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 School, Owode Yewa was […]
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 […]
…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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]