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1 killed, several injured as customs, smugglers clash in Ogun

Ihesiulo Grace 3 May 2020 0

A senior secondary school boy, Rilwan Bello on Friday met his untimely death in Owode- Idiroko area of Ogun state following a clash between the men and officers of the Customs Service and suspected smugglers. The Daily Times gathered that Bello, who is an SS 1 student of Area Community High

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CBN threatens to suspend accounts of saboteurs, smugglers

Ihesiulo Grace 18 December 2019 0

Benin – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday threatened to suspend the account of any person hiding under the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme to sabotage  the federal government’s investment in reviving the palm oil sector. The Governor of the Bank, Mr Godwin Emefiele, made this known during inauguration of the Edo oil palm […]

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Foreign rice scarcity hits Kano markets, as Customs clampdown on smugglers

Ihesiulo Grace 1 March 2019 0

…Local rice appreciates The sequence to rigorous arrests and determination of the men of the Nigeria Customs Service to meet up to their statutory duty, the Kano State Command of the service after redoubled efforts, has dealt a great blow to smugglers of foreign rice in the state. Investigation in different major markets in Kano […]

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Local rice appreciates as Customs rid Kano markets of foreign rice

Ihesiulo Grace 1 March 2019 0

Local rice marketers have expressed delight over-appreciation of the product in Kano State markets sequence to rigorous arrests by the men of the Nigeria Customs Service, Kano/Jigawa Command, which has rid the state markets of foreign rice products. Investigation in different major markets in Kano has revealed that the local rice produced in the country […]

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Navy seizes 753 bags of rice, arrests 16 suspected smugglers

Ihesiulo Grace 3 December 2018 0

The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base (FOB), Ibaka, Mbo local council area of Akwa Ibom State, has seized 753 bags of rice and apprehended 16 suspected smugglers in five separate operations. Other items seized include six outboard Yamaha engine boats, four wooden boats, two pumping machines and 10 cartons of Savon Cameroonian soap. The Commanding […]

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‘Smugglers threaten 2019 election’

Ihesiulo Grace 27 October 2018 0

The 2019 general elections maybe crisis ridden if they federal government does not urgently arrest smuggling in some of our nation’s ports, investigation has revealed. According to investigations, Onne, Calabar and Port Harcourt ports are major areas of attraction used by the smugglers. Industry watchers said the illegal activities were fuel by the abandonment of […]

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3,690 Migrants Rescued from Smugglers at Sea-Italy

Ihesiulo Grace 3 May 2015 0

  Over 3,700 migrants were rescued from smugglers on boats near the coast of Libya on Saturday and early on Sunday, the Italian coastguard said on Sunday. The agency said 17 different rescue operations were carried out Saturday after smugglers took advantage of calm seas and warm weather to move the migrants out of Africa […]