NATIONAL NEWS

The Police on Friday confirmed it had apprehended the Special Constabularies who were caught in a viral video demanding money from a Dutch woman rider in the Ojongbodu area along Iseyin/Ogbomosho Road in Oyo. Details of their arrest were revealed in a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, revealing that they were […]

The federal government has demanded the close monitoring of the nation’s borders against foreign aliens following the decoration of the newly appointed Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Mrs Adepoju Caroline Wura-Ola with her new rank. The government said modern technological devices and other sophisticated gadgets should be deployed by the NIS to […]

Ondo State Government has dismissed a reported court order which granted an order mandamus compelling the House of Assembly and its Speaker, Olamide Oladiji, to constitute a medical panel to assess Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s health. It described the report which was viral as fake and not a true representation of the ongoing Court proceedings on […]

The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended 11 Court of Appeal Justices for elevation to the Supreme Court. At its 104th meeting held yesterday, the Council considered the list of candidates presented by its interview committee. Director of Information, Soji Oye, said in a statement that they would be sworn in after the approval of […]

Vice President Kashim Shettima has arrived in Kaduna State to commiserate with the victims and families of last Sunday’s military airstrikes at Tudun Biri village in Igabi Local Government Area of the state. He was welcomed on arrival at the Nigerian Air Force base, Mando by Governor Uba Sani and top officials of the Kaduna […]

The chairman of the Senate Committee on Interior, Adams Oshiomhole, has raised the alarm that prisoners from foreign countries work at construction sites in Nigeria. Oshiomhole made this disclosure in Abuja on Wednesday when the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, appeared before the National Assembly Joint Committees on Interior to defend the Ministry’s budget for […]

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency said its operatives  repelled gunfire from armed hoodlums in Opuje, Edo State, as they sought to access forest warehouses storing psychoactive substances. This was made known in a statement signed by the Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, shared on the agency’s X account on Thursday. The incident […]

Comptroller, Nigeria Customs Service,  Federal Operations Unit  Zone “B”, Kaduna, Chedi Wada,  has lamented that smugglers have been using fake presidential number plates to deliver vehicles across the country. According to Wada, they have also been dubiously using such fake number plates belonging to various state and local governments, MDAs, Emirate Councils, and other governmental […]

In a recent development, the Federal High Court in Abuja has issued a garnishee order, freezing a total of 24 bank accounts belonging to the Kano State Government. This order was granted in response to a suit filed by the Incorporated Trustees of Masalachi Eid Shop Owners and Traders Association. The association sought compensation for […]

The House of Representatives Community on Customs and Excise said on Wednesday, December 6, that it would ensure that only career Customs officers would be appointed to the position of Comptroller General of Customs by the Customs and Excise Management Act (CEMA). The chairman of the committee, Hon. Joseph Abejide, who disclosed this while speaking […]