We will leverage technology, deploy innovation to drive new Customs operations – CG Adeniyi

The new comptroller-general, CG, of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Adewale Adeniyi says his administration will be innovation-driven. Adeniyi made this known yesterday while speaking to journalists shortly after his decoration as the new CG of Customs by Vice-President Kashim Shettima. Adeniyi expressed gratitude to President Bola Tinubu for appointing a serving officer as the head of the agency and assured of a more effective and innovation-driven Customs Service.       He said: “In...

HoR Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas appoints 33 aides

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas has made some fresh appointments in his office for the effective delivery of his legislative agenda for the 10th House of Representatives. The appointments, according to Musa Abdullahi Krishi, the special adviser to the Speaker on media and publicity, were made on Monday. The appointees are as follows: Engr. Jamil Ahmed Muhammed, deputy chief of staff (administration); Dr Dunkwu Chamberlain, deputy chief of staff...

BET Awards 2023: Burna Boy wins Best International Act for the fourth time

Burna Boy clinched the ‘Best International Act’ award at the 23rd edition of the Black Entertainment Television, BET, Awards held at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles, California on Sunday night. The annual award show celebrates the achievement of black entertainers, as well as other minorities, from the worlds of music, film, sports, television and philanthropy in particular. Taking to Twitter to congratulate Burna Boy on winning the ‘Best International Act’ award, BET said, “Huge...

33 Suspected Internet Fraudsters Arrested In Enugu

Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 33 suspected internet fraudsters in a sting operation in Enugu. The suspects are Micheal Ogobodo, Michael Elijah, Sopuluchukwu Michael, Michael Joshua, Ogu Jerry, Ebuka Okafor, Ehinyameh Eromosele, Emeka Okongwu, Jane Ogwunga, Okpara Chidera, Emmanuel Abah, David Okwo, Chidozie Okpara, and Ngene Samuel. Others include Onuh Kelvin Uchechukwu, Ebuka Kalu Bewell, Oba Stanley Ikechukwu, Kalu Chukwudalu, Ifeanyi Jeff Ukwuoma, Paschal...

LASU: Obaseki congratulates Aminat’s record breaking with 5.0 CGPA

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has congratulated Yusuf Aminat Imoitesemeh, for emerging as the best graduating and best-ever student at the Lagos State University (LASU), with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 5.0 obtained in the institution’s Law Degree programme. Obaseki in a press statement on Sunday hailed Yusuf on her remarkable and pacesetting feat, noting that she has once again displayed the indefatigable Edo spirit of excellence and hard work. “I congratulate...

CSOs, rights group ask Tinubu to halt anti-masses policies

… call for independent probe of subsidy scam The organised Civil Society of Nigeria, comprising of  the United Action Front of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), human rights activists, at the end of the review meeting of its National Coordinating Team on Sunday unequivocally decries the prevailing harrowing hardship currently being experienced by Nigerians in the wake of recent economic policies imposed on the country by President Bola Tinubu’s government. The statement made available to journalists...

CP Ammani Refutes Viral Video On Enugu-Ugwogo Highway

The Commissioner of Police Enugu State Command, CP Ahmed Ammani has declared a viral video clip on repeated kidnapping on Enugu-Ugwogo highway as untrue, unfounded and misleading. CP Ammani refuted the message in a press release signed by the Command’s Public Relations officer- DSP Daniel Ndukwe. “The Enugu State Police Command is in receipt of a viral video clip depicting gunshots and people running in a forest, with the accompanying message that “Enugu-Ugwogo is not...

Teenager abandons baby in Anambra hospital after delivery

A teenage girl in Anambra has abandoned her newborn baby in a hospital and fled, immediately after delivery. e girl was alleged to have left the baby in the hospital, prompting the owner of the hospital to take the baby to the Commissioner for Women’s Affairs and Social Welfare, Mrs Ify Obinabo. Obinabo has become popular for her role in ensuring the welfare of women and children, including protecting the rights of vulnerable people. Chidinma...

Tinubu departs Paris for London for a ‘short private visit’

President Bola Tinubu has jetted off to London, United Kingdom, for a short private visit, Dele Alake, the President’s special adviser on special duties, communications and strategy has announced. The President departed Nigeria for Paris, France last Wednesday to participate in a two-day summit on ‘A New Global Financing Pact’ hosted by President Emmanuel Macron. The summit commenced on Thursday and ended on Friday, and the presidency had earlier announced that President Tinubu will be...

UNN pharmacy students protest against the exorbitant cost of manuals

Students of the Department of Pharmacy at the University of Nigeria, UNN, have staged a protest over the incessant increase in the price of textbooks and manuals by authorities in the faculty. The protesting students, who carried placards with various inscriptions depicting their grievances, matched around the university premises on Friday. The peaceful protest started at the pharmacy complex, to the security department then down to the Vice-Chancellor’s office. The students also protested against “indiscriminate...

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