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*Oshoba stresses that every compliant  contributes to national development The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command, has recorded another historic revenue milestone, generating Twenty-Eight Billion,One Hundredand Two Million, Nine Hundred and Fourteen Naira, Sixty-One Kobo (₦28,102,000,914.61k) only within 24 hours on Tuesday, 18 August 2026, the highest single-day revenue collection ever recorded by the Command.  A statement signed by the Customs Public Relations Officer Apapa Area Command, Chief Superintendent of Customs, Isah Sulaiman, made available yesterday, said that  the feat surpasses the previous daily record of ₦20.1 billion, achieved in September 2025, shortly after the assumption of office of the present Customs Area Controller (CAC), Comptroller Emmanuel Oshoba. The new record comes barely weeks after the Command achieved an unprecedented ₦323 billion monthly revenue collection in July 2026, further demonstrating the sustained impact...

The Renewed Hope Labourers Network (RHOLAN) has faulted the latest United States assessment of Nigeria’s fiscal transparency, saying the report failed to sufficiently account for verifiable reforms and publicly available fiscal information in assessing the country’s financial management. In a statement issued on Friday and signed by its Director General, John Alli Udeh (Esq), the group said the United States Department of State’s 2026 Fiscal Transparency Report should not be treated as a complete assessment of Nigeria’s fiscal performance because some of its conclusions did not adequately reflect measures already in place to improve budget disclosure, financial management and public access to fiscal information. The US report, released on Tuesday, said Nigeria failed to meet the minimum requirements for fiscal transparency for the second consecutive year and made no significant progress in improving its financial management in 2025. But RHOLAN said the assessment appeared t...

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command, has posted an unprecedented revenue collection of ₦323 billion in July 2026, the highest monthly figure ever recorded by the Command. The landmark performance further underscores the strong results achieved under the leadership of Comptroller Emmanuel Oshoba, who earlier guided the Command to another record haul of ₦304 billion in October 2025. Comptroller Oshoba made the disclosure during the monthly meeting with Deputy Comptrollers of Terminals and Unit Heads held on Tuesday August 11, 2026.  He attributed the record collection to the combined impact of policy support, operational reforms and improved compliance across the Command. The Customs Area Controller specially commended the Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi,MFR PhD and the Service management team for their commitment to the ongoing modernisation of the Nigeria Customs Service. “We recognise and acknowledge the CGC’s devotion and dedic...

*Says Nigeria not finished beyond redemption  *Says ADP will rebirth a New Nigeria where  surname, tribe, religion, state of origin or political connection does not determine success For decades, young Nigerians have been told to wait: wait for opportunities, wait for leadership, wait for political inclusion, wait for a better Nigeria,  by 2027, the waiting should be over. This was expressed by the Presidential Candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP), Ambassador Aliyu Bin Abbas in his message on the International Youth Day 2026. This was contained in a statement signed by his SA Media, Okpani Jacob Onjewu Dickson, made available to newsnen in Kaduna on Wednesday August 12, 2026. "Our answer is: WE HAVE WAITED LONG ENOUGH. The Nigerian Youth must no longer be treated merely as voters, campaign crowds, social-media warriors or political foot soldiers. We must become nation-builders, policymakers, entrepreneurs, innovators, public servants, legislators and...

The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP), Hon. Chinazam Ike, has congratulated Nigerian youths on the occasion of International Youth Day, urging government and stakeholders to make youth empowerment, skills development and employment a national priority. He expressed this in a statement signed by his Media team, made available to journalists in Kaduna on Wednesday August  12, 2026. Hon. Ike stressed that Nigeria’s youth are not merely leaders of tomorrow, but partners and leaders of today, whose energy, creativity and innovation must be harnessed for national development. He called for deliberate policies that create opportunities, promote entrepreneurship and ensure meaningful participation of young Nigerians in governance and nation-building.

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has called for stronger collaboration, investment in fire prevention and improved emergency coordination to reduce fire disasters in Kaduna State. The call was made on Monday at a stakeholders’ engagement on fire disaster management organised by the agency in Kaduna. The Head of NEMA Operations Office, Kaduna, Mrs Halima Suleiman, said coordinated action had become imperative as fire outbreaks continued to claim lives, destroy property and livelihoods, and cause huge economic losses. Represented by Ikramat Umar, Head of NEMA’s Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Unit, Suleiman identified electrical faults, gas explosions, unsafe handling of petroleum products, careless use of naked flames, bush burning, poor storage of combustible materials and weak compliance with fire safety regulations as major causes of fire outbreaks. She added that rapid urbanisation, congested settlements, poor access roads and delays in reporting emergencies...