The Katsina Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 866 bags of parboiled foreign rice and other contraband worth N58.6 million from smugglers between March 24 and April 8. The Acting Customs Area Comptroller, Mr. Dalha Wada Chedi, who disclosed this yesterday in Katsina, while briefing journalists, lamented that in spite of... Read More
The Department of State Services (DSS) has denied torturing Sai’du Afaka, President Muhammadu Buhari’s official driver, to death It described a report that it tortured the deceased as misleading. The report had alleged that Afaka misled Buhari into approving a multi-million naira contract which was later discovered by the DSS. It further said the service... Read More
After a meeting of its National Executive Committee (NEC) held yesterday, the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has vowed to continue its ongoing strike until the federal and state governments concede to its demands. The leaders of the association will however meet with the Minister for Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige in Abuja,... Read More
Africa’s richest man and Chairman of Dangote Industries Limited, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, and the Chairman of Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc, Mr. John Coumantaros, have said the establishment of a new sugar refinery plant in the country by BUA Group posed a threat to the attainment of the National Sugar Master Plan (NSMP) as well... Read More
Pope Francis yesterday urged the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank to cut the debt burden of poor countries hit by the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and give their governments a greater say in global-decision-making. In a letter to the participants of the IMF and World Bank’s annual spring meeting, the... Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari has written a letter of good wishes to King Abdullahi II Bin Al-Hussein of Jordan in which he disclosed that he was having a short rest in London, the United Kingdom. The President, according to a statement issued yesterday his media assistant, Malam Garba Shehu, sent the letter of solidarity to King... Read More
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu, has described the First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, as a woman of deep convictions and feelings for what she believes in, saying she is the voice of conscience in the presidency. This is just as Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) also described the president’s... Read More
The House of Representatives Committee on Health Care Services has threatened to invoke a warrant of arrest if the Registrar of Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN), Tajudeen Sanusi, fails for the second time to appear before the committee next Friday. Sanusi was invited to appear before the lawmakers yesterday to answer questions on... Read More
Buckingham Palace has announced the passing of the Duke of Edinburgh and husband of Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip. The father of Prince Charles and grandfather of Prince Williams and Prince Harry died on Friday at Windsor Castle in England. He was aged 99. Before his death, he was hospitalised but later discharged. Over the... Read More
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has hailed the courage of the founding fathers of the Nigerian media, describing them as the fulcrum of the nation’s nationalist struggle. Osinbajo, who stated this yesterday in Lagos at the launch of ‘The Making of The Nigerian Flagship: A Story of The Guardian,’ written by Aaron Ukodie and O’Seun... Read More