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Suspected thugs on Friday evening invaded, invaded a court of Appeal in Benin City, Edo State capital, chased away court workers and carted away several documents. Reports says lawyers had approached the court to seek for redress following a judgment of the State High Court on issues pertaining the crisis rocking the Peoples’ Democratic Party in Edo State. A lawyer who was in court when the incident happened said himself and some of his colleagues were compiling their records for possible transmission when the thugs invaded the court room. The lawyer who chose to be anonymous for security reasons said…
After over a month of suspension of the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) valuation policy on imported vehicles and subsequent harmonization of grey areas including depreciation value . The Nigeria Customs Service is deploying the controversial policy with immediate effect. The Service disclosed this on Thursday at the Customs flagship Command in Apapa during a stakeholders sensitization workshop to showcase the procedures and workability of the harmonized VIN policy. This has come after weeks of engagement of stakeholders at different sensitization meetings at both the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) headquarters in Abuja and Commands. The updated version which captures accidented vehicles,…
In compliance with the Federal Government directives aimed at ensuring food security in the country, Kebbi Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has toughened vigilance at its borders to checkmate any attempt to smuggle out food produce. In a press statement signed by the public relations officer SC Nasiru Manga on Wednesday, the Command intercepted one trailer fully loaded with bags of grains.The outbound Daf truck with Reg. No. JEG 27 XB was intercepted by Rapid Response Team of the Command along Maidahini-Bunza Road on 15th May, 2022. Physical examination of the truck revealed that it contained 800bags of…
In compliance with the Federal Government directives aimed at ensuring food security in the country, Kebbi Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has toughened vigilance at its borders to checkmate any attempt to smuggle out food produce. In a press statement signed by the public relations officer SC Nasiru Manga on Wednesday, the Command intercepted one trailer fully loaded with bags of grains.The outbound Daf truck with Reg. No. JEG 27 XB was intercepted by Rapid Response Team of the Command along Maidahini-Bunza Road on 15th May, 2022. Physical examination of the truck revealed that it contained 800bags of…
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, struck out the amended six-count treasonable felony charge the Federal Government preferred against the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Trial Justice Binta Nyako struck out the charge, after it was withdrawn by the Prosecution counsel, Mr. K. E. Kaswe. Kaswe, who is from the Federal Ministry of Justice, withdrew the charge after Kanu’s team of lawyers led by Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, accused FG of deliberately frustrating the speedy determination of the case. Ozekhome noted that the amended charge was served on him barely 48…
A Federal High Court, sitting in Osogbo, on Wednesday affirmed Sen. Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the authentic candidate of the party in the forthcoming July 16 governorship election in the state. Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel, in his judgment, which lasted for more than than 1 hour, 30 minutes, held that the primary election conducted at the WOCDIF Centre, Osogbo, on March 8, which produced Dotun Babayemi, was null and void. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that PDP during its governorship primary elections on March 8, had held parallel primaries in the state. Ayo-Emmanuel, who…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has rescheduled its governorship and House of Representatives primary elections to Thursday May 26. Mr Felix Morka, the party’s National Publicity Secretary announced this on Wednesday in Abuja while briefing newsmen at the end of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) meeting. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the APC governorship primaries was earlier scheduled for May 20. The APC scribe said the party’s Senate and House of Assembly primaries had also been rescheduled to hold on Friday May 27. “The NWC of the APC has made an approval for a revised timetable…
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that more investments will be deployed to the provision of infrastructure and facilities for safe, secure, environmentally friendly and sustainable civil aviation in the country. Speaking when he received the Secretary General of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Mr Juan Carlos Salazar, at the State House, Abuja, on Tuesday, he said Nigeria will support the ideals and aspirations of ICAO and achievement of its strategic objectives, in collaboration with other Member States of the Organization. “It is pertinent to also mention that Nigeria has been playing a key role in supporting the implementation of ICAO…
Lagos State Government has directed security operatives to enforce ban on commercial motorcycles, popularly known as Okada, as it imposes fresh ban to curtail the unruly activities of motorcyclists in the state. Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu gave the directive on Wednesday, during a meeting with the state Commissioner of Police, Area Commanders and Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) at the State House, Ikeja. Sanwo-Olu said that the total ban on Okada riders was on all highways across the six Local Government Areas (LGAs) and nine Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) of the state. He said that with effective from June 1, security…
Many people have been reportedly killed and shops belonging to Igbo traders were set ablaze during a clash between traders and commercial motorcyclists at Dei Dei market in Abuja. The fight reportedly started following an accident that led to the death of an Igbo woman. According to reports, the woman was a passenger on a commercial motorcycle when she was crushed by a truck, allegedly due to the recklessness of the motorcyclist carrying her. The woman died while being rushed to the hospital and this caused traders in the area to go after the motorcyclist carrying her when the accident…