The Nigeria Customs Service, Tincan Island Port Command, has intercepted 11 rifles, 6 pistols alongside their ammunition and heroine, among others. It added that the command also seized psychotropic substances imported into the country but intercepted through collaborative work with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Dera Nnadi, disclosed to newsmen at the weekend while giving accounts on the activities of the command within the period of January to March, on Friday, 15 March 2024. He said, “In total, we seized 11 rifles and 6 pistols from different containers imported into the country at…
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Tension has again gripped the Okere Community in Warri South local government area of Delta state as thugs attacked innocent indigenes who were just returning to the city after the last ugly incidents. This was coming barely two weeks after residents of the community suffered sporadic gun shots from unidentified military men. Investigation revealed that those targeted in the attacks were loyalists of the prominent Warri businessman and philanthropist, Chief Ayiri Emami. TheHintsNews reports that Emami had recently while offering prayer at the community shrine sought divine intervention on the stool of Warri, a supplication which courted the anger of…
Oyo State Government has declared that it was seeking partnership with private sector in the area of merchandised farming, youth empowerment and food security. The state Governor, Seyi Makinde said this was part of effort by his administration to boost food production in the state. Makinde who was represented by the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. Olusegun Olayiwola made this known on Thursday in Ibadan stated dieing the flag off a three-year Goatry Empowerment Program at Anyx Continental Farms. He said having partnered with Quickborn Nigeria Limited, the governor said his administration was devising new strategies to…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) is behaving like a political scavenger, always quick to feast on sham without thought and consideration for facts and institutional due process. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Felix Morka in a statement issued Friday said PDP’s call for the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, to step aside over the matter of an unsubstantiated allegation of budget padding by the Senate was nothing short of crass buffoonery. The ruling party noted that the legislative authority of the Senate includes the authority to make its own…
The federal government through the Ministry of Transportation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Messrs MPH Rail Development (UK) to design, construct, inaugurate, operate and transfer of the PortHarcourt, Enugu, Calabar and Abuja standard gauge rail line on Public, Private Partnership (PPP) basis. The memorandum government hinted was the first of its kind executed on its behalf by the Minister of Transportation, Senator Said Alkali in company of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Olufemi Oloruntola, the Director Rail Development, Zirra Fimbarr, the Director Legal Services, Pius Oteh and the Management of the Company. Alkali in a statement…
The troops of 6 Brigade, Nigerian Army on Thursday 14th March, 2024 engaged in a fierce confrontation with violent extremists and insurgents in Bali Local Government Area of Taraba State. A statement issued Friday revealed that the troops, while acting on intelligence received on the presence of armed groups in Nayinaya, Garin Daniel and Garbatau areas of Bali Local Government, promptly launched a proactive combat patrol to pursue the extremists. It said: ”Upon encountering the armed groups, the troops effectively utilised their superior firepower, resulting in the elimination of two extremists and the successful recovery of two AK-47 Rifles, Four…
Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun has joined his ancestors two years after ascending the throne. The 42nd died late last night at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan. He was 81. Balogun, who represented Oyo Central senatorial district between 1999 and 2003 on the platform of the Alliance for Democracy (AD), was born October 18, 1942. He ascended the throne on March 11, 2022, after the demise of his predecessor, Oba Saliu Adetunji. Adetunji, 93, died January 2, 2022, after reigning from 4th March 2016. The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde described the late monarch as an epitome…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the relocation of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) to the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, in a statement issued to Thursday said NACA was previously domiciled in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. He said the relocation of NACA to Ministry of Health and Social Welfare is to foster synergy and enhance collaboration in pursuit of the nation’s goal to achieve the 95-95-95 pathway for ending the AIDS epidemic. Ngilale noted: In line…
The federal government has revealed that it has proposed a $1 billion investment for the rehabilitation of the nation’s ports. It said the dream to achieve a modernised port is paramount and sacrosanct, adding that the concession agreement to be entered into with any Investor or Operator must align with this vision. The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Gboyega Oyetola disclosed this on Thursday when he appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Privatisation. He said that the government has not achieved the maximum benefits to be derived from the port concession due to inability to improve the…
The federal government has called for immediate technical evaluation of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) locomotive’s to transit to Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) – Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), which it says was cheaper and readily available in the country. The Minister of Transportation, Said Alkali said in pursuit of sustainable energy sources for the NRC’s locomotives,) it necessitated moving away from diesel, a very expensive energy source. Alkali in statement released Thursday by the Director, Press and Public Relations, Olujimi Oyetomi, reiterated the desire of President Bola Tinubu’s administration to provide Nigerians with efficient, affordable, and sustainable transportation given the…