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Customs seeks excise duty on soft drinks
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has called for the re-introduction of excise duty on all drinks produced in the country. Hameed Ali, comptroller-general of the NCS, disclosed this…
BREAKING: ‘I’m receiving death threats from IPOB people’ – Kanu’s Lawyer cries out
Aloy Ejimakor, who is a solicitor to Nnamdi Kanu, has said that he is receiving death threats “from people I’ve been defending for years”. In a tweet on his known Twitter handle on Monday, Ejimakor linked the threat of…
Veteran artist Yusuf Grillo dies at 86
Veteran Visual Artist, Prof. Yusuf Grillo has been confirmed dead, due to COVID-19 complications. Gboyega Grillo, son of the deceased, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Monday. Gtillo was 86…
BREAKING: After 53 days in DSS custody, judge signs release order of Igboho’s aides
Some of the aides of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, at the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday. Photo: Olatunji Obasa After 53 days in the custody of the Department of State Services, the 12 aides of embattled…
Why our operatives ‘forced their way’ into Dorathy Bachor’s house – EFCC
Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has accused Big Brother Naija former housemate, Dorathy Bachor, of lying about a raid in the building housing her apartment of in Lekki area of…
Gov. El-rufai reveals how FG can destroy Banditry in the North
The Governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-rufai has advised the Federal government to stop paying ransoms and instead kill all the Bandits in the North. The Governor, who spoke at a dialogue: “Financing Safe Schools: Creating…
Online voter registration tops two million, says INEC
Indications that Nigerians will turnout in good numbers to vote in the next general election have emerged as over two million people have registered within two months after the Independent National Electoral Commission…
Police to arraign Gloria Okolie for using account to fund IPOB/ESN
A police source has said about N17.5m was reportedly traced to bank accounts belonging to Gloria Okolie after she was arrested by the Intelligence Response Team for alleged link to the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra.…
JUST IN: Troops rescue 15 kidnapped travellers
No fewer than 15 travellers were on Monday rescued by the military troops in Jama’a local government area of Kaduna State. Troops of Operation Safe Haven were said to have rescued the 15 travellers after repelling the…
Green Africa Airways Embattled as Co-founder Alleges Fraud, Demands N625m Damages, Wants Taiwo…
A United States-based Nigerian, Mr Kenny Awosika has asked a Federal High Court in Lagos to declare him as a promoter/co-founder of Green Africa Airways Ltd, entitled to 55 per…
BREAKING: Court orders resident doctors to suspend strike
The National Industrial Court, Abuja division, has ordered the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to suspend its nationwide strike. The doctors had…
Nigerians in Italy fault Ex-commissioner’s claims
Nigerians in Italy have refuted the recent claims by Mr Osaze Osemwengie-Ero, an erstwhile Edo commissioner, that Nigerians residing in Italy are being maltreated by the…
BREAKING: Suspected land grabbers kill police officer, two others in Lagos
The Police have arrested four suspected land grabbers and cultists in connection with the mayhem in Gberigbe town in Ikorodu area of Lagos. The arrest of the…
Buhari mourns late Aguiyi-Ironsi’s widow, Victoria
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended condolences to the Aguiyi-Ironsi family over the death of Chief Victoria Aguiyi-Ironsi, its matriarch and wife of former…
Jos Killings: Security Personnel To Go After People Attacking Innocent Citizens
The local authority of Jos North Local Government Area, on Sunday, said it will go after any person who attacks innocent citizens and fish them out to…
‘Less Than 40,000 Doctors Treating 200m Nigerians’
The estimated 40,000 doctors treating the 200 million population in Nigeria has been thoroughly depleted, according to the president of the Nigeria Medical…
Photo Of The 17-Year-Old Girl Who Stabbed Her Neighbour To Death In Kano
A 17-year old girl, Aisha Kabiru of Shekar Maidaki Quarters, Kumbotso Local Government Area of Kano State has been arrested for allegedly stabbing her 28-year old neighbour, Bahijja Abubakar to death. Police spokesman, DSP Abdullahi…
Former first lady Victoria Aguiyi-Ironsi dies at 97
Victoria Aguiyi-Ironsi, the wife of late Nigerian head of state, Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, is dead. The former first lady passed on Monday at 97. She would have been 98 on…
Fuel price remains until FG, labour end negotiations – PPPRA
The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency on Sunday said the Petroleum Industry Act had signaled the full deregulation of the downstream oil sector. It was, however,…
Kidnappers Of 121 Kaduna Students Threaten To Charge Interest Over Delayed 80M Ransom
Fresh facts have emerged showing that bandits are demanding ‘demurrage’ for extra days the 80 remaining students of Bethel Baptist School in Kaduna State spend in captivity.…
Miyyetti Allah hands over 11 suspected kidnappers to police
The leadership of Miyyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association has handed over 11 suspected kidnappers and gun runners to the police. The suspects were…
Wife of the Premier of former Eastern Region, Adanma Okpara dies at 96
Lady Adanma Okpara, wife of the Premier of former Eastern Region, Dr Michael Iheonukara Okpara has reportedly died at the earlier hours of Sunday, August 22, 2021. She would…
‘Don’t shun experience of elders’ — Obasanjo advises Olu of Warri
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has advised Tsola Emiko, the newly-crowned Olu of Warri, to tap from the experience of the elders. The 37-year-old Emiko was crowned on…
Rivers judgement: Continue to pay VAT to us, FIRS tells taxpayers
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has directed taxpayers in the country to continue to pay value-added tax (VAT) to the agency to avoid facing penalties for failing to…