Rice smugglers and marketers of smuggled rice should prepare for tougher times ahead, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) warned in Abuja on Tuesday. NCS spokesman, Mr Joseph Attah, told newsmen that the warning became necessary following complaints by the Rice…
Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu, former Abia governor and current Chief Whip of the Senate on Tuesday, asked the Federal High Court, Abuja, to prohibit the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from retrying him. Kalu wants the court to prohibit…
Mr Salihu Doho, Deputy Operation Officer, Gombe State Fire Service, said three lives and property worth N357 million were lost to fire in 2020. The fire officer, in an interview with the newsmen in Gombe on Tuesday, said men of…
The Senate committee on INEC has rejected a suggestion that Under-18 married girls should have the right to vote. Fielding question on Tuesday in Abuja at the NAN Forum, the flagship interview programme of newsmen the committee chairman, Sen. Kabiru…
Kano State Fire Service said it saved 96 lives and property worth N49.6 million in 98 fire incidents in the state in January. Alhaji Saidu Muhammad, Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Service, said this in a statement on Tuesday…
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has condoled with its Chairman/CEO, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, over the passing of her mother, Alhaja Sadiat Erogbogbo. A statement by Mr Abdul-Rahman Balogun, Head, Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit of NiDCOM, on Tuesday, revealed…
Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has relieved the Commissioner of Health, Dr Salihu Kwaya-Bura of his position. The sack is contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the governor on Public Relations and Strategy, Malam Isa Gusau. Gusau…
The Lagos State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), has expressed shock over the death of Prince Tony Momoh who passed on at 81. Mr Adeleye Ajayi, the State NUJ Chairman said this in a statement in Lagos on…
By Abba -Eku Onyeka Abuja Following the recent death of the founder and Director General (DG) of National Taskforce to Combat Illegal Importation of Arms and Ammunition (NATFORCE), Dr Osita Emmanuel Okereke, leadership tussle has divided the organization into two…
By Ayo Fadimu The Inspector General of Police (I-G), Mr Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the police to arrest anyone not wearing facemask in public. This is part of the full enforcement of the COVID-19 Health Protection Regulations 2021, signed into…
