Nigerian traders operating in Ghana , on Wednesday, visited the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Abuja to protest the locking up of their shops in Ghana . The protesters , who carried placards with various inscriptions of their grievances, held the protest peacefully under the watch of policemen. Leader of the group , Nze Ugo –
Nigerians living in Sokoto state have been abandoned by the Nigerian military in a wave of violent attacks by bandits and terrorists. Premium Times reports that the Senator representing Sokoto East, Ibrahim Gobir maintains that residents of the State now rely on the soldiers of Niger Republic for protection against armed bandits as the Nigerian
.By Muhammed Dahiru Lawal AREWA AGENDA – Ravaged by Boko Haram Insurgency for over a decade and a rising case of banditary, kidnappings and wanton attacks across its geographic spread, Nigeria’s North risks the possibility of being a ‘red zone’. With the raging COVID-19 pandemic, many had thought attacks will temporarily cease, but it turns
.Affected personnel to face sanctions The Presidency has condemned the unprofessional conduct of some security personnel charged with the enforcement of the border closure policy of the Federal Government. This was contained in a statement by the presidential spokesperson, Mr. Femi Adesina while announcing the commissioning of ‘Operation Swift Response’, a border drill exercise to
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved a contract of N318 million to engage the firm of Olumuyiwa, Bashir and Co. Ltd as Lead Consultant for the forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, who briefed journalists after the FEC meeting at the State
Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd) on Tuesday disclosed that the Custom Command at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) had intercepted 8.06 million U.S. dollars from the airport. Ali, during a media briefing in Lagos, said that the dollars loaded in six big `Bagco’ bags were packed in a coaster bus belonging to
The United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has announced the discovery of the longest drug-smuggling tunnel ever to be found on, or rather, under the US-Mexican border. The tunnel is more than 1,313 meters long, starting in an industrial section of Tijuana and ending near an area which houses several warehouses in San Diego. The Washington Post reports that
The Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Owerri, Zone ‘C’ of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has seized 333 bags of foreign rice concealed with crates of bear and malt and smuggled into the country. The command also intercepted trucks conveying 4,958 pieces of used and expired tyres brought into the country in three containers in Benin
…Impounds 2.1m bottles of killer Analgin injection,1,920 bags of foreign rice Four months after the closure of land borders by the federal government of Nigeria, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has raised fresh alarm over the sudden upsurge in the smuggling of contraband products into the country. Comptroller Kayode Olusemire in charge of the