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The Controller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adewale, has cautioned customs officers nationwide to avoid engaging “camp boys” at checkpoints. The CG, represented by Assistant Controller General Zone B, Sambo Kaliyal Dangaladima during a visit to the Kebbi State Area Command in Birnin Kebbi, emphasized the risk involved in the practice. The visit […]

The Canadian government has announced the cancellation of the 10-year multiple-entry visa for Nigerians and citizens of other countries. The authorities said that the cancellation of 10-year multiple-entry visa is part of the government’s efforts to curb immigration after experiencing a post-COVID population surge. While the multiple-entry visa previously allowed holders to enter and leave […]

Special counsel Jack Smith asked a federal judge Friday to put Donald Trump’s criminal election-subversion case on hold until his office determines its next move following the Republican’s win in Tuesday’s presidential election. Judge Tanya Chutkan immediately agreed to the request, which was unopposed by Trump’s lawyers. Also Friday, House Republicans sent a letter to […]

Adeyeye Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ile-Ife, says Nigerians should take proactive steps to improve the country rather than blame the government. Ogunwusi spoke in Akure, the Ondo state capital, on Friday at the official showcase of Ojaja Smart City, noting that the need to address the housing deficit in the country led him to initiate […]

The Police Special Fraud Unit on Friday dragged a businessman before a Federal High Court Lagos for alleged N14.7 million fraud. The defendant, Abdullahi Mohammed, was arraigned before Justice Lewis Allagoa, on a three-count charge bordering on conspiracy and cybercrime to the tune of N14.7 million. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The […]

The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau has confirmed the recovery of the black box, which includes both the Flight Data Recorder and Cockpit Voice Recorder, from a helicopter that crashed in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State. On October 24, a Sikorsky SK76 helicopter operated by East Wind Aviation and contracted by the Nigerian National […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Enugu Zonal Directorate, reported that its operatives have arrested two Chinese nationals, Wang Jiang and Wang Richard, for allegedly attempting to export solid minerals without a permit. The commission stated that it received intelligence from the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria on November 3, 2024, regarding the illegal activity, […]

India’s three-decade ban on importing author Salman Rushdie’s controversial ‘The Satanic Verses’ book has effectively been lifted after a court said the government was unable to produce the original notification that imposed the ban. The India-born British author’s novel was banned by India in 1988 after some Muslims viewed it as blasphemous. The Delhi High […]

*Indicts Military Over Killings At Abisare, Seeks Trial Of Soldiers Involved An Independent Investigative Panel that was set-up by the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, on Friday, said it found no evidence to support an allegation that Nigerian soldiers conducted forced and illegal abortions on women and girls in the North-East region of the country. […]

Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has renamed Abia State Polytechnic Aba after the first Executive Governor of Abia State, the late Dr Ogbonnaya Onu. Otti disclosed this during an interdenominational church service in honour of the departed statesman on Thursday in Umuahia, the state capital. The polytechnic was established in 1992 during Onu’s tenure as […]

Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has asked the Makurdi division of the Court of Appeal to dismiss the appeal filed by former governor of the state, Samuel Ortom, challenging the decision of the High Court of Benue State which dismissed his case. The case borders on the constitution of the Income and Expenditures Commission of […]

A magistrate court in Enugu State has remanded a Nigerian woman for allegedly breaking her three-year-old stepson’s bone with a pestle. The woman, Ada Ogbogu, allegedly carried out the act in October. She was arraigned on Tuesday. During the arraignment, the police told the court that Mrs Ogbogu’s alleged action against the stepson was illegal […]