The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has placed a 4% duty on the Free On-Board (FOB) value of imports. Abdullahi Maiwada, the NCS’s spokesman, announced this in an Abuja statement on Wednesday. Maiwada stated that the direction was consistent with the terms of the Nigeria Customs Service Act (NCSA) 2023. He said: “In accordance with Section … Read more
Kayode Fayemi, a former governor of Ekiti State, has remarked that President Bola Tinubu’s ambition to provide the finest leadership for Nigeria is insufficient. Fayemi stated that a framework must be in place to bring about the transformation that Nigerians are eagerly seeking. On Thursday, the APC stalwart expressed his reservations on Channels Television’s Politics … Read more
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called off its planned nationwide demonstration against the recent 50% increase in telecom charges. This comes after a meeting with government officials at the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation on Monday night. Speaking to press following the meeting, NLC President Joe Ajaero stated that … Read more
President Bola Tinubu is expected to subsidize Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also referred to as gasoline or fuel, to ₦500 per litre by the middle of 2025, according to Solomon Dalung, a former minister of youth and sports. He claims that the government will lower the price of gasoline in an effort to instill in … Read more
The Oyo State Police Command has verified the assassination of an unidentified man by suspected cultists in the early hours of Sunday. According to the police, the event occurred inside a renowned lounge in Ibadan’s Bodija district. CSP Adewale Osifeso, the command’s spokesman, issued the statement on Sunday in Ibadan, the state capital. “The Oyo … Read more
The Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) has moved the registration deadline for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to Monday, February 3, 2025, from the previous date of Friday, January 31, 2025. The postponement of the registration start date was announced in a statement issued on Friday and uploaded on JAMB’s official X page. … Read more
A guy has been arrested in Adamawa State for reportedly digging up his stepfather’s corpse from a burial and cutting off his head. The Adamawa State Police Command, which apprehended the 55-year-old hunter Yusuf Garba, stated Friday that the suspect, who is from Tappare Kona Uku in Jada LGA, confessed to the crime to police … Read more
Nigerian Fuji artist King Wasiu Ayinde Marshall, a.k.a KWAM 1, is in the news for performing a “Ganusi” song at an event. Recall that the rapper fought with some Islamic clergy at his late mother’s burial after a video of him making a provocative speech using the Yoruba phrase ‘Ganu si’ went viral. In the … Read more
Senator Ned Nwoko of Delta North has announced his decision to leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Nwoko has been with the PDP since it was founded in 1999. In a resignation letter to the party leadership in Ward 8, Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State, dated January 30 and sighted on Friday, … Read more
According to the Anambra State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), four individuals were murdered in an accident on the Onitsha-Oba Expressway in Idemili South Local Government Area on Friday. Joyce Alexander, the Sector Commander, confirmed the accident to journalists in Awka. She stated that the accident could be attributed to a … Read more