By George Ozalla The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, has approved the appointment of General Officers Commanding (GOCs) for four newly established Nigerian Army divisions following presidential approval for the expansion of the Army’s force structure.The appointments come after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, approved the establishment […]
By George Ozalla The Special Adviser on Strategy and Communications to former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, Mr. Godwin Anaughe, has accused the Delta State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) of contradicting itself by dismissing reports of attacks on party officials, only for the state government to later confirm that the incidents […]
By George Ozalla The Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Chris Najomo, has been conferred with the Honorary Fellowship of the Institute of Nigerian Aeronautical Engineers (INAE) in recognition of his contributions to the development of Nigeria’s aviation industry.Also honoured at the Institute’s 2026 International Conference and Exhibition held in Lagos on […]
By George Ozalla The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HCSF), Mrs Esther Didi Walson-Jack, has admitted that her office approved establishment and recruitment requests for the purported Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) based on documents that were later discovered to be fake. Walson-Jack made the disclosure on Wednesday while appearing before […]
By Ndudirim Sylvia Iloka The Progressive Local Government Chairmen’s Forum (PLGCF) has launched a nationwide grassroots mobilisation campaign to galvanise support for the re-election of President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general election.The forum, comprising about 685 elected local government chairmen from the 31 APC-controlled states, said sustained engagement with communities across the country would […]
By George Ozalla The Osun State Police Command has arrested and detained the Secretary to the Osun State Government (SSG), Teslim Igbalaye, alongside five other persons, following a raid on his residence in Osogbo over alleged electoral and other criminal offences.The command said one of those arrested at the residence, Oladele Abiodun, was a suspect […]
By George Ozalla The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has released the final list of successful candidates for appointment into the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Customs II (ASC II) in the 2024/2025 recruitment exercise. According to a press statement signed by the National Public Relations Officer of the Service, Deputy Comptroller of Customs Abdullahi Maiwada, […]
By George Ozalla The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), alongside its counterparts in Benin Republic and Cameroon, has moved to strengthen regional trade cooperation through the adoption of modern border management strategies aimed at boosting intra-African trade.The move followed a high-level benchmarking mission to the Beitbridge Border Post between Zimbabwe and South Africa, where Customs authorities […]
By George Ozalla The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has successfully raised US$1.5 billion through a dual-tranche senior unsecured benchmark Eurobond, marking the largest bond issuance in the history of the pan-African financial institution.The landmark transaction also represents Afreximbank’s first public US dollar bond issuance since July 2021, underscoring the bank’s return to the international capital […]
By Ndudirim Sylvia Iloka The All Progressives Congress (APC) has inaugurated its National Campaign Council for the August 15 governorship election in Osun State, declaring that the party is fully prepared to reclaim the state and use the contest as a springboard for the 2027 general elections.Speaking during the inauguration of the campaign council in […]
