The Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ikeja, Lagos has said it seized 20 drums of Calcium Carbide smuggled into the country from neighbouring countries. The acting Customs Area Controller, FOU, Zone A, Ag. Compt. Hussein Ejibunu, disclosed that the drums were seized in Ogun State, also stated that 41 pieces of military camouflage bags were also seized. Ejibunu explained that the calcium carbide is highly inflammable as it can be used to manufacture Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and could cause danger to life and property. He said that the carbide is controlled and…
Author: Victor Fola
The Competition and Consumer Protection, CCPC, Tribunal sitting in Abuja has dismissed a suit that was filed to challenge the recent price hike by MultiChoice Nigeria Limited, the operator of DStv and Gotv. The three-member panel tribunal headed by Mr Thomas Okosun, in its judgement on Tuesdaydismissed the suit which was filed by a legal practitioner, Mr Festus Onifade, on behalf of himself and the coalition of Nigerian consumers, as lacking in merit. Whereas MultiChoice was sued as the 1st respondent in the matter, the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, FCCPC, was cited as the 2nd respondent. Onifade had…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will soon publish a comprehensive list of registered voters in Nigeria ahead of the 2023 poll. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made this known at the stakeholders’ validation meeting for the 2022 revised framework and regulations for voting by Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Abuja on Tuesday. According to Yakubu, the list would integrate the fresh voters registered at the just concluded Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) to the existing register of over 84 million voters. He debunked claim by a section of the civil society groups that INEC was not willing…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has cautioned Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, against making false allegations against it. Felix Morka, the National Publicity Secretary, issued this warning in a statement on Tuesday. Ayu, a former Senate President, and Minister, had strongly denied saying Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike could not father a child. The APC said Ayu claimed that mischievous members of the party were behind such stories in the media in an attempt to stoke the feud between him and Wike. Ayu, according to Morka, is in a quicksand and swinging wildly in search of third parties…
The Federal Government has suspended the proposed excise duty on telecommunication services in the country. Making this announcement was the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami on Monday during the inaugural meeting of the Presidential Committee on Excise Duty for the Digital Economy Sector in Abuja. According to Pantami, the telecommunications sector is laden already by excessive and multiple taxations, and the last thing that should be added to it should be more taxations. He said he is against the implementation of the tax which will increase the cost of telecommunication services. The Federal Government through the Budget…
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has said that peace and security are returning across Nigeria, stating that the worst of insecurity is over in the nation. He said that while the country may still be witnessing attacks on soft targets from terrorists, the security agencies have recorded substantial victory against the terrorists. The minister stated this on Monday in Abuja during a joint press conference on the nation’s security situation. Others in the press conference include the Ministers of Defence Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi, rtd, Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, as well as Police Affairs, Alhaji Mohammed Dingyadi. Mohammed…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC Limited has said that the daily fuel supply is still at 68 million litres per day. It said it is ready to subject itself for forensic audit of fuel supply and subsidy management. In a statement by Mallam Garba Deen Muhammad, Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, NNPC, said between January and August 2022, “the total volume of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, imported into the country was 16.46 billion litres, which translates to an average supply of 68 million litres per day. “Similarly, import in the year 2021 was 22.35 billion litres, which…
Nigerian Grammy Award-winning Afrobeats artiste, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun also known as Wizkid on Sunday won five awards at the Headies Award held at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta. Wizkid became the most decorated artiste in the history of the awards after winning 5 categories from the ten he was nominated for, to take his tally of the headies award to 15. Wizkid won the song of the year for (Essence) ft Tems, best collaboration (Essence) ft Tems, best R&B single (Essence) ft Tems, best Afrobeats album (Made in Lagos ) and Album of the year (Made in…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has faced allegations of extortion and a calculated attempt to make financial gain off his unlikely presidential run over obscene access fees demanded at venues of his diaspora tour. A price list seen by Podium Reporters pegged entrance fee at up to $2,000 per individual, prompting allegations of deliberate extortion and elitism in which Obi is accused of targeting his campaign at Nigerians with high net worth to get them to part with their money, despite portraying himself as an ally of the ordinary Nigerian. Recall that Obi’s diaspora tour which…
The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Bola Tinubu says his campaign won’t stoop to hurling insults at rival parties. The former governor of Lagos State said that they are smarter and brilliant than to engage in such disparaging activity. He said this on Saturday at the unveiling of the Tinubu/Shettima door-to-door campaign group in Abuja. “We are not just the ones to hurl abuses and insults at our rivals’ party. We don’t need it. We are smarter; we are brilliant; we are courageous; we are not like them,” he said. Tinubu bemoaned the 16 years administration of the…