ZAINAB JUNAID The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘A’ has announced the arrest of a suspected drug trafficker in connection with the seizure of 25kg of crystal methamphetamine, fondly called Ice, along the Gbaji–Seme Road in Lagos State. The Comptroller of the Unit, Comptroller MSContinue Reading
By Taiye Olayemi The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) has urged the newly-inaugurated President of the Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers (NCRIB), Mrs Ekeoma Ezeibe, to lead the industry with innovation, professionalism, inclusion and trust. The Commissioner for Insurance and Chief Executive Officer of NAICOM, Mr Olusegun Omosehin, gave theContinue Reading
Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Col Abdullahi Bello (retd), has died in a motor accident along the Malam Sidi–Gombe Road newswirengr.comOct 25, 2025 4:01 AM The Gombe State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Col Abdullahi Bello (retd), has died in a motor accident along the MalamContinue Reading
THE appointment of AVM Sunday Aneke as the 23rd Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) marks a new chapter in the history of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF). This appointment, as announced by President Bola Tinubu on Friday, is defined by intellectual depth, operational precision and renewed commitment toContinue Reading
THE appointment of Rear Adm. Idi Abbas as the 25th Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) brings a wealth of experience, discipline, and professionalism to the leadership of the Nigerian Navy. A seasoned Above Water Warfare specialist, Rear Adm. Abbas has spent more than three decades in service to theContinue Reading
FOLLOWING the appointment of Maj.-Gen. Waidi Shaibu as the 25th Chief of Army Staff (COAS) by President Bola Tinubu on Friday, a new defining phase has emerged in the history of the Nigerian Army. The new COAS succeeds Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, who has been elevated to the positionContinue Reading
– Warns Against Fake News, Fraudsters THE Youth Economic Intervention and De-Radicalization Programme (YEIDEP) has announced the postponement of business grant disbursement to Batch A applicants, earlier scheduled to begin on October 20, 2025. In a statement, the Coordinator-General of the programme, Mr. Kennedy Iyere, said the decisionContinue Reading
The trial of Emmanuella Eteta Ita, Head of Stakeholders Unit of the Federal Inland Revenue Services, FIRS and her Surestart School Limited before Justice Giwa Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, continued on Tuesday, October 21, 2025 with the judge slating December 8, 2025 for judgment. Ita and Surestart School LtdContinue Reading
An Abuja High Court has adjourned the hearing of a motion seeking punitive sanction against parties who allegedly violated a subsisting court order in the Abuja market dispute suit until Nov. 13. The court fixed the date following the inability of the presiding judge, Justice Yusuf Halilu, toContinue Reading
