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A Deputy Superintendent of Police, Tamuno Jacob Igbomie, who was Principal Security Officer to the wife of the former President, Patience Jonathan, has been killed by unknown assailants. Igbomie’s corpse was reported to have been found in his Honda Accord car last Friday along the Airport Road, Abuja. According to reports, Igbomie was killed by assassins who shot him at close range in his car and left the engine running. A source told Punch that the body of the DSP was found early in the morning with all his phones, wallet and other personal effects in tact in the car.…

The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), has called on Nigerians to pray for President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress, (APC), as his thirty days in government has been very stagnant. The party in a statement by PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, said the prayer for President Buhari had become necessary because it was a very unfortunate that having been elected since March 28, he was yet to decide on key appointments such as ministers, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), a Chief of Staff and advisers in key sectors of the economy. According to PDP,…

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, has said that a court process instituted by 30 All Progressives Congress (APC), members stopped him from reading a letter from the party’s leadership, nominating four principal officers for the lower chamber of the National Assembly. According to Dogara, reliance on conventional wisdom alone would not solve the nation’s problems, adding that the country would likely achieve limited success without prayers. The Speaker also appealed to Nigerians to pray for the success of President Muhammadu Buhari and other persons in leadership positions in the country. A statement issued in Abuja…

The Nigeria Customs Service has said that the need to get the harmonized Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS) Common External Tariff (CET) pass through legislative procedure at the National assembly as well as get the President, Muhammadu Buhari to appendage his signature on the document was one of the reasons the stakeholders could not have copies of the ECOWAS CET given to them on hard copy presently. An Assistant Comptroller of Customs, Mr. Anthony Ayalogu who made this disclosure at the Launch of the Implementation of the ECOWAS CET in Lagos last week also said that the little corrections…

…Advocates for a more friendly, competitive ports The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission has assured that unlike other protocols in the past which had suffered from non compliance, the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (CETC) would be fully complied with to ensure its utmost survival. A member of the Commission, Mr. Felix Kwakye who gave the assurance at a forum in Lagos stated that the ECOWAS CET was very dear to the hearts of the leaders as evident in the establishment of a research team from the Commission which presents robust half yearly report to the ECOWAS Council…

The All Progressives Congress, (APC), South-East geopolitical zone, has described as,”blatant falsehood” the alleged plan by Federal Government to transfer Boko Haram prisoners’ to Ekwulobia Prison in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State. This is coming on the heels of protests by angry youth, yesterday, in markets in Anambra State over the alleged plan. But in a swift reaction, the Spokesperson of APC, South-East, Mr. Osita Okechukwu in a statement said,” we wish to state categorically that the rumour making the rounds that Boko Haram detainees will be transferred to Anambra State or any other state for that matter…

Five people were killed and 16 injured when two female suicide bombers attacked a hospital in Maiguguri, Borno, on Saturday. The two suicide bombers were among the dead. The two women tried to get into a hospital but were stopped by security guards at the gate and blew themselves up, witnesses said. “We evacuated the charred bodies of the two security guards, another civilian and the two bombers,” said Auwal Mohammed, a member of the community in Molai, where the hospital is situated. Muhammadu Buhari, the new president of Africa’s most populous nation and biggest economy, made Maiduguri the command centre…

The Jigawa Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Sunday said it had arrested a 32-year-old man for allegedly impregnating a minor. The State Commandant of the corps, Mr. Muhammad Gidado, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the suspect, a resident of Kanti Quarters in Katoge village, was arrested in Kazaure Local Government Area. ” The Jigawa Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a 32-year-old man for raping and impregnating a 14-year-old girl in Kazaure Local Government Area,” Gidado said. He said that the matter was reported by…

The Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has called on National Assembly to be decisive in reforming the Electoral Act and reviewing the Constitution. Jega made the call at a Dinner organised for him by the Nigeria Labour Congress, the Trade Union Congress and some civil society organisations in Abuja on Friday night. “Electoral reform has just began, a lot more efforts needs to be done. The Justice Muhammed Uwais panel has a lot of good recommendations which are yet to be taken on board and implemented. “I think between now and 2019, there is sufficient…

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has assured the Nigerian trading public that the basis for calculating duty payment in Nigeria remained the Cost, Insurance and Freight (CIF). Speaking at a Public forum in Lagos, an Assistant Comptroller of Customs, Mr. Anthony Ayalogu pointed out that the CIF which had been the basis of calculating duty in the country was still in force and had not changed advising that people should not misconstrue the implementation to mean a change in the terms of trade. Also reacting to a question on whether or not the implementation of the ECOWAS CET would lead…