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 […]
By George Ozalla The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at accelerating the deployment of sustainable digital infrastructure across Nigeria through the integration of renewable energy solutions with telecommunications infrastructure.The agreement was signed during the NCC-REA Stakeholders’ Forum and MoU Signing Ceremony held […]
By George Ozalla The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has commended the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) for its sustained investment in staff capacity development, describing the agency as one of Africa’s leading civil aviation authorities due to its commitment to building a highly professional workforce.The commendation came from ICAO’s Director of the Capacity Development […]
By George Ozalla The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has reaffirmed its determination to enforce the Federal Government’s ban on alcoholic beverages packaged in sachets and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles below 200 millilitres, declaring that the nationwide exercise will continue until all prohibited products are completely removed from the Nigerian […]
