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By Zarumi Mashood The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Kwara State Command, has seized Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) worth over N20,000,000 at a strategic border in Kwara State. The Comptroller General of the NCS, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, confirmed that this was facilitated by tactical efforts launched by the customs service to tackle diversion of petroleum products from Nigeria. He disclosed this in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital on Monday, while addressing the press during his visit to the state Command of the customs service, as part of his working visits. The Comptroller General of the NCS revealed that the customs service…

By Zarumi Mashood Kwara State Government has received N349,650,000 from the Office of the First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu to support the production of a movie that promotes the institutions, local values, without any lewd scenes or language. The money is a fulfillment of the First Lady’s pledge when she toured the facility during her working visit on January 29, 2025. She had praised the quality of the facility and offered to support the production of a local movie that promotes our own values and culture. The Commissioner for Business, Innovation and Technology (BIT), Hon. Damilola Yusuf-Adelodun, disclosed…

Over the next two years, Microsoft will be investing $1 million (N1.6 billion) in Nigeria as part of its support for the rapidly growing artificial intelligence (AI) technology in the country. This development was made known by Microsoft Managing Director (Nigeria and Ghana), Ola Williams, while speaking during the AI Nigeria Tour conference and exhibition in Lagos. The Microsoft AI Tour is a free, in-person one-day event where business leaders, partners, IT professionals and the developer community come together, and learn about the latest advancements in AI technology. They also get to learn how such advancements can be applied to…

The Minister of Works, Engr. Dave Umahi on Thursday announced the termination of contract for the construction of Oyo-Ogbomoso axis of the Ibadan-Ilorin dual carriageway. The Minister explained that the Federal Government terminated the contract for construction of the 98km Oyo-Ogbomoso Road which was awarded to RCC Construction Company. He made the disclosure in Ibadan during the Oyo Federal Roads Stakeholders Engagement with the theme: ‘Enhancing Federal Roads in Oyo State; Challenges and Sustainable Solutions’. While acknowledging that the delivery of the road project was long overdue, the minister assured the general public that the contract would soon be re-awarded…

A former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has disagreed with the practice of deploying military personnel for election duties in Nigeria; he also called for an end to the practice especially because it overstretches the nation’s military. Ex-President Jonathan, who spoke at the public presentation of a former Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase’s new book in Abuja, also suggested that democratic elections should be jointly managed by the police and INEC. While agreeing that many nations use the Air Force and Army for transportation of election materials to dangerous places, he insisted that…

Nigeria’s House of Representatives has given the nod to its Committee on Electoral Matters to summon the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for explanations on why there are delays in conducting by-elections into vacant legislative seats. Besides, INEC is also expected to make known the measures it has taken to solve the problems. Following the adoption of a motion by Jafaru Leko (APC, Bauchi), the lower Chamber of the National Assembly described the delay in conducting by-elections as a dangerous precedent, adding that this makes compliance with the Constitution and electoral laws to look like an optional whereas it is…

Thomas Adewumi University (TAU), Oko-Irese in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State has scored the bull’s eye again as it has been adjudged the University with the best Artificial Intelligence (AI) education programme in Nigeria. The prestigious award was presented to the university during the 2025 AI Awareness Day in Higher Education held on Monday, 17th February 2025. The university’s management informed through a press statement that TAU’s BSc Computer Science programme stood out among 274 universities in Nigeria to clinch the top spot. It noted that the “AI Awareness Day in Higher Education” is a national event aimed…

In furtherance of its mandate to make contributions to the nation’s economic growth and development, the National Board for Technology Incubation (NBTI) has promised to engage in the empowerment of Nigerian youth through digital and technological innovations. The promise was made by the Director General of the NBTI, Dr. Kazeem Kolawole Raji when he officially took over the leadership of the board from the immediate past Director General, Dr. Uchenna Patricia Chukwu, in Abuja. He noted that the Board under his leadership will remain an economic propeller for the rapid growth of Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). According to him,…

By Ruth Adebayo, Oluwatobi Aroyehun, Semirat Suleiman and Sunday Kolo Healthy Food Policy Youth Vanguard (HFPYV), a group of youthful advocates for food justice and public health in favour of young Nigerians, has appealed to the Federal Government to urgently approve and implement a drastic hike in the taxes being levied on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs). It appealed to the Federal Government to raise the taxes on SSBs from the current N10 per litre to N130 per litre, saying this would serve the overall interest of the nation’s public health. In a statement issued on Thursday and signed by Afeez Adebayo,…

Former Director General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Dr. Modibbo Is’haq Kawu was on Thursday in Abuja discharged and acquitted by the Federal High Court in a case of alleged mismanagement of N2.5billion brought by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). Lucky Omoluwa, Chairman of Pinnacle Communications Limited, and Dipo Onifade, Chief Operating Officer who were charged along with Kawu were also cleared by the Federal High Court. theheraldnews.ng reports that Dr. Kawu was suspended from office by the Federal Government in 2020. During the pendency of the case, ICPC called witnesses including Osanato Olugbemi,…