By Ayomide Otitoju Exactly two years after his historic appointment as Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), CGC Bashir Adewale Adeniyi has been unanimously elected Chairperson of the World Customs Organisation (WCO) Council—the highest decision-making body in global customs administration. His election took place on Saturday, June 28, 2025, during the concluding session of…
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has revealed that the Israeli military had plans to assassinate Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during the recent 12-day conflict between the two nations but failed to do so due to operational constraints. In an interview with public broadcaster Kan on Thursday, Katz stated that Khamenei would have been…
By Ayomide Otitoju President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday lauded the achievements of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) under the leadership of Prof. Benedict Oramah, describing the bank’s impact as transformative for Nigeria and the continent. The President made this known during the 32nd Annual Meetings of the Afreximbank in Abuja, where he conferred the…
By Ayomide Otitoju An investigator with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abubakar Kwaido, has told a Federal High Court that former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, voluntarily provided multiple confessional statements during his interrogation. Testifying before Justice James Omotosho on Thursday, Kwaido said the statements were made in the presence of Mamman’s legal…
By Ayomide Otitoju The Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Zacch Adedeji, has announced that the recently signed tax reform laws will officially take effect on January 1, 2026. Speaking to State House correspondents on Thursday, Adedeji explained that the extended timeline was intended to give stakeholders—including regulators, operators, and the general public—adequate…
U.S. President Donald Trump has claimed that he deliberately spared Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei from assassination during recent hostilities with Tehran, while warning of further military strikes if Iran continues pursuing nuclear weapons. In a fiery post on his Truth Social platform Friday, Trump said he had precise intelligence on Khamenei’s location but…
By Ayomide Otitoju The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO) has released its long-awaited report on the origins of SARS-CoV-2, reaffirming that crucial evidence needed to draw definitive conclusions remains unavailable. Comprising 27 independent international experts, SAGO stated that while the weight of current evidence points to…
By Ayomide Otitoju The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has affirmed that the party’s 100th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting will proceed as scheduled on Monday, June 30, despite claims to the contrary by Acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum. In a statement issued on Wednesday and jointly signed by 11…
By Ayomide Otitoju At least two people were killed and several others injured on Wednesday as protests marking the anniversary of Kenya’s deadly 2023 anti-government demonstrations turned violent, prompting a fierce response from police and renewed public outcry over police brutality and economic hardship. Demonstrators took to the streets of Nairobi and other cities to…
