Customs releases impounded trucks after CGC’s intervention at bonded terminal
By Godwin Oritse The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has released 36 trucks belonging to members of the Association of Maritime Truck Owners (AMATO) that were impounded during an investigation into alleged trade infractions at Zarmmak Bonded Terminal in the Amuwo Odofin area of Lagos. The trucks were detained by Customs Police attached to the Zone ‘A’ […]
NNPCL’s N7.1tn question: Why transparency must follow the money
By ADETUNJI ROGERS The latest scrutiny of N7.13 trillion recorded by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) as an energy-security expense in 2024 has reignited familiar questions about the national oil company’s financial accountability. According to NNPC Ltd’s 2024 audited financial statements, the expenditure arose from a mechanism linked to the difference between the […]
As court sentences Oriire abductors, by Adekunle Adekoya
IT is no longer news that terrorism is live in our country, Nigeria. As we speak, we have home-grown terrorists, mostly radicalized, unemployed youths in cahoots with foreign terrorists with international affiliations like ISWAP and Al Qaeda plying their nefarious trade in our country. The last terror attack that dominated the news headlines for more than […]
When a Toothache Becomes a Medical Emergency: Why too many Nigerians wait until It’s too late
By Mariam Olayode It often starts with something that feels manageable. A dull ache in the jaw. A tooth that sends a sharp signal whenever something cold touches it. A swelling that appears overnight and seems, at first, like it might go away on its own. Paracetamol first.Then ibuprofen. Then amoxicillin bought from a nearby […]
World Youth Skills Day: Lagos Ikoyi Elite Lions Club trains pupils on bead making
In commemoration of World Youth Skills Day 2026, Lagos Ikoyi Elite Lions Club, under Lions International District 404A3, organised a Basic Art of Bead Making training programme for pupils of Premier Day Nursery and Primary School and Raufu Williams Primary School, Surulere, Lagos. The programme was organised in line with the Lions International Global Cause […]
Nigeria: Beyond protest against hunger, kidnapping and fuel
By BEN OGU Nigeria is a country of those who neither understand their problem nor the root cause. Otherwise, it is nauseating that a country of learned and intelligent citizens of over two hundred million, blessed with a superfluity of natural resources and yet held in bondage of penury by a minute percentage of politicians, are, […]
