Nigerians throng immigration office for international passports

Many Nigerians seeking to escape from the economic hardship in the country, are trooping to the…

Businesswoman arraigned for N2m fraud

A 40-year-old business woman, Okechi Pachela, was on Wednesday arraigned at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for…

Navy arrests barges, destroys illegal refineries in Rivers

The Naval patrol team deployed by NNS Pathfinder has arrested two barges at Taraba Jetty in…

Shake up: Customs redeploys image maker, 8 ACGs, 237 others 

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Tuesday redeployed eight Assistant Comptrollers-General and 238 Deputy Comptrollers-General in…

Several vehicles trapped at borders as ban on imports takes off

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has kicked off the implementation of the policy banning importation of…

Customs rakes in N815.7bn in 2017 

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has raked in N815. 699 billion, as at the end of November,…

PHOTOS: António Guterres, Amina Mohammed assume office at United Nations

  The new Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, on Tuesday arrived the United Nations…

N2.5b Fraud: Buhari sacks Babachir Lawal as chairman of presidential boards committee

President Muhammadu Buhari has removed the Secretary to the Government of the Federation Babachir David Lawal…

Lagos Assembly passes N813bn budget 

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the state’s 2017 Appropriation bill of N812.998bn.…

Oil price hits $58.37 as OPEC deal takes effect 

Oil prices hit 18-month high on Tuesday, the first trading day of 2017, buoyed by hopes…

Indonesian ferry fire kills 23, captain arrested 

Indonesia plans to prosecute the captain of a tourist boat for negligence after a fire ripped…

NiMet predicts poor visibility in Nigeria 

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has warned that poor visibility will prevail over the country in…