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Officers of the Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit Zone A, have intercepted over 1000 bags of foreign parboiled rice smuggled into the country through the Benin Republic border. The Acting Comptroller of the Unit, HUSSEIN EJIBUNU, stated this during a briefing on Thursday. EJIBUNU said the rice with label production from India came in through the Benin land border....

President MUHAMMADU BUHARI is currently holding meetings with stakeholders in Ebonyi state as part of his two-day working visit to the state.He had commissioned King David University and other legacy projects which he described as wonderful and laudable....

President MUHAMMADU BUHARI had lauded Governor DAVE UMAHI’S infrastructure drive, describing the Ebonyi leader as an engineer with repute.  President Buhari said this while inaugurating the 700-metre length twin-flyover (also called King David’s University flyover). According to the statement by his media aide, FEMI ADESINA, the president congratulated the Governo...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reminded political parties that they have one month to conduct their primaries and present candidates for the 2023 general elections. INEC’s reminder came in a statement issued on Thursday by its National Commissioner & Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, FESTUS OKOYE. According to the electoral ...

The House of Representatives has passed a bill for an Act to proscribe ransom for kidnap victims.The executive bills were speedily passed through the 1st, 2nd and 3rd reading after lawmakers convened an emergency session on yesterday.The first bill is to repeal the Terrorism Prevention Act, 2011 and Terrorism Prevention Amendment Act, 2013, and enact the Terrorism Prohibition and Prevention Bill, 2022....

University students took to the streets for the second straight day in protest against the strike embarked by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Tagging them ‘The University of Streets’, the protesters walked along the Ugbowo-Lagos expressway in Benin-City. The walk was expected to terminate at the Ring-Road area of the city. ...

The Abia State Government has declared today as a public holiday to enable residents participate in the ongoing voters registration exercise in the state. A statement from the government said the one-day holiday is to enable those who are yet to take part in the exercise to do the needful in the fulfillment of their civic rights and responsibilities. The government believes public...

Southwest leaders in the All Progressives Congress (APC) have scheduled a meeting with presidential aspirants from the zone. The party’s founding Chairman BISI AKANDE and former Ogun State Governor OLUSEGUN OSOBA, and other stakeholders are the conveners of the parley billed for Lagos State Government House in Marina, on Friday. Expected to attend are: Presidential aspirants...

Telecommunication companies are proposing a 40 per cent increase in the cost of calls, SMS, and data to the Nigerian Communications Commission as a result of the rising cost of running a business in the nation. Based on their proposal, the price floor of calls will increase from 6.4 naira to 8.95 naira while the price cap of SMS will increase from 4 naira to 5.61 naira. This was r...

The United Nations Secretary-General, ANTONIO GUTERRES, has arrived at the UN House in Abuja today and is expected to perform the laying of wreath ceremony in honor of the victims of the August 26, 2011, suicide bomb attack. ANTONIO GUTERRES, arrived Nigeria Yesterday on a two day official visit. GUTERRES while briefing newsmen in Borno state, expressed happiness that Nigeria is tackli...