Month: April 2025

Osogbo: The Osun Government has approved a unified ticketing system for commercial motorcycle and tricycle operators across the state, aiming to prevent leakages, extortion, and the issue of multiple ticketing. This initiative, announced by the Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Sesan Oyedele, marks a significant move towards streamlining revenue collection and safeguarding operators from exploitation. According […]

Abuja: The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has collected ?1.75 trillion as revenue for the first quarter of 2025. The Comptroller-General (C-G) of the service, Adewale Adeniyi, disclosed this at a news briefing on its activities for the first quarter. According to News Agency of Nigeria, the NCS exceeded this year’s target by ?106.5 billion, achieving […]

Abuja: Stakeholders in Nigeria’s sanitation sector have called for a shift towards Market-Based Sanitation (MBS) as a more effective means of improving access to safe and dignified toilets across the country. With Nigeria struggling to meet its Open Defecation-Free (ODF) targets, experts say MBS could be instrumental in accelerating progress towards healthier and cleaner environments […]

Vatican City: On April 21, the Holy See, the central governing body of the Catholic Church and Vatican City State, announced the death of Pope Francis, the 266th pontiff. The demise of the pontiff followed bouts of respiratory illnesses, pneumonia in both lungs, among other complications; he has been hospitalized intermittently in the past four […]

Abuja: Mrs. Christiana Akpunonu, an octogenarian and retired broadcaster with the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), has successfully defended her PhD thesis at the University of Abuja. The achievement marks a significant milestone, as Akpunonu becomes the first octogenarian to achieve this feat within the Department of Theatre Arts. According to News Agency of […]