The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has said it will begin verificayion of all privately-owned aircrafts in the country to ensure strict compliance with all regulations. The spokesperson of the customs, Mr Joseph Attah disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Abuja on Monday. Attah said this was paramount considering security challenges in the country and reluctant of some highly placed individuals to pay taxes. He stated that this development would ensure strict compliance with all relevant regulations governing importations of such aircrafts. “Consequently, Nigeria Customs Service in line with its statutory functions as provided for in part III sections 27, 35,…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will no longer extend the closing date for candidates registering for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and the Direct Entry (DE) applications. The board published this in its Weekly Bulletin on Monday. Recall that the board earlier extended the exercise from the initial closing date of May 15 to Saturday, May 29, to enable candidates who were unable to register within this period carry out a seamless exercise. According to JAMB, in spite of the two-week date extension, candidates complained of lateness or non-delivery of National Identity Number (NIN)…
The Imo Police Command has confirmed that members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and Eastern Security Network, ESN, actually killed Goodluck Jonathan’s former political adviser, Ahmad Gulak Sunday morning in Owerri. The former presidential aide was reported to be ambushed and killed along Imo Airport road on Obiangwu Junction at Ngor~okpala LGA of Imo state on Sunday. A statement by the spokesperson of the command, SP Bala Elkana says operatives of the command launched a manhunt for the criminals after the driver of the vehicle conveying Gulak to the airport was interviewed and the description of the…
The Buhari Media Organisation, BMO, has alleged that a former civilian president was conspiring with some ’eminent persons’, to instigate an uprising and force president Muhammadu Buhari to resign. The allegation is contained in a statement jointly signed by its chairman and secretary, Niyi Akinsiju and Cassidy Madueke and made available to newsmen on Sunday. Describing the alleged move as unconstitutional, reckless and anti-Nigeria, BMO warned the alleged former president, (whose name it failed to disclose) and his co-travellers to save the country from avoidable constitutional crisis and civil unrest. “Our highly reliable security sources have informed us of the…
Anyone conversant with Nigeria’s political history knows that politicians, both those in babban riga and khaki, handle government appointments and offices with politics in mind. In most cases, no one gives a hoot about merit. Even in the First Republic when Sir Ahmadu Bello’s Northern People’s Congress (NPC) entered a political marriage of convenience with Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe’s Nigerian National People’s Congress (NNPC), and they came to the table to share the “spoils” of office, which went to which party, or tribe, was the top menu. When General Murtala Ramat Muhammad got assassinated in a coup d’état on 13 February…
Gunmen on Sunday, abducted at least 200 students of an Islamiyya school located at Tegina in Rafi local government area of Niger state, ChannelsTV has reported. According the report, while one person was shot dead, another laid critically injured after gunmen carried out the kidnap operation at about 4:30pm. A resident of the area, Zayyad Mohammed confirmed on telephone that the Salihu Tanko Islamiyya school, was built by a retired immigration officer. When ASHENEWS contacted the spokesperson of Niger state police command, DSP Wasiu Abiodun to confirm the incident, he could not pick the calls.
The Nigerian Army says it is committed to crush criminal elements in the country, including the Boko Haram terrorists and members of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB. The Chief of Army Staff, Major General Faruk Yahaya stated this during the passing out parade of the 80 regular recruits intake at the Nigerian Army Depot, Zaria in Kaduna state on Saturday. Represented by the General Officer Commanding One Mechanized Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Danjuma Ali-Keffi, Faruk assured that the military will ensure the country is safe for all citizens to live in. According to the COAS,…
The Police Command in Enugu State has refuted alleged arrest of 57 pro-Biafra members, which is being circulated by a social media platform. The Command’s spokesperson, ASP Daniel Ndukwe debunked the social media falsehood in a statement on Sunday in Enugu. “The attention of the Command has been drawn to a publication alleging that “Police reportedly arrest 57 Biafra Zionists members in Enugu”. “There was no such arrest. Rather, 54 persons were seen to be unlawfully gathered at Owerri Road, within the Ogui axis of Enugu metropolis and were brought to state Police Headquarters, Enugu for questioning, Sunday morning. “After…
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has reacted to the death of Ahmed Gulak, former political adviser to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan as “political assassination.” A statement by its spokesperson, Emma Powerful made available on Sunday, denied that IPOB members were responsible for Gulak’s death. “The Nigeria intelligence community has shown how unprofessional they are, today is not sit-at-home. “People are going to church and this was why we shifted the date to tomorrow. This is political assassination; we are not in the same party with Gulak. “Uzodinma and APC know about Gulaks death; we do not know anything about his…
The Imo Police Command has confirmed the killing of Ahmad Gulak, former political adviser to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. A statement by the spokesperson of the Command, SP Bala Elkana on Sunday said Gulak and two others were intercepted on their way to Sam Mbakwe Airport to catch a flight. It added that he left his hotel to the airport without informing the Police for escort to the airport. “On the 30/5/2021, at about 07:20hrs, armed bandits intercepted and attacked a Toyota Camry cab carrying Ahmed Gulak and two others who were on their way to Sam Mbakwe Airport to catch…