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NCS: Seme Command Intercepts Smuggled Goods Worth Over ₦1.2 Billion. …Comptroller commends Inter-Agency Strategic Partnership

By Femi Anamelechi Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Area Command, Comptroller Ben Oramalugo, has commended the strategic partnership between the Nigeria Customs service and security agencies and the strategic use of intelligence in the Nigeria Customs Service’s anti-smuggling operations. Speaking at a media briefing held on Wednesday, 24 July 2025, at the ECOWAS Joint Border…

CGC Emphasises Customs’ Role in Curbing Illicit Financial Flows at Revenue Reform Conference

Clement Olumba7 months ago02 mins

By Femi Anamelechi Comptroller‑General of Customs Bashir Adewale Adeniyi has emphasised the vital role of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in fighting illicit financial flows (IFFs) during the opening session of the National Conference on Combating Illicit Financial Flows in Abuja on Tuesday, July 22, 2025. He stated that Customs’ daily operations include tight monitoring…

MMIA Customs Hands Over Undeclared Foreign Currency to EFCC

Clement Olumba7 months ago03 mins

By Femi Anamelechi The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Muritala Muhammad International Airport (MMIA) Command has reiterated it’s zero tolerance for currency smuggling at the handing over of intercepted foreign currencies to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The MMIA Customs made the disclosure during press briefing held on Tuesday, 22 July 2025 at the…

NDLEA: Buba Marwa assures PSC on drug integrity test for police recruits

Clement Olumba7 months ago05 mins

By Femi Anamelechi NDLEA has as part of the Agency’s commitment to intensify the fight against illicit drugs assured the Chairman of Police Service Commission, DIG Hashimu Argungu (Rtd) of support on carrying out drug integrity test on new Police recruits. This was part of the inter- Agency collaborative agreement when the PSC Boss Argungu…

Imo Police Command smashes kidnap gangs, traffickers, arrest 1,785 Suspects, recovers arms, rescues victims

Clement Olumba7 months ago05 mins

From Marcel Duru, Owerri The Imo State Police Command, under the leadership of Commissioner of Police, CP Aboki Danjuma, has recorded tremendous success in its intensified fight against violent crimes and criminal syndicate across the state. Speaking with Journalists at the Command headquarters in Owerri, Imo State recently, He highlighted that Over the past six…

Buhari noted for honesty, transparency – Sen. Okorocha

Clement Olumba7 months ago01 mins

From Marcel Duru, Owerri The former Governor of Imo Staff Senator Rochas Okorocha has join millions of Nigerians in mourning the passing of the former President of our country, President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR. A man known for his honesty and transparency in the discharge of his duties. Making this revelation in Owerri Imo State that…

NDLEA arrest wanted drug kingpin after 7 years with 11.6kg cocaine, methamphetamine

Clement Olumba7 months ago09 mins

By Femi Anamelechi Operatives of a special operations unit of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a wanted 60 year old drug kingpin, Okpara Paul Chigozie, ending seven years of evading the long arm of the law, even as he was caught attempting to ship large quantities of cocaine and methamphetamine to…

NCS Partner NAFDAC to strengthen Inter-Agency Ties… records Landmark ₦20.5bn Drug Bust in Onne

Clement Olumba7 months ago06 mins

By Femi Anamelechi The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) as part of strategic efforts in the fight against Anti illicit drugs snuggling hss entered into a collaboration with the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to set up a committee to implement the 2024 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at deepening regulatory…

Nigeria’s Dr Steptoe Goes Home: A Reflection on Dr Ernest Ugo (1951-2025)

Clement Olumba7 months ago013 mins

By C. Don Adinuba With the burial rites of Professor Ernest Ugo starting on Tuesday, July 22, at the Amadeo Events Centre in Enugu, the curtain is almost drawn on one of Nigeria’s most humane and selfless citizens ever. Ugo grabbed national headlines when he informed a scientific conference of homeopathic doctors of the successful…

EX PRESIDENTS AND THE FATALITY OF MEDICAL TOURISM

Clement Olumba7 months ago7 months ago07 mins

By Clement Olumba The above heading of this piece aptly captures the recent scenarios of the last three days in our dear country Nigeria. It is only someone living in Mars or either of the planets known to man will be permitted to express a lack of knowledge of the recent death of Nigeria’s immediate…