November 26, 2025

Nigeria Customs Imposes Mandatory Drug Tests On All Officers

Nigeria Customs Imposes Mandatory Drug Tests On All Officers

November 26, 2025 6:41 pm

New directive requires drug screening for recruits and existing personnel as the Customs Service moves to strengthen discipline, security and operational integrity.

Nigeria’s Customs Service has announced sweeping new measures to enforce drug-free standards across its workforce, introducing mandatory drug testing for both newly recruited and serving officers. The move marks one of the agency’s most significant internal reforms in recent years as it seeks to strengthen discipline and improve border-security operations.

Comptroller-General of Customs Adewale Adeniyi revealed the policy during the closing session of the 2025 Comptroller-General’s Conference held in Abuja on Friday November 21, 2025. He said the …

Israel, Google Partner To Drive AI Adoption In Manufacturing

November 26, 2025 3:49 pm

Israel begins a new training program aimed to equip industry consultants with AI skills to boost productivity and modernize its traditional manufacturing sector.

Israel has partnered with Google to introduce Artificial Intelligence (AI), tools into its traditional manufacturing sector, launching a new national program designed to help factories modernize operations and improve productivity.

The initiative, announced by the Ministry of Economy and Industry in collaboration with Google Israel, marks one of the country’s most significant pushes to accelerate AI adoption beyond the high-tech sector. Officials say the program is aimed at bridging a persistent knowledge gap that has left many

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Nigerian Government Opens Key Stretch Of Lagos–Calabar Highway

Nigerian Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway Opened, Traffic Eases

November 26, 2025 6:53 am

Nigerian government ordered the opening of the first 47km of Lagos–Calabar coastal highway to ease congestion, boost economic corridors and support national growth.

Nigerian authorities has ordered the immediate opening of a major section of the Lagos–Calabar coastal highway as the government pushes to ease traffic congestion, strengthen trade routes and accelerate economic growth.

The directive, issued on Sunday November 23, 2025, by the Federal Ministry of Works, covers chainage zero to 47km of the project — the first completed portion of the 750km highway designed to link Lagos with major coastal states and catalyze nationwide commerce.

Speaking during an …

CBN Imposes N3m Fine On Banks Failing Customer Status Checks

CBN Penalizes Banks ₦3m For ‘Mandatory Verification’ Failure

November 26, 2025 6:25 am

CBN enforces stricter penalties and mandatory verification checks to curb dud checks, boost regulatory compliance and safeguard Nigeria’s bank.

Nigeria’s Central Bank has unveiled a sweeping set of enforcement measures that will see banks fined millions of naira for failing to verify the status of customers before opening current accounts. The policy is designed to tighten compliance standards, curb the growing problem of dud checks and strengthen confidence in the country’s financial system.

Under the new directive, Commercial, Merchant and Non-Interest Banks will face a minimum penalty of ₦3 million for each failure to confirm a customer’s standing. The …

US: Trump Unveil Plan To Lower Soaring Health Insurance Costs

US: Trump Unveil Plan To Lower Soaring Health Insurance Costs

November 26, 2025 5:50 am

President Donald Trump prepares to announce a new proposal to address health care premiums as ACA subsidies near expiration for 22 million Americans.

President Donald Trump was expected to reveal a new proposal aimed at reducing health care costs as early as Monday November 24, 2025, sources familiar with the matter told CNN, but it appears the rollout has been delayed due to Republican pushback.

The plan comes amid growing concerns over the impending expiration of key Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies, which could trigger a sharp rise in premiums for millions of Americans. Nearly 22 million people currently rely

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UK Flags Rising Asylum Claims As Visa Rules Tighten

UK Flags Rising Asylum Claims As Visa Rules Tighten

November 26, 2025 5:15 am

The British government is again defending its tougher immigration agenda, but this time the debate follows it abroad. During a visit to Chennai, Indo-Pacific Minister Seema Malhotra tried to reassure India—one of the UK’s most important sources of foreign students—that Britain still wants their talent, even as it moves to reshape how people settle in the country.

Malhotra’s message came with a warning. A growing number of international students are applying for asylum at the end of their studies, she said, pointing to 16,000 claims last year and another 14,800 filed by mid-2025. To her, the surge is a clear …

Trabzonspor Push Onana Deal As Man United Exit Looms

Trabzonspor Push Onana Deal As Man United Exit Looms

November 26, 2025 4:50 am

Trabzonspor are ready to take the next step in their pursuit of André Onana, with the Turkish club keen to turn the goalkeeper’s current loan into a permanent move. Their intentions are clear: Onana has impressed sufficiently during his time in Trabzon, and the club believe he could become a long-term solution between the posts. However, any deal hinges on whether Manchester United are willing to significantly lower their asking price—something that remains uncertain at this stage.

What does seem increasingly unlikely is a return to Old Trafford. Onana arrived at United with high expectations but endured a turbulent spell …

China Warns Against Foreign Involvement In Taiwan

China Warns Against Foreign Involvement In Taiwan

November 26, 2025 2:40 am

China warned on Wednesday that it would respond to any foreign attempts to involve themselves in the Taiwan issue, issuing the statement after Japan confirmed plans to deploy missile systems on an island close to the self ruled territory. The warning marks another sharp exchange in a region already dealing with heightened military activity and long standing territorial disputes.

The remarks underline Beijing’s growing concern over Tokyo’s expanded defence posture and highlight how any move near the Taiwan Strait now sparks immediate diplomatic tension.

At a regular press briefing, Peng Qingen, spokesperson for China’s Taiwan Affairs Office, said Beijing had …

The Voice That Cross-Examined The Gavel—Part 4

The Voice That Cross-Examined The Gavel—Part 4

November 26, 2025 2:26 am

By Prof. MarkAnthony Nze

The courtroom delivered its sentence; history received a rebuttal. When the gavel fell in Abuja, it was not a lawyer who spoke next, but a woman who understood that silence, too, can be cross-examined. Uchechi Okwu-Kanu, wife of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, stepped forward and turned private pain into a constitutional argument.

A Voice That Spoke the Law

Her words carried no theatrics. They were measured, almost prosecutorial. She asked the single question that underpins every system of justice: By what law was he convicted? In those few syllables lay …

Palestine Action Terror Listing Faces Major High Court Challenge

Palestine Action Terror Listing Faces Major High Court Challenge

November 26, 2025 2:11 am

Britain’s move to classify the activist group Palestine Action as a terror organisation is being challenged at London’s High Court on Wednesday, setting up a major test of how far anti terror laws can reach. The group’s co founder, Huda Ammori, argues the decision was an improper stretch of the law and has had broad consequences for peaceful protest.

The outcome carries wide significance. If the court agrees the listing was unlawful, more than two hundred people charged for expressing support for the group could gain a path to defend their cases and possibly have prosecutions dropped.

Palestine Action …

Taiwan Defense Budget Surges As China Pressure Grows

Taiwan Defense Budget Surges As China Pressure Grows

November 26, 2025 1:39 am

Taiwan announced a nearly $40 billion supplementary defense package on Wednesday, as President Lai Ching-te said the island must reinforce its ability to protect itself against intensifying military pressure from China.

The spending plan marks one of Taiwan’s largest single-year boosts and comes as Beijing continues to send aircraft and warships near the island, which it claims as its own. Taipei rejects those claims, insisting it will decide its future independently.

President Lai said the expanded budget was designed to show Taiwan’s resolve as it faces what he called an increasingly perilous security landscape. China has escalated political and military …

Korail Slum Fire Leaves Thousands Homeless In Dhaka

Korail Slum Fire Leaves Thousands Homeless In Dhaka

November 26, 2025 12:43 am

A fast-moving fire swept through Korail, one of Dhaka’s largest slums, on Tuesday evening, destroying hundreds of homes and leaving thousands of residents without shelter, according to local authorities.

Korail, which houses nearly 80,000 people in a dense patch of central Dhaka, is one of the city’s most crowded informal settlements and sits beside the upscale Gulshan and Banani districts. The fire erupted shortly after sunset, spreading rapidly across rows of tin-roofed shanties before firefighters could reach the scene.

Officials said heavy traffic around the neighborhood slowed the initial response. Talha Bin Zasim of the Fire Service said teams …

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