Author: Saint Augustine

Determined to sustain the current tempo on unwholesome products across the country, the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) yesterday evacuated substandard tyres from a warehouse located in a remote area in Ogun State. Recall that the standards body recently stated that purveyors are devising new methods by taking advantage of the vast nature of the country to warehouse substandard goods in remote areas. The Director General, SON, Mallam Farouk Salim, who was represented by Mike Dakhling, Director, Inspectorate and Compliance, SON said the evacuation exercise of the seized stuffed-in tyre of 200 containers in Obafemi Owode Local Government, Ogun State…

The African Association of Professional Freight Forwarders and Logistics of Nigeria (APFFLON) has said that the problem confronting Nigeria’s modernization of cargo examination process obviously has nothing to do with the inability to purchase scanners but everything to do with a poor maintenance culture, lack of transparency and accountability. The President of APFFLON, Otunba Frank Ogunojemite who made this submission in Abuja on Monday during a public hearing on purchase of cargo scanners by the House of Representatives Committee on Customs noted that the purchase of new scanners without any attempt on the part of the government to reach out…

…Says resolution did not offer solution to herder-farmer clashes …Seeks to revive grazing reserves President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed a strong resolve to address the conflicts of herders and farmers in a sustained and lasting manner that should lead to the emergence of a permanent solution to the frequent clashes between them as well as the associated problem of the gun-wielding “killer herdsmen.” Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), Garba Shehu who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Monday observed that the President had approved a number of specific measures to bring a permanent end…

…Arrest 12 suspects The Lagos State Police Command has repelled some hoodlums who attempted to set ablaze the Oke Odo Division of the command yesterday even as twelve (12) of them were arrested. The command in a statement signed by its Police Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, stated that no live was lost and that the Police station was never burnt as alleged in some quarters. He added that the command had restored normalcy to Elemoro where another set of hoodlums attempted to set ablaze the newly built police station which accommodates the Area J command, Ajah and Elemoro Division…

…As Police recover six Pump Action guns, one AK-47, others The Commissioner of Police, Anambra State, CP Chris Owolabi has said that attack at both B Division headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Anambra State headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by hoodlums was unsuccessful. Owolabi who disclosed this in a press briefing at the INEC headquarters in Awka on Monday recalled that at about 8.20pm on Sunday, 23rd May, 2021, hoodlums operating in three Hilux vehicles carried out coordinated and simultaneous attacks at both  B’ Division headquarters and State INEC office Awka. According to…

The Oyo/Osun command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has denied media reports alleging that its personnel shot and killed two persons in Eruwa community during last Saturday’s local government elections in Oyo State. The command in a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent of Customs, Kayode Wey noted that a careful review of intelligence gathered indicated that there was a clash between political supporters of candidates which led to the destruction of properties and possible loss of lives as being reported but wrongly linked to the Nigeria Customs Service as according to the command, the Service…

…Wishes him well on gubernatorial aspiration The Transition Committee member representing Oko Ward II in Orumba North Local Government Area, Hon. Chijioke Agodi has commended the Member representing Orumba North and South Federal Constituency in the National Assembly, Hon. Okwudili Ezenwankwo popularly known as Ewepudike n’ Nanka for keeping his promise to the people of his ward and Oko community in general. Agodi who spoke on the heels of the commissioning on Saturday, of a standard water borehole sited in Ihengwu Village, Oko for the good people of Oko Community by Hon. Ezenwankwo as one of his constituency projects, appreciated…

President Maada Bio of Sierra Leone and former Malawian President, Joyce Banda are to lead other international dignitaries to unveil the African Leadership Forum on Decent Work and a book titled “Deadly or Decent Work” in Freetown on Friday, May 28 under the chairmanship of the nation’s Minister of Labour and Social Security, Alpha Timbo. The book was authored by a renowned member of the African Union Labour-Migration Advisory Committee from Ghana, Rev. Dr. Asie Kabukie Ocansey. This is as the Journalists International Forum For Migration (JIFORM) and the Nekotech Center for Excellence, both organizers of the African Migration Summit…

The Association of People Living with Sickle Cell Disorder (APLSCD) held her monthly medical interactive session at the sickle cell home, Agulu in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State to encourage members on the need to be health conscious and to forestall frequent crisis episode. The medical team from the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH), Nnewi, was led by Dr.  Chijioke Egbunike, a hematologist, with a team of pediatrician, physiotherapist, lab scientist and nurses to attend to  various health needs in sickle cell management and also carry out a comprehensive  laboratory tests that would assist them for an…

The Comptroller General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (rtd) has condoled the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, His Excellency, Muhammadu Buhari, the Nigerian Armed Forces, families and friends of the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru and other military officers and crew who died in the unfortunate air-crash in Kaduna on the 21st May 2021. According to a statement by the Public Relations Officer, Nigeria Customs Service, Deputy Comptroller Joseph Attah, the CGC, officers and men of the Nigeria Customs Service were deeply saddened by the sudden death of these patriotic Officers who were…