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, made this known on Monday in Lagos while addressing journalists. Umahi said that the scope of...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has expressed deep sorrow over the death of the Akran of Badagry, Oba Aholu Menu-Toyi Babatunde, describing the monarch’s passing as a painful loss to Badagry, Lagos State and Nigeria as a whole. In a condolence message released on Monday through his Special Adviser...
Two members of the Rivers State House of Assembly have appealed to their colleagues to show restraint and halt the planned impeachment of Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Prof. Nma Odu. The lawmakers, the House Majority Leader, Sylvanus Nwankwo, and the member representing Degema Constituency, Peter Abbey, made...
Sixty two disengaged staff members of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Monday, asked the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) in Abuja to dismiss an application filed by the apex bank. The CBN, through its lawyer, Wilson Inam, SAN, had filed a motion on notice before Justice...
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has assured Nigerians, particularly parents and caregivers, that all Nestlé infant formula products approved for sale in Nigeria are safe for consumption. In a statement issued on Monday, the Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, clarified that infant formula...
Bandits have launched a deadly attack on a wedding convoy at Unguwar Nagunda community in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State, leaving at least two people dead and several others injured. The incident, which occurred on Sunday night, reportedly threw the quiet community into chaos as gunmen opened...
Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly has dismissed as false, misleading and completely unfounded a viral social media claim suggesting that lawmakers are planning to criminalise sexual relationships with married men. The Assembly described the report, which gained traction across Facebook and other platforms, as a fabrication with no...
Nigeria Police Force has foiled an attempted attack on the Obajana Operational Base, Kogi State, by suspected criminal elements and successfully arrested several suspects. The Police Public Relations Officer, Kogi State Command, CSP William Ovye Aya, confirmed this in a statement issued on Monday in Lokoja. It would be...
Pope Leo XIV on Monday received Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado in the Vatican, without disclosing details of the meeting. Machado has been touring Europe. She reappeared publicly in December after spending 11 months in hiding to accept the Nobel Peace Prize in...
Real Madrid said Monday that coach Xabi Alonso has left the Spanish giants by mutual consent, to be replaced by Alvaro Arbeloa. A day after the team lost the Spanish Super Cup final against Barcelona, the club parted ways with the Basque coach and immediately appointed former Madrid player...
Edo State High Court sitting in Criminal Court 2 on Monday ordered the remand of several youths arrested during the recent protest in Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area of the state, directing that they be held at the Ubiaja Correctional Centre pending further proceedings. The court’s decision followed...
Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) has suspended its proposed nationwide strike that was scheduled to begin on Monday, January 12, 2026, following renewed engagements with the Federal Government. The decision was announced by the North-Central caucus of the association after a series of consultations with government officials. According to...
Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has questioned the absence and silence of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu amid what he described as a worsening national emergency marked by poverty, hunger, insecurity, and leadership vacuum. In a strongly worded post shared on his X handle on Monday, Obi asked...
Troops of 13 Brigade, Nigerian Army have successfully rescued 18 passengers, including 2 infants, following a hijacking incident on a passenger boat traveling from Nigeria to Cameroon on 11 January 2026. Assistant Director Army Public Relations, Headquarters 13 Brigade Nigerian Army, Major Yemi Sokoya, confirmed this in a statement...
The Langtang North Local Government Council in Plateau State has distributed instructional materials to 160 schools across the area to enhance teaching and learning at the basic education level. The materials were provided to 142 public primary schools, alongside selected private schools, as pupils resumed for the new academic...
A civil society organisation, the Centre Against Injustice and Domestic Violence (CAIDOV), has lauded the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for the ongoing prosecution of former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN. The group described the...
By VICTOR CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, has warned state coordinators of the party’s ongoing electronic membership registration exercise that failure to register all party members could lead to their removal. Yilwatda issued the warning during a meeting with...