Customs PRO Maiwada Joins Nigeria’s 2025 PR Power List
By Oluwakemi Kindness The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has earned yet another national spotlight for communication excellence as its National Public Relations Officer, Assistant Comptroller Abdullahi Maiwada, has been named among Nigeria’s Top 50 PR and Communications Professionals in the 2025 PR Power List. The recognition, released on Wednesday, by GLG Communications in collaboration […]
NCS Renovates Ajegunle School, Targets 50,000 Pupils in CSR Drive
By Oluwakemi Kindness The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has reaffirmed its commitment to nation-building through education, with the commissioning of the newly renovated Christ Assembly Nursery and Primary School in Ajegunle, Lagos. The project, executed by the Tincan Island Port Command, marks a significant milestone under the Service’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative, Customs Cares, […]
Kemi Adeosun Pays Respects to Late President Buhari
By Oluwakemi Kindness Former Nigerian Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, has extended heartfelt condolences to the family of former President Muhammadu Buhari, who passed away on Sunday. Adeosun, who served in Buhari’s cabinet from August 2015, took to her official Facebook page on Tuesday to reflect on the privilege of working under the late president’s […]
West African Activists Unite for Climate Justice, Demand Debt Payment
By Oluwakemi Kindness West African climate justice activists are intensifying calls for the recognition and payment of climate debt not aid from industrialized nations. Speaking on Tuesday at a regional roundtable in Abuja, stakeholders raised alarm over ongoing environmental exploitation that continues to endanger communities and ecosystems throughout the region. Coming ahead of the 30th […]
Remains of Former President Buhari Laid To Rest in Daura
By Aremu Toyeebaht Remains of the legend, former President Muhammadu Buhari, have been laid to rest amidst shades of emotional expressions and the outpouring of prayers for the repose of his soul. The funeral prayers, led by former Minister of Communications, Professor Ali Fantami, were observed by family members of the deceased, his relatives, the […]
Lagos Pushes Transport Innovation, To Launch CNG-Powered Ferries
By Aremu Toyeebaht The Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA), in collaboration with the Presidential Initiative on Compressed Natural Gas (PiCNG), has announced a strategic push to deploy CNG-powered ferries across the state’s inland waterways. The project is part of a broader effort to reduce carbon emissions, lower operational costs for transporters, and improve the efficiency […]
Supreme Court Upholds Okpebholo’s Victory in Edo Governorship Election
By Aremu Toyeebaht The Supreme Court has brought an end to the legal battle over the 2024 Edo State governorship election, affirming the victory of Senator Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a unanimous judgment delivered on Thursday, a five-member panel of the apex court dismissed the appeal filed by the Peoples […]
Kogi Set to Transit to Contributory Pension Scheme — PENCOM Boss
By Chinedu Echianu Kogi State Pension Commission (PENCOM) says it is concluding plans to migrate from the Defined Benefits Scheme to the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) with full implementation expected to begin next year. The Director General of the Commission, Hajia Mariam Abedo disclosed this during an official engagement with the Special Adviser on Media […]
NILDS Emerges as Regional Hub for Legislative Development
By Aremu Toyeebaht The National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) has further cemented its reputation as Africa’s premier legislative think tank and training ground, with the hosting of lawmakers from Nigeria and Malawi at its state-of-the-art facility in Abuja. While the House Committee on Library, Research and Documentation, led by Hon. Yusuf […]
Malawian Parliament Begins Week-long Capacity Building Programme at NILDS
By Aremu Toyeebaht Director General of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) Professor Abubakar Sulaiman has reaffirmed commitment to strengthening parliamentary Institutions in Africa to meet the complex evolving challenges of governance in the 21st century. A statement signed by Mohammad Abdulkadri, Media Adviser to the DG, quoted him as making the […]