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Former Edo Governor Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has turned 71, and President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated him. Buhari praised the former National Chairman of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) for his contributions to national development, especially his leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress, in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina. (NLC). The President praised the Senators-elect for their dedication and loyalty to democracy in the country, saying the country owes him a debt of gratitude for always putting the welfare of the average worker first. “President Muhammadu Buhari warmly extends felicitations to…

The Nigeria Customs Service Apapa Area Command reported N213 billion in income from January to March 2023. Auwal Mohammed, the Customs Area Controller in control of the command, stated this to journalists on Tuesday at the command. In March, the service intercepted 144 million tramadol tablets worth N22 billion en way to Nigeria from India, according to Mohammed. He stated that the tablets, each weighing 225mg and weight 10.3tonnes, were hidden in two 40-foot containers. “It is pertinent to mention that on Friday, 31 March, 2023, we uncovered a large quantity of 225mg of tramadol tablets concealed in 2x40ft container…

Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege’s suspension from the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been refuted by the party. This information is found in a declaration from the Delta APC Executive Committee that was signed by Mr. Peter Akarogbe, the party’s secretary in Warri, and Elder Omeni Sobotie, the state head of the party. The APC claimed that Omo-Agege, who ran as its nominee for governor on March 15, was still an actual party member. It claimed that the article claiming his alleged dismissal was the product of agitators who falsely claimed to have held posts at different party levels throughout the state.…

On Monday, bandits kidnapped ten pupils from the Government Secondary School, Awon, a day secondary school in Kachia Local Government Area, Kaduna State. Samuel Aruwan, Kaduna Commissioner for the Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, verified this in a statement on Tuesday. According to the Commissioner, the State Government has received early reports from security agencies regarding the kidnapping of the students. Bandits kill army major, seven others in Niger According to preliminary reports, Aruwan stated that the precise location of the incident is unknown. He said detailed reports were being awaited to clarify whether the incident occurred within…

Femi Falana SAN, a human rights lawyer and father to popular Nigerian recording artist and actor Folarin Falana better known as Falz the bahd guy, has made some startling revelations on how his son embarrasses the government. Falana, who disclosed on Sunday while speaking at the 2nd anniversary of the Odumakin Oluyinka Lecture in Lagos, explained that Falz’s action was a consequence of what he was made to experience while growing up. He said that his frequent arrest as a legal practitioner always disturbed his son, who believed he was a criminal. “One of these guys one day said, ‘Femi…

Despite Starlink’s internet popularity in Nigeria, carriers in Africa’s largest country recorded a total of 156 million active users to data services in February, according to the most recent information from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). With 66.7 million active internet users in the reviewed month, MTN was the main driver of the growth. Airtel came in second with 41.9 million, followed by Globacom with 43.4 million and 9Mobile with 4.3 million. The rise shows that customers are spending more money on data and that businesses are maximising internet adoption to drive output, according to Ajibola Olude, executive secretary of…

President Muhammadu Buhari has authorised a change to the mini-bid procedure for the 2022/2023 Deep Offshore oil zone to address worries expressed by prospective local and foreign companies. The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) stated in Abuja on Saturday that the changes would handle worries about the current administration’s final date for the proposal schedule’s closing. Mr Gbenga Komolafe, Chief Executive of the NUPRC, stated in the release that the changes would also bolster trust in the process’s openness and consistency. Komolafe stated that the NUPRC had prolonged the limit for proposal submissions to May 19 following the president’s…

Akon, a Senegalese-American artist, has denied criticising Elon Musk for raising the price of the microblogging site’s blue verification badges. In a now-deleted tweet, the ‘Oh Africa’ singer accused Elon Musk of “forcing” people to pay for verification, which was established to protect accounts from fake ones, and stated that he will not pay for the new Twitter blue subscription. “Back in the day, Twitter was begging musicians to stay on cause they don’t have traffic. They came up with a verification process to protect accounts from take ones, now @elonmusk is taking that away and forcing us to pay-…

Following the promotion of senior officers, the Nigerian Navy announced new assignments and the removal of senior officers yesterday in what it characterised as a routine restructuring exercise. According to Commodore Ayo-Vaughan, the Naval Spokesman, advancements of senior officers, including 52 rear admirals and 76 commodores, took place in December 2022. Rear Admiral Akano Adesope, a former Moderator at the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, was named Admiral Superintendent Naval Ordinance Depot, while Rear Admiral Garba Abubakar was reappointed as the Nigerian Navy Delegate to the Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Rear…

On Saturday evening, unknown gunmen clad in police uniforms shot and killed Chukwuka Monye at Rumuokoro Junction in Rivers State’s Obio/Akpor Local Government Area. The deceased, a volunteer traffic warden, was said to be controlling traffic in Rumuokoro, a suburb of Rivers state, Port Harcourt, at the time of the occurrence at around 6 p.m. He was said to be helping in clearing the gridlock caused by a downpour when one of the gunmen in police uniform inside a vehicle fired at him. According to a source who did not want his name printed for security reasons, the deceased had…