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Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) boss Hameed Ali urges Nigerians not to engage in smuggling or patronising smugglers in Easter message

Customs reconstitutes new management, appoints 4 Ag DCGs

The Nigeria Customs Service has reconstituted its management and announced some key appointments to rejig the service toward greater efficiency.

Workers’ Strike: Gov Amosun sacks OGTV, OGBC General Managers

The Ogun State Government has announced the retirement of the General Managers of the State Television (OGTV), Mr Dele Bolujoko,…

La casera apple drink wears new look

The La Casera Company Plc, makers of Nigeria’s leading apple carbonated soft drink has launched a fresh new look for…

Nutritionist highlights benefits of mangoes

Dr Ochuko Erikainure, a nutritionist and biochemist, has said that mangoes can reduce the progression of age-related macular degeneration and…

ECOWAS parliament speaker welcomes release of Chibok girls

The Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Moustapha Cisse, on Wednesday welcomed the release of 82 Nigerian schoolgirls after three years…

FEC approves creation of national trade negotiation office

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday approved the establishment of a national…
UNICEF

250 HTR communities not affected by CSM in Zamfara – UNICEF

UNICEF has said that none of the 250 Hard-to-Reach (HTR) communities under its intervention was affected by the recent meningitis…

NSCDC trains 215 in Oyo State

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Oyo State Command, says it has trained 215 private security guards in…
Market Capitalisation

NSE All-Share index crosses 27,000 mark

The All-Share Index of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday crossed 27,000 mark for the first time in the…
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FG urged to demolish structures under high tension lines

An electrical engineer, Mr Charles Fashola, on Wednesday advised Federal Government to enforce laws forbidding erection of structures close to…

Corps Marshal inaugurates Speed Limit manufacturing plant in Lagos

The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, on Wednesday inaugurated a speed limit device manufacturing plant…
House of Representatives hits back at Senate, ignore bills for concurrence

Oil and gas free zone bill passes second reading

A Bill for an Act to repeal and re-enact the Oil and Gas Free Zone Authority Act passed second reading…

Don’t pass bill seeking amendment of NLNG Act, Okonedo begs Senate

The management of Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Ltd. on Wednesday appealed to the Senate not to amend the NLNG…

Former VP holds private talks with Osinbajo at villa

Former Vice President Namadi Sambo on Wednesday paid a visit to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo and both held private discussions.
Christians sponsored by Gov. Ishaku depart Yola for Jordan

Pilgrimage Operators urged to ensure efficiency in service delivery

Rev. Tor Uja, Executive Secretary, Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), has urged Christian Pilgrimage Operators (CPOs) to develop increased working…

Depression making ponzi schemes thrive in spite of risks – Yudala

Yudala, an e-commerce firm has said that ponzi schemes are thriving in the country due to depression.
Nigerian Senate

Waterways Bill passes third reading at Senate

The National Inland Waterways Act (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill, 2017, scaled through third reading at the Senate on Wednesday.

Army redeploys Gen. Irabor, Theatre Commander, 146 others

Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru has been appointed the new Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole.

Agency advises youths to undergo HIV, sickle cell tests

Dr Shamsu Yahaya, Director of Public Health, Katsina State Primary Health Care Agency has urged youths in the state to…

Lagos LG polls: APC endorses automatic ticket for 18 candidates

Ahead of primaries for the Local Government elections in Lagos, the leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has endorsed…

Bauchi: NUJ to train 100 journalists on ICT

Mr Ibrahim MalamGoje, the Chairman, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Bauchi State Council, on Wednesday said that the union would…

FRCN to celebrate children’s day with sports fiesta

The Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) Radio One, has said that the aim of introducing the “Radio One Sports…

Iyana-Ipaja gang war: Police arrest 20 hoodlums

The operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, of the Lagos Police Command and the Iyana Ipaja Area Command on…

Defence corps arrests five suspected thieves in Jigawa

The Jigawa Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Tuesday said it had arrested five suspects…
N5.78b fraud: EFCC re-arraigns ex-Kwara Governor Ahmed

State passes People with Disability Bill

The Kwara House of Assembly on Wednesday passed the People with Disabilities Bill.

Taskforce arrests fake police inspector in Lagos

The operatives of the Lagos State Task Force has arrested a commercial bus driver for impersonating the police.

British Govt Trains Nigerian Army Instructors

The British Military Advisory Train the Trainer Team, on Wednesday completed the training of 250 instructors of the Depot Nigerian…

Osinbajo Launches MSMEs Clinic

The Acting President Yemi Osinbajo will on Thursday in Katsina launch a Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises(MSMEs) Clinic, as part…

Ghana Inflation Rises To 13.0%

Higher transport costs helped drive Ghana’s annual inflation rate higher to 13.0 per cent in April from 12.8 per cent…
Court jails Lagos man Damilare Adewale 14 years he pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault on a 14-year-old girl

Student Jailed 3 Weeks For Stealing Phone

A Wuse Zone 2 Senior Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday in Abuja sentenced a student, David Out, 20, to three weeks…