archiveApril 2017

Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has approved the redeployment of 4,072 senior officers to commands across the four zones of the service. The redeployment is contained in a circular issued on Tuesday in Lagos by Mrs T.M Isa, NCS, Acting Assistant Comptroller-General, Human Resources Department. Customs recently redeployed 48 Area Comptrollers....

*VP receives Bangladeshi Army Chief *Countries with insurgency experiences can present credible force against terrorists Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has renewed the call for international collaboration aimed at tackling the menace of terrorism, stating that Nigeria will continue to cooperate in the global fight. Prof. Osinbajo who made the...

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu on Tuesday granted bail by an Abuja division of the Federal High Court in the sum of N100 million. The trial judge, Justice Binta Nyako, granted bail to the defendant to enable him attend to his health challenge. The...

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has said that it will commence registration for the General Certificate Examination (GCE) 2017 for private candidates on Friday. This was disclosed by the body on its official tweeter handle, @waecnigeria. The twist reads: “This is to inform intending candidates for the WASSCE for...

The Nigeria Customs Service, Seme Command, on Tuesday said it generated N474.1 million as revenue in March. According to the command’s spokesperson, Selechang Taupyen in a statement on Tuesday said low economic activities through the border had affected the revenue generation of the command. “Economic activities through the busiest corridor...

Both chambers of the National Assembly, the Senate and the House of Representatives, had short plenaries on Tuesday to mourn the passing of Isiaka Adeleke, first elected governor of Osun State and, until his death, Osun West Senator. Adeleke died at age 62 on Sunday morning at a private hospital...

Despite conceding the 2015 presidential election, former president Goodluck Jonathan was not comfortable with how it was handled by Attahiru Jega, former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In an advance copy of ‘Against the Run of Play’, a book written by bestselling author Segun Adeniyi, former “I...

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of a Commissioner of Police to the next rank of Assistant Inspector-General of Police and promoted 24 other senior officers to their next ranks. The promotion appeals of eight other officers were also upheld by the commission. A statement by the...

Lagos State Government has redeemed N57.5 billion naira ($183 million) worth of local currency bonds it issued seven years ago, it said on Tuesday. Finance Commissioner Akinwunmi Ashade said the state was paying off its debts to create space for new issuance to raise funds for infrastructure investment. He said...

The Central Bank Nigeria has offered $150 million in currency forwards at an auction on Monday, it said in a statement, part of its efforts to narrow the spread between official and black market exchange rates and improve foreign exchange liquidity. Traders, citing a notice from the CBN said settlement...