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The Nigeria Customs Service has formally transferred hard drugs seized in the mid-1980s to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) after the exhibits were recently uncovered in an old Customs operations warehouse. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, said the items were discovered during a routine clean-up and renovation exercise at a warehouse that has been in use since the 1980s. He explained that officers found a locked cabinet that had been passed down through successive administrations without a key or records detailing its contents. Adeniyi said the discovery was immediately reported to Customs headquarters in Abuja, and…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has criticised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s 2026 budget, describing it as a “budget of consolidated renewed sufferings” for Nigerians. The opposition party said the budget, presented to the National Assembly under the theme “Budget of Consolidation, Renewed Resilience and Shared Prosperity,” masks the economic hardships faced by ordinary citizens. In a statement signed by the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Ini Ememobong, the party noted that despite the government’s claim of stabilising the economy, Nigerians continue to face rising poverty and hardship. “More than 30.9 per cent of Nigerians live below the international extreme poverty…
The Borno State Police Command has confirmed that a suspect linked to the alleged rape of a five-year-old pupil in the Low Cost area of Maiduguri has voluntarily surrendered to the police According to a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Nahum Kenneth Daso, the suspect, Abdulsalam M. Adakwaki, who was earlier declared wanted, has voluntarily surfaced and presented himself to the Police. The statement added that the suspect is currently under custody and undergoing investigation by the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID). Daso assured that the process is being carried out with utmost professionalism, diligence and…
Super Eagles first opponent at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, Tanzania, arrived in Fes, Morocco for the competition on Friday, DAILY POST reports. The Taifa Stars spent around one week in Egypt to finetune strategies for the tournament. Three-time champions Nigeria landed in Fes on Thursday night. The two countries will clash in Group C’s opening fixture at the Complexe Sportif de Fès next week Tuesday. It will be their second-ever meeting at the AFCON. Nigeria defeated the East Africans 3-1 in the opening game of the 1980 edition.
The Peoples Democratic Party has condemned President Bola Tinubu’s 2026 budget, describing it as a “Budget of Consolidated Renewed Sufferings” that continues to allegedly impose economic hardships on Nigerians while enriching the governing class. In a statement on Friday, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, said that despite assertions of economic growth and stability, the budget falls short in tackling widespread poverty, rising living costs, and insecurity, highlighting the administration’s failure to convert fiscal policies into real benefits for Nigerians. Tinubu on Friday presented a ₦58.18 trillion 2026 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly, projecting a cautiously improving economy…
I wasn’t a fan of Ibrahim Traore or any of the other two Sahelian heads of state until France came into the picture. France has always been the same old, ugly-faced monster masked as a helper, which is behind most of Africa’s longest or deadliest conflicts, or underdevelopment. As a good student of history, I know France too well, and I know its multiple atrocious deeds in the Black world. It keeps Africa down and divided, for milking. With its greedy allies, France, in a space of 60 years, destroyed Haiti, a 95 per cent Black nation. France never lets…
The Ogun State chapter of the Labour Party on Friday called on a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Segun Showunmi, to join the party and emerge as its governorship candidate for the 2027 general elections. The opposition party said it had, over the years, kept Showunmi on its radar and was convinced of his passion for good governance and deep commitment to democratic ideals of equity and justice that advance the welfare of the masses. Party executives, led by the South West Vice Chairman, Abayomi Arabambi, and the state chairman, Mrs Olubukola Soyoye, disclosed this during a visit to…
Integrated Indigo Limited, one of Nigeria’s leading public relations and strategic communications agencies, delivered an outstanding performance at the 2025 Lagos Public Relations Industry Gala and Awards, LAPRIGA, where it swept five awards across different categories, including the coveted Model Agency of the Year. The awards ceremony was held on Friday, December 12, 2025, at the Muson Centre, Lagos. Other categories won by the agency include Insight-Driven Communication, Private Sector Public Relations Campaign of the Year, Crisis and Issue Management, and Sustainability Communications. Speaking on the achievement, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Integrated Indigo Limited, Bolaji Abimbola,…
The Federal Capital Territory Administration says Nigeria risks losing momentum in the fight against HIV/AIDS unless awareness and services penetrate deeper into rural communities, where stigma, insecurity and poor access continue to frustrate progress. The Mandate Secretary of the FCT Health Services and Environment Secretariat, Adedolapo Fasawe, represented by the Permanent Secretary, Babagana Adams, on Tuesday, sounded the warning at the 2025 World AIDS Day commemoration in Abuja. “The people who need the message more are in the communities. “We can’t succeed in sustaining the campaign against AIDS without going closer to the rural areas,” she said. Fasawe said the…
December 19, 2025 12:02 am The Super Eagles called off their scheduled training session on Thursday after arriving late in Fez, Morocco, ahead of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The three-time African champions touched down in the host city on Thursday evening following a five-day training camp in Cairo, Egypt. As a result of the delayed arrival, the planned 6pm local time training session yesterday was cancelled, with the team set to hold their first full session in Morocco on Friday (today). Nigeria travelled to Fez three days before the start of the tournament and…
