Author: Saint Augustine

…Suspect detained as Comptroller Shuaibu vows to ensure justice for slain officer The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone B is sad to announce the tragic demise of Inspector of Customs, IC Hamza Abdullahi Elenwo in an unfortunate incident that occurred on Friday, 12 July, 2024 at Achilafia along Daura-Kano Road in Jigawa State during a stop and search operation. The incident occurred when a vehicle suspected to be smuggled into the country hit the operative while trying to evade arrest. The late Operative was rushed to the General Hospital Kazaure and later transferred to the Federal Medical Centre,…

The 100% Compliance Team of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders, NAGAFF has petitioned the National Security Adviser, NSA, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu against the activities of the Operators of scanning machines in the Western Seaports. The Compliance Team accused the operators of deliberately, purposefully and maliciously subverting the original plan and purpose of introducing scanning machines in cargo clearing processes, especially, in the nation’s Western Seaports, thereby perpetuating the option of physical examination. The National Coordinator of NAGAFF 100% Compliance Team, Alhaji Dr. Ibrahim Tanko who leveled the accusation in a letter he addressed to the Office of the…

…As Godfrey Pondi Club splashes N4m to promote excellence The management of Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, TSSNL has presented N5 million each to the two best graduating students of the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, FUPRE for 2024. The presentation took place on Wednesday at the Tantita Head Office in Bendel Estate, Ugborikoko, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta state. Additionally, the Godfrey Pondi Book Club awarded N2 million each to the top performing students as a way of promoting excellence in readership. This gesture was a follow-through on a pledge made by Executive Director, Operations and Technical, Tantita…

The President-General of Oko Peoples Union, OPU, Hon. Barr. Casmir Nwafor has called on the International Erosion Control Agency, Federal and State Governments to come to the aid of Oko Community with a view to solving the age-long erosion problem which has continued to confront the community. According to research by the International Erosion Control Association, Oko is one of the communities captured in the World Danger List of communities with severe erosion threat. Speaking to newsmen at the scene of a collapsed one story building at Eziabor Village in Oko due to heavy erosion menace as a result of…

…Rakes in N3.94 trillion in Q1 2024 …Captures over 170,000 new customers into the tax net The Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, has said that it is revolutionizing the tax office operations into streamlined one stop shops to cater for diverse tax payers by their categories in order to enhance customers’ satisfaction. The Special Adviser to the Executive Chairman of FIRS on Tax Policy, Mr. Femi Olarinde who stated this in an official engagement with members of the Commerce and Industry Correspondents Association of Nigeria, CICAN in Lagos on Thursday, said that the move would reduce the cost of administration…

In its renewed efforts to promote financial system stability in the country, the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, NDIC has put together a two day workshop to sharpen the skills of law enforcement agents and officers from regulatory agencies that are involved in the investigation and prosecution of bank Directors, Managers and staff of banks involved in malpractices and insider abuses that might have led to the collapse of their banks or financial Institutions. The workshop themed, “Effective Collaboration As A Strategy In The Fight Against Insider Abuses And Financial Malpractices In Banks And Other Financial Institutions in Nigeria”, was crafted…

The Tincan Island Port Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS has collected the sum of Five Hundred and Seventy Five Billion, Five Hundred and Five Million, Six Hundred and Twelve Thousand, Eight Hundred and Four Naira and Fifty Nine Kobo only (N575,505,612,804.59) as revenue due to the federal government between January and June 2024. The Customs Area Controller of the command, Comptroller Dera Nnadi who disclosed this at a press conference held at the Maritime Reporters’ Association of Nigeria, MARAN Secretariat in Apapa, Lagos on Friday stated that the amount was an improvement by N315,248,670,683.90 and represents a 221.13…

The Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre, RULAAC has described as a welcome development, the Supreme Court’s judgement on the financial autonomy of the local governments in Nigeria. The Executive Director, RULAAC, Mr. Okechukwu Nwanguma who stated this in a statement in Lagos on Friday, however, posited that the challenge remained how to free the State Independent Electoral Commissions, SIECs from the control of state governors even as he argued that “If they are not truly independent, this welcomed reform introduced by the Supreme Court ruling will be of no effect as has been tightly pointed out.” He observed…

…Commends Tinubu for bold initiative A former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Ade Dosunmu has applauded the decision of the Supreme Court of Nigeria on the matter of financial autonomy of the Local Governments brought before it by the office of the Attorney General of the Federation describing it as a landmark judgement that is long overdue, but timely. The Supreme Court, on Thursday, declared that it is unconstitutional for state governors to hold onto funds meant for Local Government (LG) administrations even as it also barred governors from dissolving democratically elected Local…

The Port-Harcourt Area 1 Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS says it was in high spirit to announce the collection of ₦106.593, 735,469.91 as revenue collected for the first half of 2024 even as it promised to break new grounds in revenue collection. This was contained in a press release made available on Thursday 11 July, 2024, by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Superintendent of Customs (SC) Oscar Ivara in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital. The statement noted that the Customs Area Controller of the Command, Comptroller Mustapha Hashim disclosed that this figure showed a remarkable surplus of…