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Transport fares to reduce nationwide from Oct. 1, says Pi-CNG & EV

The Presidential Initiative on Compressed Natural Gas and Electric Vehicles (Pi-CNG & EV) says transportation fares are expected to reduce nationwide from Oct. 1. Newsmen report that this was stated in a communique issued on Thursday at the end of a stakeholders meeting to review their readiness and progress in implementing affordable CNG and electric ...

Kwara Customs area command generates over N7.9bn between Jan-Aug 2026 — Controller

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Kwara Area Command has generated over seven billion, nine hundred and seventy-eight million, three hundred and thirty-eight thousand, thirty-one naira and twenty kobo between January and August 2026. Speaking during a news briefing in Ilorin on Thursday, the Acting Area Controller for the Kwara Command, Deputy Controller Najeem Akanmu Ogundeyi, ...

US Air Force delivers equipment to Nigerian Air Force

The United States Air Force has delivered military equipment to the Nigerian Air Force as part of efforts to strengthen defence cooperation between both countries and support Nigeria’s fight against terrorism. The equipment was delivered over the weekend by a U.S. Air Force C-17 aircraft under a Foreign Military Sales agreement between the United States ...

NDLEA arrests drug kingpin who has been evading arrest for two years

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has secured the arrest and repatriation of Festus Ibewuike, alias Chidibest Ibewuike, a fugitive drug kingpin who had evaded arrest for over two years following the interception of the single largest heroin consignment ever recorded at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. Ibewuike, who relocated to Mozambique ...