By George Ozalla The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is to bring together leading trade finance and compliance practitioners in Gaborone, Botswana, for its first combined Trade Finance Seminar and Compliance Forum, as the bank seeks practical solutions to challenges affecting intra-African trade and the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The landmark […]
By NEWSCOUNT Desk The Minister of Defence, General Christopher Gwabin Musa (Rtd), OFR, has reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to strengthening its role in international peacekeeping and security efforts, saying the Federal Government is determined to restore and expand the country’s active footprint in global peace and security operations. General Musa stated this on Tuesday in New […]
By George Ozalla The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called for a shift from predominantly military responses to insecurity in Africa, advocating a justice-centred approach that addresses the social, economic and institutional conditions contributing to conflict and instability on the continent. The Commission made the call in a paper presented at the 2026 African […]
By George Ozalla The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has concluded the final phase of its 2025 recruitment exercise, with shortlisted candidates completing documentation, physical fitness assessments and medical screening at the Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), Gwagwalada, Abuja.The two-week exercise, which commenced on Monday, September 7, 2026, ended on Saturday, September 19, with candidates drawn […]
By George Ozalla President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has said the creation of Akwa Ibom State 39 years ago was the fulfilment of the long-held aspirations of the state’s founding fathers and the people who campaigned for its creation. Akpabio stated this in a goodwill message to the government and people of Akwa Ibom […]
By NEWSCOUNT Desk President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has dismissed calls for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to hand over power to Vice President Kashim Shettima, insisting that there is no leadership vacuum in the country despite the President’s extended working vacation abroad. Akpabio spoke on Tuesday in Akwa Ibom State while commissioning road projects […]
By NEWSCOUNT Desk British American Tobacco Nigeria Limited (BAT Nigeria) has marked the 2026 World Cleanup Day with an employee-led clean-up exercise at its manufacturing facility in Ibadan, Oyo State, reinforcing its commitment to environmental sustainability and responsible waste management. The exercise, held on September 21, brought together employees of the company who worked across […]
By NEWSCOUNT Desk President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has described the late elder statesman and former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, as a detribalised Nigerian, great patriot and towering national figure whose contributions to the country transcended ethnic and political boundaries. Akpabio stated this on Tuesday when he […]
The Dangerous Normalisation of Leaked Private Conversations By Ken Harries, Esq. There is a point at which political contestation ceases to be an argument about ideas and becomes an assault on the very boundaries that make civil society possible. That point is reached when a private telephone conversation is allegedly recorded, extracted from its original […]
Opinion By Chukwudi George Ozalla “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.”– Alice Walker Over the years, I have observed that Nigerians are very good at identifying what is wrong with the country. Almost everywhere you go, people have one complaint or another about the state […]
