Day: September 7, 2025

IMPORTS WORTH $300 or LESS WILL BE TAX-FREE FROM MONDAY—–Customs

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The Nigeria Customs Service Board (NCSB) has approved a de minimis threshold value of $300 for low-value consignments imported through express shipments or passenger baggage. De minimis means the minimum value of goods below which no customs duties or taxes are charged when importing into a country. Abdullahi Maiwada, the Customs PRO has confirmed this in a statement on Sunday, he said the decision was taken at the board’s 63rd regular meeting on September 2, chaired by Wale Edun, minister of finance and coordinating minister of the economy. Maiwada, also…

KADUNA: ARMED BANDITS KILL EIGHT, INJURED 20.

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Heartless armed bandits have launched a deadly attack on Wake village, in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State early Sunday, killing eight people and injured at least 20 others. The attackers also kidnapped an unspecified number of locals during the unfortunate raid. The community has already conducted burials for the deceased while mobilizing care for the severely injured ones. Zagazola Makama, a counter insurgency reporter, confirmed the killing via his X platform; @ZagazOlaMakama, at 5:07PM, Sept 7, 2025. He added ”the exact number of individuals abducted remains unknown ”…

DTCDA DISAGREES WITH NUPENG STRIKE, SAYS ’’IT IS DISSERVICE.’’

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The Direct Trucking Company Drivers Association (DTCDA) has confirmed it will not join the planned strike by the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), describing the move as “a disservice to Nigerians”. In a statement issued after its national executive council (NEC) meeting in Abuja on Saturday, signed by Enoch Kanawa, the national president of the association, said, ”Any action against the smooth flow of petroleum products in the country is a disservice, flagrant abuse of the power of unionism and should be condemned by all Nigerians,”…

8 PERSONNEL OF NSCDC KILLED BY UNKNOWN GUNMEN, ABDUCT EXPATRIATE IN EDO.

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Unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed eight personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) attached to the BUA Cement Factory located in Okpella, Etsako East local government area of Edo State. NSCDC spokesperson in the state, Ogbebor Efosa, revealed this in a statement made available to Journalists in Benin City, the state capital. Efosa narrated that the gunmen also abducted one of the Chinese expatriates while four persons were injured and currently receiving treatment at an undisclosed hospital, while one civilian badly injured. He said…

BOKO HARAM KILLS AT LEAST 60 IN OVERNIGHT ATTACK IN BORNO AS TROOPS NEUTRALISE OVER 30

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The Boko Haram group Boko has waged an overnight attacked on a village called Darul Jamal, home to a military base on the Nigeria-Cameroon border, killing at least five soldiers, and over 60 people according to local source. On Friday night militants struck the village killing at least five soldiers. The Nigerian Air Force said it killed 30 militants in strikes after receiving reports of the raid on the village, where residents had recently returned following years of displacement. The attack comes amid a resurgence in jihadist activity with Boko…

‘X CONTACTED ME, I WON’T DELETE TWEET’ — Sowore

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The publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, says he would not delete his post on President Bola Tinubu despite a request to do so by the Department of State Services (DSS) to X (formerly Twitter). The DSS had written to X demanding the deactivation of Sowore’s verified account, saying his recent post on Tinubu could incite violence and threaten national security. In a post on Sunday, Sowore said X officially contacted him about a letter from the DSS demanding the removal of his content. “This morning, X officially contacted me…

DSS WARNS, ASKS X TO BAN SOWORE’s ACCOUNT OVER INIMICAL POST ON PRESIDENT TINUBU & THE COUNTRY.

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The Department of State Services (DSS) has written to X, the social media platform previously known as Twitter, demanding an urgent deactivation of Omoyele Sowore’s verified X account. The agency said one of Sowore’s recent posts on President Bola Tinubu is capable of inciting violence and threatening national security. On the 25th August, 2025 about 11:38 PM local time (2338 hours) WAT, Sowore had on his X official handle page @YeleSowore disparaging and ridiculing the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Tweet read: “This criminal @officialABAT actually went…