The Nigeria Customs Service, Port Harcourt Area 1 Command, has impounded four consignments with duty paid value of N112.68 million illegally imported into the country. The Comptroller, Ibrahim Muhammad, said this on Wednesday at the command’s port terminal in Port Harcourt. He said that the consignments consisted of four...
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reminded journalists and media organizations that there will be no manual accreditation or alternative to the online accreditation. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the INEC online Media Accreditation for 2023General Election portal address is: https://imap.inecnigeria.org. The INEC Public Relations...
A Zamfara-based Islamic group on Wednesday in Gusau commended Kano Upper Shari’a Court for convicting an Islamic scholar, Abduljabbar Kabara to death by hanging for blasphemy. The Kano Upper Shari’a Court sentenced Kabara to death by hanging on Dec. 15, 2022 over blasphemous comments against Prophet Muhammad. Chairman of...
The Federal Executive Council(FEC) has approved the recommendation for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPC LTD.) to invest 1.9 trillion in the reconstruction of 44 federal roads under the tax credit policy. The council gave the approval at its meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on...
The Whistleblowers Anti-corruption Reporting Network (WARN), a Civil Society Organisation (CSO) says it has received 1,381 whistle blowing information and has supplied those information to various anti-corruption agencies in the country. Mr Gabriel Onwe, the Executive Director of WARN, disclosed this at the one-year anniversary of the organisation, on...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says humility, honesty, integrity, wisdom, courage, competence and fear of God should be imparted in students across the country for a better future. Obasanjo said this while delivering his lecture during the 100th anniversary of Baptist Boys High School (BBHS), Abeokuta, held at the school...
Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun has advised media practitioners to shun fake news as no society could develop optimally where there was misinformation and confusion. He appealed to media professionals to thoroughly conduct their research and ensure objective reportage of facts. Abiodun, who made this assertion while playing host...
The year 2022 witnessed flooding as never seen in recent years in different parts of the country. The damage caused was massive resulting in loss of lives, property and farmlands. The incident also caught the attention of the international media with BBC reporting that “Nigeria is suffering its worst...
Military Pensions Board (MPB) says the delay in the receipt of payment of Security Debarment Allowance (SDA) by eligible military retirees was due to hitches between the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and disbursing banks. The Chairman of the board, Rear Adm. Saburi Lawal, made this known in a...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Nouakchott, Islamic Republic of Mauritania, urged leaders to place a premium on youth development, with more seriousness and actionable ideas in promoting skills acquisitions, while discouraging idleness. Speaking at the African Conference for Peace, 2023, the President said idleness...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development (ALFOPED), a non governmental organization has trained 30 selected members of Early/ Forced Marriage Women Group and Mothers of invisible children on psycho-social support, entrepreneurship and capacity building. The 2-day training workshop which was held at the Allamin....
The Senate has tasked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure that the 2023 general election is free, fair and credible. President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, said this on Tuesday, in his welcome address on resumption of plenary after Christmas and New Year break. Lawan charged the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says preparations for the 2023 general election are largely being concluded as preliminary deployments are already underway. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, stated this in Chatham House, London, on Tuesday while addressing the world on preparations for the 2023 general election. Yakubu, in...
The 36 state governors have invited the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emiefele, for a virtual meeting on Thursday over issues related to the new naira notes introduced by the apex bank. The Head, Media and Public Affairs, Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NFG) Secretariat, Abdulrazaque...
The United Nations (UN) said on Tuesday that the killing of journalists worldwide significantly increased by 50 per cent in 2022 following a decline over the previous three years. The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), in its 2021-2022 freedom of expression report, released on Tuesday said 86...
By Esther Alexander- (Abuja) Participants at a one day conference have called for more collaboration from all stakeholders to end the issues of human trafficking in Nigeria. They made the call on Tuesday at a press conference organized by The Sisterhood is Global Institute and it’s Gloria Steinem Equality...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State on Tuesday visited a 110-year old village head of Beli in Shira LGA, Muhammad Inuwa, where he pledged to construct 120-kilometer road from Kilbore-Beli-Zigau-Bukul. The project is to be constructed by Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP)....
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Network Against Child Trafficking Abuse and Labour (NACTAL) on Monday submitted a Memorandum to the National Assembly House Committee on Human Rights on the amendment of the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act (TIPPEA) of 2015. Submitting NACTAL’s position during the...
Speaker of House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, says the quality of political conversations among gladiators will determine the outcome of the Feb. 25, general election. Gbajabiamila said this at the resumption of the House seating for the 2023 legislative session in Abuja on Tuesday. He said as the country...
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate seeking confirmation of appointment of seven members of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC). The letter was addressed to Senate President, Ahmad Lawan and read shortly after the commencement of Tuesday’s plenary. “Appointment of members of Independent...