BY GODWIN OBI The Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos has ordered the final forfeiture to the Federal Government, of the sum of $1.4 million, linked to a former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele. Justice Ayokunle Faji gave the order after hearing an application filed and arguedContinue Reading
Andrew Essien, a Deputy Comptroller of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), flanked both sides by two other officers Andrew Essien, who was in charge of Revenue in the Account Unit of the NCS, was answering questions on the revenue of the Service when he coughed and requested water BY GODWINContinue Reading
● We will Not Rest on Our Oars; the Life of Every Seafarer Matters – NIMASA DG, Mobereola L-R Executive Director Operations, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Engr Fatai Adeyemi; Executive Director, Maritime Labour, and Cabotage Services, NIMASA, Mr Jibril Abba; Director General NIMASA, Dr Dayo Moberola;Director, MaritimeContinue Reading
Kanwan Katsina 3rd , Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara, District Head of Ketare BY GODWIN OBI The Kanwan Katsina District Head of Ketare Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara mni has commended successive governments of Katsina State for executing various developmental projects in Ketare District. Alhaji Usman Bello gave the commendation when heContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have discovered a snake guarded shrine used to store illicit drugs in Igor community, Benin city, Edo State. The operatives detected a specially constructed large hole storage in a wall covered with wallpapers and fetish objects. A statement byContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI At least seven persons were killed in a fresh bandits attack on Saturday night on Mai Dabino village in Danmusa Local Government Area of Katsina State. The attack, according to an eyewitness, saw the abduction of an unspecified number of persons mostly women and children who haveContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has said that its airstrikes destroyed 13 illegal oil refining sites and seven boats in Rivers, Bayelsa and Imo states. NAF spokesman Edward Gabkwet made this known in a statement on Sunday. He said between June 18 and 22, 2024, its AirContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The death toll resulting from the outbreak of cholera in Lagos State has risen to 24 from 21 earlier reported. An update by the Lagos State Government on Friday indicated that a total of 24 persons have lost their lives to the disease as of June 19,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Comptroller-General, Adewale Adeniyi on Wednesday, said its revenue increased by 74 per cent to N4.49tn between June 2023 and May 2024, when compared to what the service collected during the same period in the previous year. Adeniyi, while presenting his scorecard ofContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI he Apapa Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has recorded a landmark daily collection of N17.9billion on Tuesday June 14, 2024, being the highest since it’s inception. He equally revealed that the Command recently intercepted 2 containers of used clothing and Crusader soap. Customs Area Controller ofContinue Reading