President Bola Tinubu has asked the nation’s security chiefs to ensure that there is conclusive victory against the myriad of security threats assailing the country. Addressing security chiefs and heads of intelligence agencies at a Presidential Security Briefing at the State House, in Abuja, on Friday, President Tinubu said while …
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Customs Grant Special Promotions to 14 Officers for Exceptional Performance
The Nigeria Customs Service has said that it has granted special promotion to fourteen officers in recognition of their exceptional performance in various assigned responsibilities. Comptroller General of Customs, Wale Adeniyi stated this at the Customs Corporate Headquarters Abuja on Thursday while decorating recently appointed Assistant Comptrollers-General (ACGs), Comptrollers, and …
Read More »Otu, Cross River and ‘Season of Sweetness’ -By Michael Jegede
The emergence of His Excellency, Senator (Prince) Bassey Edet Otu, as the Executive Governor of Cross River State, was believed to have heralded a ‘Season of sweetness’ for Cross Riverians, knowing his records as a performing politician, who positively affected the lives of many via his philanthropic engagements which earned …
Read More »Sierra Leone Ex-President Koroma Charged Over ‘Coup Attempt’
Sierra Leone on Wednesday charged former President Ernest Bai Koroma with treason and other offences for his alleged role in what authorities have called an attempted coup on November 26, authorities said. Koroma, who led the West African nation from 2007 to 2018, had previously been questioned, with authorities saying …
Read More »FG suspends evaluation of Benin Republic, Togo degrees — after certificate racketeering saga
The federal government has suspended the evaluation and accreditation of degree certificates from Benin Republic and Togo. Augustina Obilor-Duru, the acting director of press at the federal ministry of education, confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday. The director said the decision follows a recently published report exposing certificate racketeering …
Read More »Ghali Na’Abba, Akeredolu:A tale of two deaths-By Victor Ndoma-Egba
December 27, 2023 dawned in a very grim manner. As I woke up I saw a news item on the scroll bar of Channels Television that Ghali Umar Na’Abba 8th Speaker of the House of Representatives had passed on at the age of 65. The son of a wealthy Kano …
Read More »Alex Uka, The Duke of Alagaka Government Office, Akure Ring Cartel
Alex Uka for 6 years he reigns as the Duke of the government house Alagbaka in Akure in Ondo State, he was the kinsman and the personal assistant to the former First Lady of Ondo State Betty Ayanwu Akeredolu, he is the major business canvaser to the former First Lady, …
Read More »‘I hear your groans’ to survive, Tinubu tells Nigerians
President Bola Tinubu on the first day of 2024 reassured Nigerians that he is awake to their plight facing months of economic hardship.“From the boardrooms at Broad Street in Lagos to the main-streets of Kano and Nembe Creeks in Bayelsa, I hear the groans of Nigerians who work hard every …
Read More »NSCDC arrests 22 suspected illegal miners in FCT
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Federal Capital Territory Command, has arrested 82 suspected vandals and 22 illegal miners from August till date.The FCT Commandant of the NSCDC, Mr. Olusola Odumosu, gave the figures during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja Odumosu said …
Read More »Dangote Refinery Receives Third Crude Shipment Of 1 Million Barrels, To Start Diesel and Aviation Fuel Production Mid-January 2024
In a big boost towards achieving Nigeria’s energy refining capacity and security, Nigeria’s Dangote refinery has received its next one-million-barrel crude oil cargo from Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited (STASCO), bringing the total to three million barrels at the facility’s Single-Point Mooring.Media investigation by The Commerce Africa that …
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