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< 1 mn read Contact call centre to report officers’ misconduct, emergencies: LASTMA The Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA) says it will introduce a call-up centre for road users to promptly report any misbehaviour by its personnel or other incidents on Lagos roads. LASTMA general manager Olalekan Bakare-Oki said in Lagos on Tuesday that the initiative aimed to […]

< 1 mn read Catholic Bishop seeks support for victims of Plateau crisis The Catholic Bishop of Pankshin in Plateau State, Most Rev. Michael Gokum, has urged the Federal Government to urgently provide support to victims of crisis in the state. Gokum made the appeal on Sunday at the launch of the 2024 Lenten Campaign held at Christ the […]

< 1 mn read Looting of NEMA warehouse, symptom of impending revolution – Shehu Sani warns Former lawmaker and social critic, Senator Shehu Sani, has reacted to the alleged looting of a warehouse belonging to the National Emergency Management Agency of Nigeria, NEMA, by some residents of the Federal Capital Terrritory, FCT. According to Sani, the development is a […]

3 mn read Military forcefully took away suspected oil bunkerers from police custody – IGP tells court The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, has told a Federal High Court in Abuja that the military forcefully took away some suspects allegedly involved in oil bunkering from police custody. Counsel to the IGP, Idris Mohammed, revealed this to Justice James Omotosho […]

2 mn read Customs sets 90-day window for duty payment on improperly imported vehicles The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), under the directive of the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, has announced a 90-day window for regularizing import duties on specific categories of vehicles. The window is meant to streamline import processes. A statement by […]

< 1 mn read Hardship: I knew they will deploy clerics – Aisha Yesufu reacts to ‘end time’ message Amid worsening economic hardship and hunger in the country, a social critic and human rights activist, Aisha Yesufu, says she knew politicians would deploy clerics to confuse Nigerians. Yesufu was reacting to a statement credited to an Abuja cleric and […]

2 mn read Canadian returnee demands disbandment of vigilante outfit over alleged threat to life A Canadian returnee, Mr Chidiebere Eluwa, from Amakama community in Umuahia South Local Government Area of Abia State, has called for the disbandment of a local vigilante group in his community, citing threat to peoples’ lives as his reason. Eluwa, who made the […]

3 mn read ‘Return on investment in Nigeria mouth watering’ – Tinubu woos Qatari investors Despite economic uncertainties and the initial hurdle that trailed President Bola Tinubu’s visit to Qatar, the Nigerian President made attempts to woo investors in his host country on Sunday, telling them there is nowhere in the world where one will find return on […]

2 mn read Zamfara Govt verifies over 3,000 retirees, settles N2.3bn backlog of gratuities The Zamfara State Government says it has verified 3,079 retirees in an effort to pay the backlog of gratuities owed by previous administrations. A statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and Publicity, Sulaiman Bala Idris, said a total of […]