Author: Saint Augustine

Private security outfit, Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, TSSNL, has added another major win for the nation in collaboration with the Nigerian Police Force, NPF in a landmark judgment, as the Federal High Court, Abuja, ordered the forfeiture of an illegal crude oil vessel, MT Kali and its content to the Federal Government. Securing this judgment is a first scenario in recent times when oil thieves and their barons are being prosecuted and brought to book as 20 crew members, including community boys’ accomplices, were arrested in the operation. The police in the Charge NO. FHC/ABJ/CR/18/2024 B/W: INSPECTOR GENERAL OF…

The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS has collaborated with the Directorate General Taxation and Customs Union, DG TAXUD of the European Union, EU for efficient export monitoring and trade facilitation. During a meeting that took place at the Corporate Headquarters of NCS on February 27, 2024, the Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, announced that the service is collaborating with DG TAXUD for efficiency in Export Monitoring and documentation. With the Nigeria Customs Service as the competent authority for rules of origin, the Comptroller General assured that the Service will do all it can to facilitate the process, adding that…

The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Dr. Aminu Maida has challenged the stakeholders in the telecommunications industry to not only address the challenges posed by current technologies but also anticipate and prepare for the opportunities and risks associated with the evolution towards 6G and beyond. Maida who gave this admonition in his opening remarks at the telecom industry Risk Management Conference with the theme, “Evolution and Future Risk Management in the Telecoms Industry: Harnessing Emerging Technologies and Trends”, held in Lagos recently, stated that in an era marked by rapid technological advancements,…

…Give Company seven days to slash cement price The businesses of the BUA Group, one of Nigeria’s cement manufacturers, may be grounded very soon as Civil Society groups have given the management seven days to either slash the cement price to N3, 500 per 50kg bag it promised the President Bola Tinubu-led administration or face the consequences. The Civil Society groups also urged the company, which is now selling above N10,000 per 50kg bag of cement, to immediately apologize to the government and Nigerians for the alleged falsehood and deceit. They lamented that the false declaration by the BUA Group…

…We will ensure grant is judiciously utilized – Oyetola. The International Transport Workers’ Federation, ITF, United Kingdom has approved a grant to Nigeria through the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, to build a Seafarers Recreation Centre in partnership with the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA. The Head ITF Seafarers Trust Fund, Katie Higginbottom, who announced this during a meeting with the Honourable Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola CON, in Lagos over the weekend, noted that the grant was approved after a thorough assessment of Nigeria’s suitability. In her brief to the Honourable Minister, she…

The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS has confirmed that there was stampede resulting in fatalities at the NCS Old Zonal Headquarters, venue for the sale of the seized bags of rice to Nigerians at a reduced price last Friday. This is true as Primetime Reporters authoritatively reports that the management of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS has announced the suspension of the exercise until it unravels what transpired on Friday February 23, 2024. A statement signed by the National Public Relations Officer of the Service, CSC Abdullahi Maiwada in Abuja on Monday and made available to newsmen, recalled that the Service,…

The Apapa Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, on February 23, 2024, recorded another revenue collection milestone by generating Sixteen billion, twenty-one million, six hundred and sixty thousand, four hundred and twelve naira (N16,021,660,412.00). This figure has become the highest daily revenue collection in the history of the command surpassing N11.3bn collected on November 22, 2023, and N10bn on August 3, 2023. Customs Area Controller, CAC of the Command, Comptroller Babajide Jaiyeoba who described the feat as one of the expected fallouts of the many strategies he has put in place, urged officers and men of the command to…

By Fegalo Nsuke Ogoni is one of the world’s most celebrated cases of state-sponsored repression. Against all odds, the people have persevered in the search for justice, equity and basic freedoms deserving of all humanity. Indeed, it has been a painful account that in our own country, our government ordered a military crackdown that left some 4,000 people dead, thousands of others went through torture, rape, brutal detentions which were supervised by Major Paul Okuntimo, the commander of the military task force at the time. Trouble started in 1958 when the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s subsidiary…

Ports & Cargo Handling Services Limited, a subsidiary of the SIFAX Group, on Saturday recorded a fire incident at it’s facility located at the Tincan Island Port, Apapa, Lagos. A statement signed and issued in Lagos on Saturday by the Group Head, Corporate Communications, SIFAX Group, Muyiwa Akande disclosed that the inferno which happened at the IT office of the company affected key IT equipment. “However, we are glad to report that this unfortunate incident has not resulted in any data loss due to the excellent back-up plan the company has put in place to safeguard its data. “While minimal…

In response to the recent statutory retirements within the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, the Comptroller General of Customs, CGC, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi has taken decisive steps to bolster the service’s leadership with appointment of two management members in acting capacity and redeployment of four others to fortify strategic operations and optimize service delivery across various departments. The newly appointed management members are poised to steer the NCS towards enhanced efficiency and effectiveness. Their diverse expertise and proven track records are expected to inject fresh momentum into critical areas such as  revenue generation, anti-smuggling, and trade facilitation. A breakdown of the appointments/redeployments…