The Nigeria Customs Service, specifically the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone B, has intercepted a truckload of donkey bones intended for export, along with dried donkey meat, valued at over three billion Naira. Disclosing this during a press briefing by the Comptroller FOU Zone B, Ahmadu Bello Shuaibu in Kaduna on Tuesday, NCS vowed to…
The Tinubu-led Federal Government has approved the prohibition of money rituals and glamourizing of vices in Ngerian films. This was disclosed by the Executive Director/CEO of National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), Shaibu Husseini, while speaking at a National Stakeholders Engagement on Smoke-Free Nollywood held in Enugu on Wednesday, May 22. He stated that…
President Bola Tinubu has sacked Chukwuemeka Woke as the managing director (MD) of the Ogun-Osun River Basin Development Authority (OORBDA). Woke, who served as former Chief of Staff to FCT minister Nyesom Wike when he was Rivers governor, was appointed on May 9, 2024. His appointment, however, generated mixed reactions and protests as some…
Lawmakers in the lower legislative chamber on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to offer pregnant women free medical treatment in public health institutions during and after delivery. The resolution of the House followed the adoption of a motion brought on the floor of the Green Chamber on Wednesday during plenary by the member representing Zaki…
Governor Siminalayi Fubara, of Rivers state has alleged that some of the commissioners who angrily resigned from his cabinet last week left no record of their activities. He said upon the exit of the commissioners, some documents were sought but could not be found in their ministries. Fubara made the allegation on Tuesday while swearing…
Members of the Nigerian Bar Association in Anambra State have started a week-long boycott of all courts in the state over the killing of the vice chairman of NBA Ihiala Branch and Principal State Counsel, Peter Awa. Awa was gruesomely murdered by unidentified gunmen at Eke Umudioka, Okija, on Sunday. Last week, members of the…
More progress has continued to trail the technology-driven operation of the Anambra State Police Command under the new Commissioner of Police, CP Nnaghe Obono Itam, as the gallant officers recorded another feat, foiling a kidnap attempt in the state and rescuing the victim. The Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, SP Ikenga Tochukwu confirmed…
A former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, has accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, of “sweating” over the recent meeting of its 2023 presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and his Labour Party, LP, counterpart, Peter Obi. Ologbondiyan said rather than raise issues of governance, the APC is busy politicking over Atiku and…
Ahead of the 2027 general election, a new political movement, the Allied Conservative Congress, ACC, has emerged and has vowed to displace the ruling political party, the All Progressives Congress, APC and rescue Nigeria. ACC said it would rescue Nigeria from its slide to anarchy, economic depression, political upheavals and hopelessness The new alliance said…
As the September 21 governorship election approaches, Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki said it would be hard for him to reconcile with those who have offended him in the course of governance. Obaseki made the remarks when he visited the Edo State Muslims Pilgrim Welfare Board to bid farewell to intending pilgrims for the 2024…
