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Acting Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Dr. John Atte, on Tuesday redeployed five Customs Comptrollers, saying this was part of the new resolve to tighten border security and pursue vigorously the achievements of the 2015 revenue target. A very terse statement from the service listed the affected officers and their new areas of posting […]

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu has explained that the Petroleum Industry Bill which has been pending before the National Assembly in the last seven years requires extensive engagements with all stakeholders to iron out all grey areas. Dr. Kachikwu who chaired a special session on the proposed […]

A young female suicide bomber on Tuesday killed herself and seven others including a pregnant woman at the Damaturu Motor Park, Yobe State. The incident which has been condemned by the State Governor, Ibrahim Gaidam, also resulted in injury to many others at the park. The veiled bomber had disguised as a passenger, and detonated […]

National Security Adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd), was on Monday arraigned for possession of illegal firearms. His arraignment was made known on Monday in a statement signed by Tony Opuiyo on behalf of the  Department of State Services (DSS). The DSS refused to mention in which state or court the […]

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Legal practitioner, Human Rights, pro-democracy activist and community leader of Lekki, Lagos, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa has taken President Muhammadu Buhari to a Federal High Court over the constitution of the board members of the Asset Management Corporation Of Nigeria (AMCON). According to the court documents obtained by www.www.aso.rocks search engine, President Buhari was joined with the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the National Security Adviser to convene an investigative committee on the procurement of hardware and munitions in the Armed Forces from 2007 till now. The investigative committee’s mandate is to identify irregularities  and make recommendations for streamlining the procurement process in the Armed Forces. Accordingly, the National Security Adviser has […]

As part of measures to enhance cleanliness and preservation of the environment, Sokoto State Government has introduced a monthly incentive of N1 million to any district adjudged to be the cleanest in the state. Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal disclosed this Saturday at the flag off of the state’s special environmental sanitation programme in Sokoto.   […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended the Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service, David Parradang. Parradang was suspended on Friday while the service’s deputy Comptroller General, Martin Abeshi, was asked to take over immediately. The reason for the suspension could not be ascertained yet.  However, some analysts have linked the suspension to the recent case of […]

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation ( NNPC) Dr. Ibe Kachikwu has hinted that the Corporation may settle for the option of community based policing to protect the vast artery of oil and gas pipeline network across the country. Speaking while receiving Ambassador Perry John Calderwood the Canadian High Commissioner to […]

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yussuff Sulaimon Lasun has described as baseless, reports of discord between him and the Speaker of the House, Hon. Yakubu Dogara. He said the reports are part of attempts to sow the seed of discord in the House of Representatives and among its leadership. Lasun […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed  concern about the unfolding political situation in Guinea Bissau following the dismissal of the Prime Minister, Mr. Domingos Simoes Pereira and his cabinet by President Jose Mario Vaz. Earlier, according to a statement on Friday from Femi Adesina, the presidential spokesman, Buhari had, in demonstration of true African solidarity and […]