•Customs CG rejigs border patrol, orders crackdown on fuel smuggling cartels •NNPCL intercepts Cameroon-bound vessel laden with 800,000 litres stolen crude oil The Acting Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Adewale Adeniyi, on Monday, vowed a heavy clampdown on oil thieves, insisting that the nation cannot “afford to let saboteurs take over our economy.” Adeniyi, who said there were still …
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U.S. President Joe Biden wants to move ahead with the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey, his National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Tuesday. Biden for months made it clear that he supported the sale of the aircraft to Turkey, Sullivan told journalists in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius where leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) leaders …
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President Bola Tinubu has hired 20 new aides, about three weeks after he made the last set of major appointments, PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report. The new appointments include those of senior special assistants (SSAs), personal assistants (PAs), personal physician, and photographers. Among the new appointees, according to the list seen by PREMIUM TIMES, are veteran journalist, Tunde Rahman, who has been …
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Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra has offered scholarship to Miss Nkechinyere Umeh who emerged best performing candidate in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME). This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Christian Aburime, Soludo’s Press Secretary on Tuesday. Umeh scored 360 out of 400. Soludo congratulated the remarkable student on making the state proud with her exceptional …
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The National Chairman of the Labour Party, Mr Julius Abure on Monday said he got information that the All Progressives Congress was already preparing for a possible re-run of the 2023 presidential election urging members of the party to be alert. Abure said this during an online meeting held with Nigerian-American Coalition for Justice and Democracy, led by Professor Eddie …
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The Management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has temporarily relocated its orientation camp in Plateau State from Mangu Local Government Area (LGA) to Jos, the state capital. Though NYSC did not give specific reasons for the decision, the development may not be unconnected to the degenerating security situation in the state, particularly in Mangu Local Government Area. A statement by …
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The First Lady, Mrs Oluremi Tinubu, has debunked an allegation that she closed the AsoRock Chapel. The former senator said, contrary to reports, the chapel is open and holds weekly fellowship. Recall that a Twitter user @VeronicaaNaomi had alleged that the First Lady ordered the closure of the chapel. The user claimed that her directive for the closure was because …
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The Anchor University, Ayobo, Lagos, has named the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination top scorer, Kamsiyochukwu Umeh of Deeper Life High School, Mowe, Anchor University Young Ambassador for the year 2022/2023 session. Umeh scored 360. She was also given a scholarship to study any course of her choice at Anchor University. The Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Samuel Oye Bandele, …
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The Chairman of Heirs Holdings, Tony Elumelu, will join King Charles III of the United Kingdom, and United States President, Joe Biden, at the Climate Finance Mobilisation Forum. Tony Elumelu The forum holding in London would help to attract a new generation of capital to combat climate change. A statement said, in achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement, it …
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Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu, on Monday evening, arrived in Abuja from Bissau, capital of Guinea-Bissau, where he attended the 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States which was held on Sunday. The NAF 001 Boeing 737 jet conveying Tinubu and his entourage touched down at the Nnamdi …
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