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The Nigeria Customs Service has announced the seizure of 34 containers of rice smuggled through the Tin Can Island port in Lagos. The Comptroller General of Customs, Hameed Ali (retd), disclosed this in Lagos on Tuesday. He said one of the rice containers was concealed by its importers as spare parts. He said, in addition to the 34 containers of rice, the service intercepted 11 containers of unregistered pharmaceutical products, two containers of used tyres, one container of used clothing and four containers of refined vegetable oil in retail packs, bringing the total to 52 containers of seized contraband. Ali put the duty paid value of the seized goods at N2.7bn. He attributed the seizure to the recent closure of the land borders, which he said had prompted importers of banned items to route them through the seaports. He said, “Specifically, we are aware that the partial closure of the land borders has resulted in the diversion of some cargoes back to our seaports. “W

Popular supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari on social media came hard on popular musician, David Adeleke aka Davido, for handcuffing and parading two women who had jokingly accused him of impregnating one of them. Davido’s hype man, known as Special Spesh, had posted a video on Instagram showing the two women, Helen and Susan, handcuffedand sitting on a chair in a living room. Spesh could be heard telling one of the ladies to lift up her head or get a slap in the face. Davido also shared the video, defending the action of his sidekick. However, some of Buhari’s supporters on social media reminded Davido how he attacked the President during the Osun governorship election but was never touched. They accused the musician of being a hypocrite and abuse of power. Popular Buhari supporter, Kayode Ogundamisi, said on Twitter that Davido would have abused power if his uncle had emerged as the governor of Osun State He tweeted, “Imagine Davido as first Cousin in Osun Sta

Members of a church here in Nigeria were almost moved to tears recently after a soldier who came there to testify of God's protection while serving in Maiduguri, the hotbed of Boko Haram activities, went on his knees to beg them to pray for soldiers still serving in Maiduguri, Borno state. Maiduguri has been worst hit since Boko Haram started its attacks in the North. The Nigerian soldier testified of how God saved him while he was out performing his duties in the North. He told the church members that as much as it is important to pray for prosperity, the church should also not forget to pray for soldiers in the North.

Lionel Messi scores his 50th goal from a direct free kick for club and country in all competitions.  Among this 50 free-kicks, 44 were scored for Barcelona and while the other 6 were for Argentina.  Barcelona remained unbeaten in all previous 31 La Liga matches in which Messi scored a direct free kick (W25-D6-L0).

Senate Committee on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on Monday slammed the Minister of Works and Housing, Raji Fashola, for not appearing before it to defend his budget but chose to travel. The Chairman of the Committee, Senator Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed Binani, said that the panel will reject any submissions from the Minister of State for Works and Housing, Abubakar Aliyu, who was before the committee to represent Fashola. Senator Aishatu insisted that most of the replies to correspondences the Committee exchanged with the Ministry were personally signed by Fashola. Besides, she added: “The issues for which the Committee is seeking clarification took place when Fashola was Minister of Power, Works and Housing, hence, he is the only one competent to shed light on them.” She frowned at a situation where the minister decided to travel after agreeing on the session with the committee only to send the Minister of State to represent him The committee unanimously resolved to tur

The lawmaker representing Ovia Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Dennis Idahosa, has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing Prof. Lilian Salami as the 10th substantive Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin (UNIBEN). Prof. Salami is the second female to be appointed VC of UNIBEN. Her appointment takes effect from December 2, 2019. She is a Professor of Home Economics/Nutritional Education. Idahosa said Prof. Salami’s appointment attested to the fact that President Buhari’s administration is gender sensitive. According to him, the don’s achievements and ‘intimidating’ credentials will influence the institution positively. He said: “Prof. Salami needs no introduction as she has distinguished herself in service of the University of Benin over the years and her leadership skills are not in doubt. The appointment is deserving. Her proven track record in the academia is there for all to see and steadily, she has risen through the ranks to t

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has said it has adopted a policy of score standardisation under which Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination candidates cannot get zero, even if they are absent from the examination. The board explained that apart from absentee candidates, candidates who did not attempt any question or who did not get any answer correctly were also captured under the policy and would be awarded a “common scale with uniform metric.” According to JAMB, the score standardisation policy means that all candidates, who are registered for a paper, will be awarded a score for that paper, and there would be no zero score. The board stated this in a paper presented by its Registrar, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, according to the JAMB weekly bulletin obtained by our correspondent on Monday. Oloyede, in conjunction with other experts, made the presentation on score standardisation at the 45th International Association for Education Conference held in Azerbaijan. T

Lilian Salami, a professor, has been appointed the 10th substantive vice-chancellor of the University of Benin, Edo State. A home economist and former Dean of the Faculty of Education, Mrs Salami becomes the second female vice-chancellor of the institution after Grace Alele Williams, who was also the first female vice-chancellor in Nigeria. Mrs Salami will take over from the outgoing vice-chancellor, Faraday Orumwense, whose tenure will end November 30. The appointment of the new vice-chancellor, which takes effect from December 2, was made by the Governing Council of the University. According to The Guardian newspaper, the Public Relations Officer of the university, Michael Osasuyi, confirmed her appointment in a statement in Benin City. Profile: According to a statement on the Twitter page of UNIBEN, Mrs Salami (Nee Emovon) is a Professor of Home Economics/Nutritional Education. She is from Benin in Edo State. She was born in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria on August 8,

The vision of making Ebonyi State the number one economy through modern agricultural practice, industrial revolution and total transformation could only be feasible through extensive road construction, reconstruction and connecting communities to urban areas. Commissioner for Works and Transport, Engr Obasi Abara who made this remarks while briefing journalists in Abakaliki disclosed that the state government under the leadership of Governor David Umahi has executed 96 projects since assumption of office in 2015. Engr Abara described the achievements of the administration of Governor David Umahi in the areas of construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation of roads and bridges all over the state in the past five years as unequivocally unquantifiable and priceless. He said that the Ministry had executed not less than 96 projects out of which 67 are 100% completed while the rest have reached about 85-90% completion. Obasi reiterated that the present administration of Govern

FG to unveil new allowance for corps members— Minister The minister of youths and sports, Sunday Dare has disclosed that members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) will enjoy the new minimum wage. Dare disclosed this in a tweet on Wednesday evening. “New Minimum Wage: NYSC members to enjoy new minimum wage/ allowee Next week the DG NYSC will provide details of the new allowee for the Youth Corp members after full briefing from the Ministries of Finance And MYSD,” he posted on Twitter. @Michael Next week the DG NYSC will provide details of the new allowee for the Youth Corp members after full briefing from the Ministries of Finance And MYSD.

Buhari says it will be unfair to accuse Federal Government of  marginalising people in terms of projects allocation when local authorities in some states are frustrating contractors. President Muhammadu Buhari has issued a serious warning to state governments that create unnecessary impediment in the allocation of land for projects or refuse to cooperate with contractors.  The President gave the warning on Saturday, October 19, 2019 in a statement issued by his media aide, Garba Shehu. Buhari said some local communities in some states frustrate contractors by making impossible demands for land compensations and even go as far as chasing them from sites. He said, “The idea of chasing away contractors on site or making undue demands from them by local communities or the deliberate actions of state governments to frustrate the allocation of lands for federal projects is an antithesis of the people’s welfare. “To compound matters, contractors kept away from site often make further d

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State on Monday handed over twenty nine (29) pick-up trucks to the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps and the Department of State Services to assist them in their operations in the state. Other security agencies that benefitted from the state government’s largesse included the Nigerian Airforce, Nigerian Immigration Service, Nigerian Customs Service, Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Federal Road Safety Corps and National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). Gov. Ugwuanyi, only last week, handed over 65 out of the 100 units of the Innoson vehicles procured and installed with ultra-modern security and communication gadgets by his administration to the Nigeria Police Force, to aid its operations in the state. Handing over the 29 vehicles to the security operatives during a brief ceremony at the Government House, Enugu, Gov. Ugwuanyi said that the gesture was to ensure that the secur

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The game of betrayals reportedly played out on Saturday in Ikotun area of Lagos between three supposed ministers of God after Pastor Olusegun Taiwo dumped his wife, Vicky, in Ogun State and secretly got engaged to another female pastor, Madam Wonder, and were eventually caught by his wife. P.M.EXPRESS confirmed that the secret wedding between Pastor Olusegun Taiwo and the new wife, Pastor Wonder, took place at the Triumphant Base Global Ministry located at No. 6 Mathew Ojo Street by Whitehouse Bus Stop, off Governor’s Road, Ikotun, Lagos. Pastor Olusegun, who lives at Ijoko area of Ogun State, arranged the wedding in Ikotun area of Lagos so that his wife would not know. But information got to his wife, she came to the wedding venue and disgraced Olusegun and his new wife, Wonder. Pastor Olusegun was married but had separated with many wives, who had six children, before he got married to Vicky, who was also married but separated and had two children in 2011. They went t

Buhari leaves for summit in Russia The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, yesterday said the Federal Government’s request for a $3 billion World Bank loan to finance the power sector was at the verge of being granted. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) quoted her making the disclosure at a media briefing on activities of the Nigerian delegation to the just-concluded World Bank/International Monetary Fund Annual Meetings in Washington. She said: “We put a request for financing of the power sector at a range of $1.5 billion to $4 billion. “At the end of the day, it looks like we will be looking at a funding size of $3 billion that will be provided in four tranches of $750 million each. “Our plan was that the team would have been able to go to the World Bank for the approval of the first tranche in April 2019.” The minister explained that the loan would be  used to plug funding gaps and tariff differentials, which she said, private investors in the sector had always

Social media last night was set Roaming by Nollywood actress, Rita Daniels during her award presentation at the 13th Headies award. Regina Daniels mother, Rita is currently receiving the heat after she tried to ‘play a fast one’, at the 2019 Headies Awards held at Eko Hotels. The actress who presented the artist of the year award at the event introduced herself as the mother of actress, Regina Daniels. It all started when she was called upon to present the Artiste of The Year Award. When She got on stage, she introduced herself as, “Rita Daniels, Mother of Regina Daniels”. When it was time to announce the winner, Rita Daniels decided to crack a joke.. Apparently, one which many didn’t find funny. She asked on the Audience to guess on who the winner is, and then she suddenly mentioned her Daughter's name. After laughing it off, she then proceeded to calling the winner, Burna Boy. This introduction got a lot of people talking on social media. Burna Boy wasn’t available to collect

The Headies is the most pretigious award in Nigeria and till tommorow, used as yardtick for the sucess of Nigerian artistes. Even though there are many faults from the organizers, most of these while still unknown in the industry were always present at the event. Fast forward till today, Nigerian artistes are not only boycotting the event, they are also derogating the event with their choice of words on Social Media. Most of these singers take offence in the headies when they, or perhaps their favorites refuse to clinch a particular award. Almost all the big names in the industry are receivers of one of more awards from the show and they have visited either in person or by representation. It is worthy to note that no artiste is bigger than The Headies, even  Wizkid  who is one of the biggest figures in the industry today was a receiver of the Next Rated award in The Headies, and it was one of the greatest highlights of his career. However,  Naira Marley ‘s  assertion o

Following aborted attempt by terrorists to infiltrate 120 Task Force Battalion location at Goniri, Yobe State, Sector 2 Operation LAFIYA DOLE, at about 1833 hours on Wednesday 26 June 2019, troops of the Battalion, in a professional manner, - tactically waited for the terrorists to close into the killing range and opened heavy volume of fire on the criminals who approached the location with 7 gun trucks and several other fighters on motorcycles. Consequently, this encounter/ambush resulted in the annihilation of dozens of terrorists, many fled with some levels of injuries and the following equipment were captured; a. 5 x Gun Trucks b. 1 x Vehicule Blinde Leger (VBL) c. Assorted quantity of ammunition d. Unconfirmed number of motorcycles were destroyed. The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai who has been in the Theatre of Operation for sometimes, commended the efforts and successes of the troops in recent encounters with the terrorists a