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Tragedy has struck at the General hospital in Odan, Lagos State after a female medical doctor, Vwaere Diaso, was confirmed to have died inside an elevator in the medical facility. Diaso, who was pronounced dead by her senior colleagues, died barely two weeks to completion of her housemanship in the state’s medical facility. The deceased, […]
Niger announced overnight that it was reopening its borders with several of its neighbours, excluding Nigeria, a week after a coup that has been condemned by foreign powers. “The land and air borders with Algeria, Burkina Faso, Mali, Libya and Chad are re-opened from August 1, 2023,” a junta spokesperson said on state television. Nigeria […]
The Apapa Command of Nigeria Customs Service has collected an unprecedented revenue totalling N119,049,235,263 in July, 2023. The collection is the highest monthly revenue ever made in the history of the command or any other Customs command in Nigeria. The highest monthly revenue ever generated by the command was N95 billon recorded in August, 2022 […]
Protesters, led by organised labour, have pulled down the gate of the National Assembly in Abuja. The protesters, who had Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, leader, Joe Ajaero, and Festus Osifo of the Trade Union Congress, TUC, leading, asked security operatives stationed at the legislative building to open the gates so that workers can talk to […]
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, on Tuesday evening, visited the site of the wing aircraft crash in Oba Akran Avenue, Ikeja. The small fixed wing aircraft called Jabu 4 crashed on Tuesday, August 1st 2023. Speaking with newsmen after assessing the site of the crash, Sanwo-Olu commended the efforts of all the first responders, […]
In pursuit of its mandate as ports economic regulator and in its bid to sensitize and protect the rights of consumers in the Nigerian port system, the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has collaborated with the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Council (FCCPC) to facilitate a Consumer Protection Regime (CPR) in the shipping and ports sector […]
The mass protests called by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) over the removal of petrol subsidy by the Federal Government have commenced nationwide. In Abuja, members of the NLC and other affiliate unions, had as early as 8am converged on the Unity Fountain in Maitama Abuja, to commence the nationwide mass protest at the federal […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has approached the Supreme Court to set aside the July 25, 2023 discharge of former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido and his son, Mustapha Lamido, by the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal. The former governor, his two sons, Aminu and Mustapha, Aminu Wada Abubakar, and […]
On Tuesday, EFCC agents detained 52 alleged online fraudsters in the university town of Abraka, Delta State. Wilson Uwujaren, its spokesperson, said the suspects were detained as a result of actionable intelligence reports connecting them to internet-related fraud in Abuja. He added that items recovered from the suspects included five Lexus RX350 vehicles, one Mercedes […]
The Senate on tuesday directed the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service ( NCS) and the National Security Adviser (NSA) to lift the subsisting restriction order placed on the supply of petroleum products to border communities. Lifting of the restriction order, the Senate declared, was very necessary now, since fuel subsidy removal by the […]
