In a strategic move to tighten border security and streamline cargo movement, the Nigeria Customs Service has begun testing a technology-driven system to monitor transit operations along the Nigeria–Benin Republic corridor. Comptroller-General Adewale Adeniyi made the announcement on Wednesday during an inspection visit to the Ogun II Area Command in Abeokuta. He said the initiative…
Rafael Nadal will miss next week’s Italian Open as he has yet to regain full fitness from the hip injury he sustained at January’s Australian Open, casting further doubt over his participation at Roland Garros. Nadal, a 14-time Roland Garros champion, skipped the ongoing Madrid Open and has also missed tournaments at Indian Wells,…
The House of Representatives Committee on Renewable Energy has announced the postponement of the inaugural National Legislative Summit and Expo on Renewable Energy to May 5 and May 6. Chairman of the committee, Rep. Afam Ogene, made this known in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that…
Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, Mr Olukayode Egbetokun, has reaffirmed that promotions within the Nigeria Police Force are determined solely by merit and professionalism, rejecting any suggestion of a promotion scandal. Egbetokun made the remarks in Abuja on Tuesday during a ceremony to decorate newly promoted senior officers. He stressed that the Force’s promotion system rewards…
China has reaffirmed its backing for Nigeria and denounced what it described as U.S. interference in the country’s internal affairs following Washington’s criticism of Nigeria’s handling of religious tensions. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told reporters at a regular briefing in Beijing on Tuesday that Beijing remains firmly opposed to the use of religion or…
A man has been sentenced to six months in prison by a Shari’a court in Kaduna after being found guilty of stealing shoes from a mosque during Friday prayers. Yusuf Usman admitted to targeting the Government College Mosque during Jumaat prayer on 13 June, where he stole footwear reportedly worth ₦100,000. The presiding judge, Malam…
US Vice President Kamala Harris and Democratic Presidential nominee will face a possible combative former President Donald Trump of the Republican Party as the two candidates will go head-to-head for the first and perhaps only time in a debate on Tuesday before voters head to the polls in November. Tuesday’s debate will be the first…
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has approved the procurement of Microsoft 365 license for its Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS) as part of efforts to digitise the operations of the service. Mr Michael Ango, acting Executive Chairman, FCT-IRS, disclosed this after the FCT Executive Committee meeting chaired by the minister, Mr Nyesom Wike, in Abuja…
Nigeria will take centre stage at this year’s Gastech Exhibition and Conference in Milan, leading a delegation of seven African nations at the global gas industry’s flagship summit from 9–12 September. The event, which brings together ministers, policymakers, and industry leaders from more than 140 countries, will focus on building solutions to pressing energy challenges…
Prominent Nigerian politician and former Deputy National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to reinstate suspended Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara as a gesture of reconciliation and democratic spirit. In an open letter marking the 32nd anniversary of the historic but annulled 1993 general…
