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Nigeria, East/Southern Africa Launch Air Cargo Trade Route

By Oluwakemi Kindness The Nigeria Customs Service, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, has commissioned the inaugural Nigeria–East/Southern Africa Air Cargo Corridor. The Air Cargo Corridor marks a major milestone in regional trade facilitation and continental integration under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) framework. The historic flag-off event held on Sunday, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, drew key government stakeholders and aviation industry players. The high-level ceremony featured the Minister of […]

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General

Federal Government Commences Payment of N35,000 Wage Arrears

By Oluwakemi Kindness The Federal Government says it has commenced the payment of N35,000 wage award arrears to federal government workers. The Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) made this known in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday. The statement by the Director of Press, Bawa Mokwa says many federal government employees have confirmed receipt of the payment, adding that others that have not yet received will do so. The OAGF corrects that the Accountant General […]

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FCTA Seals FIRS, Access Bank, TotalEnergies Over Unpaid Ground Rent

By Sofiat Adenekan The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Monday sealed the offices of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Access Bank, and Total Energy in Wuse, Abuja, over long-standing non-payment of ground rent. The enforcement, led by the Director of Lands at the FCTA, Chijioke Nwakwoeze, is part of a wider crackdown on 4,794 properties whose titles were revoked on March 18, 2025, due to accumulated rent arrears. According to Nwakwoeze, the FIRS building located in Wuse Zone […]

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Security

Police Appeals for Calm After Blast in FCT

By Oluwakemi Kindness The FCT Police Command on Monday called for calm after an explosion occured along the Mararaba-Nyanya bypass. The Command in confirming the explosion says upon recieving a distress report regarding the explosion, officers of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Unit were immediately deployed to the scene. Speaking in a statement, the command says the affected area was swiftly cordoned off for clearance and analysis to ensure the safety of commuters and residents. The statement by the command […]

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Economy

Ponzi Operators in NIgeria to Face ₦10 Million Fine– IST Boss

By Oluwakemi Kindness The Investments and Securities Tribunal (IST), says the newly enacted Investments and Securities Act prescribes punitive measures of no less than ten million naira against operators of Ponzi schemes. This is according to the Chairman of the IST, Amos Azi, who stated this at the weekend in Abuja during a stakeholders' engagement meeting towards unveiling the Tribunal’s new e-filing platform. He notes that the repealed 2007 Act did not provide for such sanctions against Ponzi scheme operators. […]

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Economy

NSIA Set to Host Fourth Annual Africa Sovereign Investors Forum

By Oluwakemi Kindness The The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority is set to to host the fourth annual meeting of the Africa Sovereign Investors Forum (ASIF 2025) in Abuja, Nigeria. The forum will spotlight the pivotal role of sovereign wealth funds and institutional investors in mobilizing regional and international capital to drive inclusive growth and transformation across the African continent. This high-level convening themed “Leveraging African Sovereign Wealth Funds to Mobilise Global Capital for Transformative Development in Africa,” will bring together […]

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Re-distribute 753 Seized Duplexes to Homeless Abuja Residents, Left Group Tells FG

By Chinedu Echianu A coalition of Left-Wing Groups under the aegis of Network of Abuja Left Groups, has called for the redistribution of the 753 duplexes in the Lokogoma District of Abuja, seized from former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emiefele, to homeless and displaced persons in Abuja. This is contained in a statement released in Abuja and jointly signed by heads of ten left wing organizations such as Omole Ibukun of Creative Change Centre; Salako Kayode […]

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National Assembly

Speaker Abbas Withdraws Nigeria’s Compulsory Voting Bill

By Oluwakemi Kindness The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, has announced the withdrawal of the Bill to Amend the Electoral Act 2022 to make voting mandatory for all eligible Nigerians, which he co-sponsored with Daniel Asama Ago. Speaker Abbas in a statement on Monday says the withdrawal follows extensive consultations with a broad spectrum of stakeholders. The statement by the Special Adviser on Media, Musa Abdullahi Krishi, he says from the outset, the Bill was introduced with […]

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NDLEA Seizes N6.5bn Opioid Shipment at Lagos, Rivers Ports

By Oluwakemi Kindness The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Sunday announced a major drug seizure with a combined street value of Six Billion Five Hundred and Twenty-Four Million Naira (N6,524,000,000.00). The seizure consist of no fewer than six million pills of opioids namely: tamol 225mg, tapentadol 225mg and carisoprodol 225mg as well as 332,000 bottles of codeine-based cough syrup. The Interception by operatives of the NDLEA took place at the Port Harcourt Ports Complex, Onne, Rivers and the […]

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