Sept. 29, 2025 Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has relieved Hajiya Zainab Baban-Takko, the state’s Commissioner for Women Affairs and Child Development of her duties with immediate effect. This is contained…
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Customs introduces one stop shop for cargo clearance
Sept. 28, 20225 The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it has officially introduced its ‘One- Stop- Shop (OSS)’ initiative aimed at reducing cargo clearance time to 48 hours. NCS’s spokesperson, Abdullahi Maiwada,…
Drug trafficking: Police nabs 11 suspects in Abuja
Sept. 28, 2025 The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, said it has arrested 11 suspects over drug trafficking during coordinated operations across known drug black spots within the…
PENGASSAN orders nationwide strike over sack of Dangote Refinery workers
Sept. 28, 2025 The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has directed its members nationwide to withdraw their services following the sack of over 800 Nigerian workers at…
Nigeria Police nabs notorious Beninese fugitive
Sept. 28, 2025 The Nigeria Police Force National Central Bureau (NCB) of the Interpol, has arrested and handed over a notorious Beninese fugitive, Sunday Kotin, to authorities of Benin Republic. In a…
Drugs: 45-year-old ex-convict arrested in Ekiti; another 56 year-old man nabbed in Kaduna
A 45-year-old ex-convict Femi Owoeye (aka Do Good) was on Thursday 25th September arrested by NDLEA officers at his 24 Oke-Igele street, Ikere Ekiti home. He was found in possession of 32kg…
NDLEA nabs two Lagos drug lords in home raids
Two drug kingpins: Victor Nwosa and Felix Chika Obiegbu have been arrested by operatives of a Special Operations Unit (SOU) of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) after consignments of cocaine,…
How Ponzi Scheme Operator Diverted Victims’ N91.5m through Unlicensed MFB in Enugu- Witness
September 27, 2025 An alleged notorious ponzi scheme operator in Enugu State, Chinedu Roland Okoronkwo stood trial on Friday, before Justice F. O. Giwa-Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court sitting in Enugu…
Malala visits Nigeria to push girls’ education priorities
Sept. 27, 2025 Nobel laureate, Malala Yousafzai, is in Abuja to meet with the Board of Directors of the Malala Fund, aimed at advancing its priorities on girls’ education in Nigeria. Nankwat…
Troops rescue 2 kidnapped Immigration officers in Benue
Sept. 27, 2025 Troops of the Joint Task Force Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) have rescued two kidnapped officers of the Nigeria Immigration Service in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State. This…