The nation’s automobile industry is currently in the grip of confusion as the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) begins a major clampdown on car dealers in search of smuggled vehicles. The NCS has begun the clampdown on car marts across the country, particularly in Lagos, Katsina, Kaduna and Sokoto states. Some of the dealers, who spoke […]
The Senate on Wednesday urged security agencies in the country to secure lives and property of commuters plying the Abuja-Lokoja and other roads across the country. The resolution of Senate followed a motion of urgent public importance brought by Senator Dino Melaye (PDP Kogi) on the repeated killings and kidnapping of commuters on the road. […]
The World Bank Group, yesterday, estimated the external debt profile of developing countries at $7.8 trillion, but Nigeria has 0.33 per cent of the value. According to data from the Debt Management Office, Nigeria’s external debt as at March 31, 2019, rose to $25.61 billion from $25.27 billion in the fourth quarter of 2018. The […]
The Federal Government has instructed its lawyers to appeal against the payment of $200 million conditional deposit for the granting of the stay of execution in the $9.6 billion award in favour of Process and Industrial Development Limited (P&ID). Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, who disclosed this yesterday in Abuja, noted that government […]
Sixteen years after the then President Olusegun Obasanjo demolished toll gates on the nation’s expressways, the government of President Muhammadu Buhari is considering their return. But already, there is a groundswell of opposition to the plan. Indeed, some engineers yesterday advocated sector reform, rather than tolling, as a lasting solution to road maintenance in the […]
As we celebrate Nigeria at 59, we are joined by distinguished personalities as we discuss ways of improving the Nigerian Child’s education.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said on Wednesday that it had intercepted an articulated vehicle loaded with 500kg of Indian hemp in Ilorin. The agency also said that it had destroyed Indian hemp farmland in Ilorin. The Kwara Commander of NDLEA, Ambrose Umoru, who made the disclosure at a press conference in Ilorin, […]
We are joined by a distinguished Political commentator as we discuss how far we have come in our national experience as we celebrate Nigeria @ 59.
A special rendition on the morning show as we celebrate the Independence of Nigeria at 59.
The police have deployed 3,000 operatives to strengthen security in Kano State as the governorship election petitions tribunal delivers its judgment today. The Guardian yesterday observed an uneasy calm within the Kano metropolis while at the Kano Government House and the Miller Road, the headquarters of the Kwankwasiyya movement, heavy activities were going on. Heavily […]
Criticism yesterday trailed President Muhammadu Buhari’s 59th independence anniversary broadcast to the nation for not meeting the expectations of Nigerians. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday described the speech as an insult to Nigerians and a mockery of the country’s national integrity as an independent state. The party, in a statement by its National Publicity […]
We are joined by a young lady, Faith as she share on how she impacted her community while serving as a NYSC Corper.