Modern customs key to AfCFTA success, WCO declares
The World Customs Organisation (WCO) has warned that African customs administrations face mounting challenges amid political pressures, rising consumer expectations, and increasingly complex global supply chains, calling for urgent modernisation and strategic trade management. Speaking at the Customs–Partnership for African Cooperation in Trade (C-PACT) conference on Tuesday, themed “Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges,” WCO Secretary General […]
FG targets zero road deaths in Nigeria, says Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday saids the Federal Government is committed to a future where Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs), no longer claim lives. Tinubu made the declaration in his keynote address at the opening of the International Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Crash Victims Conference in Abuja. The President, represented by the Secretary to […]
UK, Nigeria, deepen trade ties to boost women exporters’ growth
Nigeria and the United Kingdom have expressed commitment in deepening trade ties to boost women-led exports and strengthening bilateral trade for global competitiveness. Dr Jumoke Oduwole, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, made this known at the She Trades UK-Nigerian Trade Mission to Abuja on Tuesday. The initiative is in collaboration with the International Trade […]
Tinubu mourns Agbese Newswatch co-founder President Bola Tinubu has expressed deep grief over the passing of Chief Dan Agbese, a veteran journalist, prose stylist, author, and co-founder of the trailblazing Newswatch weekly news magazine. Agbese, who was the Awan’Otun of Agila town in Ado LGA of Benue State, died on Monday at the age of […]
Trump’s threat, Nigeria’s insecurity, and the malady in-between
Toyin Falola Despite the relative progress humanity has made in suppressing acrimonious tensions between and within countries, pockets of violence often reduce the achievements to a negligible portion. At the global level, effusive energies are accelerating between powerful countries with their aggressive threats, plunging the world into medieval atrocities. But these nations, perhaps for reasons […]
COP 11: Minister Celebrates Nigeria’s Progress at Tobacco Global Meet
By Esi-ife Arogundade Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Iziaq Salako, has praised Nigeria’s tobacco control efforts since 2012, saying the country had made “remarkable progress” in the fight against the deadly product. Dr, Salako, who spoke at the ongoing 11th Session of the Conference of Parties (COP11) to the WHO Framework […]
COP 30: African Group Rejects $125bn Tropical Forest Forever Facility
By Esi-ife Arogundade At the ongoing United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 30) in Belem, Brazil, the Africa Make Big Polluters Pay (MBPP) Coalition has strongly rejected the newly launched Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF), describing it as a dangerous and misleading attempt to financialise nature under the guise of protecting it. The TFFF, spearheaded by Brazil, is being […]
Tinubu to Judges: ‘Go beyond diagnosing old challenges and commit to actionable solutions’
By BOLA AHMED TINUBU PROTOCOL: It is with profound honour and deep respect that I address you this morning at the Opening Ceremony of the 2025 All Nigerian Judges’ Conference of the Superior Courts. This assembly is not merely a biennial tradition; it is an extraordinary convocation of men and women upon whose wisdom, courage, […]
Court jails man 18 months for stealing N3m tricycle
An Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun State on Monday, sentenced a 38- year-old man, Babalola Abideen, for conspiring with another person to steal a tricycle worth N3 million. She also directed the convict to pay a restitution of N2 million to the complainant. Fadairo said that the prosecution had proven beyond reasonable doubt that Abideen […]
Court remands man over alleged trafficking of 138.6kg cannabis
A Federal High Court in Ibadan on Monday ordered a suspected drug dealer, Oluwatobi Salako to be remanded in the correctional centre for allegedly trafficking 138.6kg of Cannabis Sativa, a Narcotic substance. Justice Nkeonye Maha ordered Salako to be remanded in Agodi custodian facility after he pleaded not guilty to the one-count charge of unlawful […]
