TINCAN Customs Generates Over N274.3B In First Half Of 2022
By Alex Akao The Tincan Island Command of the Customs Service has generated over two hundred and seventy -four point three billion Naira in the first half of the year, 2022. It represents twenty-seven point fifty percent increase from last year’s figure of two hundred and twenty-nine point three billion Naira. The Customs Area Controller […]
Court sends ex-AGF, others to prison over N109bn scam
A Federal Capital Territory High Court has remanded a former Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, and two others in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Kuje. Justice Adeyemi Ajayi ordered that Idris and his co-defendants be kept in Kuje Correctional pending the hearing of their bail applications on July 27. This followed the […]
Tinubu, Shettima meet Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari, the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu and his vice presidential candidate Kashim Shettima are about now in a closed-door meeting at the Aso Villa, Abuja. The delegation, which is made up of others was ushered in to see the President at about 3:00 pm. The visit […]
Don Jazzy Loses Mum To Cancer
Music producer and Mavin records boss, Michael Collins Ajereh popularly known as Don Jazzy has announced the demise of his mother. Don Jazzy announced the sad news on his Instagram page . According to the music executive, the mother died on Friday morning after battling cancer. “Lost my sweet mother this morning. The matriarch of […]
Breaking: Joe Biden Tests Positive For COVID
President of the United States, Joe Biden has tested positive for coronavirus . This was disclosed in a statement by Karine Jean-Pierre, white house press secretary, Biden is experiencing “mild symptoms” and has begun taking Paxlovid, an anti-viral treatment. The US president is also expected to isolate at the white house, while continuing to carry out […]
Tinubu Officially Unveils Shettima As Running Mate
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has officially unveiled Kashim Shettima as his running mate in the 2023 presidential election. The unveiling ceremony took place on Wednesday at Shehu Musa Yar’ Adua Centre in Abuja Shettima, a serving senator and former tw0-term governor of Borno State was announced as vice […]
NCAA Suspends Dana Operations Indefinitely
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has suspended Dana Air operations indefinitely over its alleged inability to run safe operations. The Director-General of the NCAA, Capt. Musa Nuhu stated that the suspension was made pursuant to Section 35(2), 3(b) and (4) of the Civil Aviation Act, 2006 and Part 1.3.3.3(a)(1) of the Nigeria Civil Aviation […]
Thabo Mbeki and the Quest for an Independent and Prosperous Africa
By Toyin Falola The quest for an independent and prosperous Africa spans several generations, continents, and themes. Notably, from the eighteenth century, people of African descent in Europe, America, the West Indies, and on the continent have been engaged in different kinds of the liberation struggle to uphold their humanity, independence, and right to self-determination. […]
Dockworkers Set for Showdown With Terminal Operator Over Condition of Service
By Alex Akao Baring any urgent intervention from the management of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), dockworkers in Lagos seaports appears set to truncate normal operations at the AP Moller Terminal (APMT). The marine workers angst against the foremost terminal operators is not unconnected with the inability of the two bodies to agree on a mutually […]
Impeached Oyo Deputy Gov faults process
The sacked Oyo State Deputy Governor, Rauf Olaniyan, has faulted the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Munta Abimbola, over the constitution of the seven-man panel which recommended his removal from office. In a statement on by his lawyer, Afolabi Fashanu (SAN), the former deputy governor alleged that the panel constituted to investigate the allegations […]
