.as bags of rice now stored in office surroundings By Godfrey Bivbere The two government  warehouses meant for storage of seized contraband items at the Federal Operations Unit, FOU, Zone “A” of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, are now overflowing with seized thousands of bags of imported rice. Other seized items at the government warehouses […]

Reigning Nigeria, Commonwealth and World 100m hurdles champion Tobiloba Ayomide Amusan will be hoping to win the last major global title of the outdoor season and get her hands, once again, on the iconic Diamond Trophy Thursday in Zurich, venue of the 2022 Diamond League final. The Nigerian began her historic run on the track […]

AHEAD of the 2023 general elections, the Labour Party has condemned what it described as a cowardly attempt to scare the members of the party in Enugu State during its meeting, saying that no cartilage of bullets and cache of bombs can silence a peoples’ agenda and resolve which time have come.

 Arrest 10 suspects By Godfrey Bivbere The Federal Operations Unit, FOU Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS yesterday said it has impounded 20 drums of carbide, a chemical used in the manufacture of Improvised Explosive Devices, IEDs and other contraband with Deputy Paid Value, DPV worth N579.4 million last month. Disclosing this at a […]

By Biodun Busari A Nigerian woman, Nweke Ifeoma gave birth to a baby on the plane during her flight from Istanbul, Turkey to Manchester, the United Kingdom on Monday. According to Turkish-run news agency, Anadolu Agency said on Tuesday that the flight was diverted to Vienna International Airport, where paramedics were waiting for the woman […]

By Miftaudeen Raji Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has dismissed claims of disagreement between him and the national chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu. Tinubu made this disclosure on Wednesday when he visited the national secretariat of APC alongside his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima. The APC […]

The newly appointed Chairman of the Board of Trustee (BoT) of the opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the party’s 2015 presidential candidate, Dr Mani Ibrahim Ahmed, has explained why the national leadership of the party suspended its presidential candidate and 17 state chairmen. The national chairman through a statement had earlier announced Dr. Ahmed […]

Nigerians can defeat terrorism and related crimes such as terrorism financing and money laundering if all the security agencies in the country agree to work in synergy by sharing intelligence, the Director General of the Department of State Services, Alhaji Yusuf Bichi Magaji, has said.

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, Tuesday denied that his campaign has received $150 million in donations from diaspora sources. A group under the aegis of Tinubu-Shettima Connect had urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to disqualify Obi over the alleged funding as it violates the Electoral Act on campaign funding. […]

Ahead of the 2023 presidential elections, the standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday visited the national secretariat of his party alongside his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima, and slammed the Labour Party LP Presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi for falsifying economic statistics to woo gullible Nigerians.

Efforts by road construction workers in conjunction with illegal toll collectors to prolong the construction work along the Under Bridge – Fagbems end of the Apapa-Oshodi expressway was foiled by the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, Mohammed Bello-Koko. The elongation would have given some security operatives and their civilian collaborators the opportunity for […]

…as Board flags off regulations enforcement By Godfrey Bivbere   Nigeria’s Chief  Inspector of Diving, Julius Ugwala, has admonished all multinational and local companies to get requisite approvals from the Diving Governing Board of the Ministry of Labour before the commencement of all diving operations and to pursue adherence to the 2018 Diving at Work regulation so […]

The Executive Secretary/ Chief Executive, Nigerian Shippers’Council, Hon. Emmanuel Jime, in this interview with Emeka Anaeto, Business Editor, and Godfrey Bivbere, Maritime Correspondent, painted graphic picture of the transformation happening in the shipping industry. On assumption of duties last year you must have listed some quick wins, some low hanging fruits you expected to deliver in short term. […]

Self-acclaimed mediator negotiator for the hostages of the ill-fated Kaduna-Abuja train service, Tukur Mamu, has been detained by the Department of State Services.

By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY- THE people of Okomu community in Ovia South-West Local Government Area of Edo State have appealed to the state governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, the state Commissioner of Police, CP Abutu Yaro, to deploy more armed mobile policemen to the forests in the area particularly Agbede community with a view to […]