Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR BY GODWIN OBI The Nigeria Customs Service is set to open its electronic Auction Portal (e-auction) for the general public participation on Monday 15th January 2024. In a circulated information cited by Frontline Reporters the Customs has however restricted its officersContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Area Controller of the NCS at the ports, Comptroller Babajide Jaiyeoba highlighted this on Wednesday in Lagos during the decoration of newly promoted officers and men of the command. About 74 officers were promoted at the Apapa Command. He noted that the officers decorated on Wednesday contributedContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has reaffirmed its commitment to eradicating the menace of counterfeit drugs and unwholesome products from the Nigerian market. This is coming in response to a recent negative press concerning the activities of fake drug manufacturers andContinue Reading
BY CHIGOZIE EZEH The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has sacked the boards of Union Bank, Polaris Bank and Keystone Bank. The apex bank in a statement signed by its Acting Director of Corporate Communications, Sidi Hakama, said “this action became necessary due to the non-compliance of these banks andContinue Reading
…… We will adjust curricula—UNILAG VICE CHANCELLOR. BY GODWIN OBI The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Dr. Bashir Jamoh OFR, says the academia has a major role to play in the development of the Blue Economy in Nigeria. Dr Jamoh, who stated this during aContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI AND CHIGOZIE EZEH The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Wednesday assured that it would align with the Federal Government’s policy direction to realize its N5.079 trillion revenue target in 2024. Addressing a press conference in Abuja, the Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, noted that the serviceContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Federal Operations Unit, FOU, Zone ‘A’ in Ikeja Lagos of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said on Wednesday that it seized rice and other prohibited cargo valued at over N10 billion for the year 2023. Controller of the Zone, Hussain Ejibunu, said that the zone madeContinue Reading
File image. At least five children and six adults have been feared dead as two wooden boats capsize in Rivers State. It was gathered that the two boats that were travelling to Bonny Island from Ngo in Andoni Local Government of the state capsized on Tuesday morning leaving a numberContinue Reading
… Nobody was abducted by bandits – Police BY CHIGOZIE EZEH The Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed the exchange of gunfire between terrorists and security operatives penultimate Sunday along Kaduna-Abuja highway. A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer PPRO of the State Command, ASP Mansur Hassan, said sixContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court Abuja has fixed further hearing for March 4, 2024 in a fresh N1 billion suit filed by the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, against the Federal Government and three others. The othersContinue Reading