Author: Saint Augustine

In its quest to battle smuggling to a standstill, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), yesterday commissions 18 creek patrol vessels in Port-Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. Speaking at the occasion, the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd.) said that the addition of those boats to the Service Marine arsenal at a time when more smugglers were running away from the heat on land to water was simply the right thing to do. Ali noted that the event no doubt marked the beginning of a renewed offensive against those who chose creeks and waterways as safe…

… Calls for effective usage In a bid to enhance the perspective of personnel on the effective and positive use of the Social Media(SM), the Directorate of Army Public Relations has taken its advocacy on SM to 8 Division Area of Responsibility (AOR). The theme for the workshop is “Emergence of Citizens Journalism: Enhancing National Security and Cohesion through Responsible Media Reportage by Nigerian Army Personnel” and was held at Lieutenant General TY Buratai Auditorium, Headquarters, 8 Division Giginya Barracks, Sokoto on Thursday. Declaring the workshop open, the General Officer Commanding 8 Division, Major General Uwem Bassey represented by Brigadier…

To enable the incoming administration take – off smoothly with a clear understanding of current state of governance, the Governor-Elect Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo has inaugurated the Anambra State 2022 Transition Committee. The committee being headed by the former World Bank executive and a one time Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili has 80 members chosen from within and outside the state on the benchmark of knowledge, character, excellence, diversity, integrity, inclusiveness and professionalism. Inaugurating the committee at Golden Tulip Hotel Agulu, the Governor-Elect Professor Soludo outlined the terms of reference of the committee noting that he envisions an Anambra…

The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) has called on the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) to take steps to stop alleged extortion of truckers on port access road by unnamed association. The Chairman, Kirikiri Lighter Terminal (KLT) chapter, NAGAFF, Engr. Emmanuel Umeadi who made this call in a telephone interview with our correspondent yesterday accused the said associations of mounting illegal road blocks along the port corridor. While recalling that NPA had last year introduced call up system for truckers operating in Lagos ports which according to him was a welcomed development,…

In a bid to curb the incessant banditry activities in southern kaduna, Operation Safe Haven yesterday, graduated 98 youths trained on surveillance and information gathering. The graduation ceremony which took place at Headquarters Sector 7 Kafanchan saw youths selected from all the communities and ethnic groups in southern Kaduna passed out in a colourful graduation ceremony. Speaking to the graduands, the Commander, Operation Safe Haven, Major General Ibrahim Ali charged the youths to distance themselves from sentiment and discharge their duty without fear or favour. He stressed that the essence of the training is to ensure that the communities are…

The Oyo State Government has restated its commitment to collaborate with relevant agencies to curb fire outbreak in public schools. The Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board (OyoSUBEB), Dr. Nureni Aderemi Adeniran said this during an assessment of a Grade ‘C’ Customary Court building in Omoyeni Memorial Primary School, Ode-Aje, Ibadan, gutted by fire yesterday. Dr. Adeniran reiterated the Board’s commitment to the protection of schools in the State especially during the dry season. Adeniran, who was accompanied by the Board and management team of the Agency tasked head-teachers to ensure effective monitoring of classes and offices to…

… Describes outgone year as successful The Customs Area Controller, Ports and Terminal Multiservices Limited (PTML), Comptroller Festus Okun has described the year 2021 as a successful year for the command considering its accomplishments in the discharge of its service core mandates of revenue generation, facilitation of legitimate trade, anti-smuggling activities and ensuring of national security. Comptroller Okun who made this disclosure in a press briefing in Lagos on Wednesday said that the command collected a total revenue of two hundred and twenty-four billion, four hundred and seventy million, one hundred and thirteen thousand, seven hundred and thirty-three naira (N…

The combined operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and the Department of State Services (DSS), Imo State Command have rescued a middle – aged Burundian woman and her three children suspected to be victims of trafficking, from a village in Imo State where they were being exploited by their trafficker. The victims, Ms Siniremera Snadrine Bizimana and her three children namely; Murwaneza Zertha Maecy, Akimana Ken Bethel and Umwiza Goodluck Collins were set free through the early morning sting operation carried out on their holding mud house located in Umunoha village in Mbaitoli…

In a bid to eliminate the fears being expressed in some quarters about the sustainability of the newly procured cargo scanners, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has assured that nobody will sabotage the new scanners when eventually deployed. The Public Relations Officer, Tincan Island command of the Nigeria Customs Service, Mr. Uche Ejesieme who gave this assurance in a chat with newsmen in Lagos yesterday said that the era the people were referring to was what he called the old order adding that what the people thought was obtainable in the old order may not be obtainable now. He said,…

… Appluds him for appealing to his people to toe peace pact The Commerce and Industry Correspondents Association of Nigeria ( CICAN) has condoled his Royal Highness, Dr. Chris Oranu Chidume , Eze Ana-ukwu, the Igwe of Omor Kingdom on the killing of his subject Mr. Tagbo Okoye who was murdered recently by suspected Anaku people for sacrifice to Ekwensu deity in Ayamelum Local Government Area of Anambra, State. This facts is contained in a media statement signed by the CICAN Chairman, Mr. Charles Okonji and the Secretary Mrs. Lucy Ekpeyong and made available to the media in Lagos. The…