By Anthony Nwachukwu A customs officer was seriously injured over the weekend when some ruthless rice smugglers ambushed his patrol team at Sango area of Ogun State. An eyewitness disclosed that the team had sighted a convoy of trucks loaded with foreign parboiled rice by suspected smugglers and heading for […]
The late Solomon Anikwe By Anthony Nwachukwu Some gunmen suspected to be agents of land grabbers in Igga community, Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State, Friday murdered 25-year-old Solomon Anikwe, as he was working in his mother’s farm at Adani community, also in the council area. The deceased was […]
Justice Ibrahim Tanko Mohammad By Anthony Nwachukwu Towards a faster, less expensive and more satisfactory resolution of admiralty cases, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Mohammad, has urged judicial officers to consider Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), where necessary, rather than only litigation in settling cases. This came […]
NDLEA Chief Executive, Marwa By Anthony Nwachukwu Nine suspected drug dealers, including their female kingpin, have been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) with about 6,000 kilogrammes of assorted drugs during its raid of some illicit drugs dens at Petey axis of Lagos Island, Lagos. Stating that […]
The prevalence and rising cases of rights violations in Africa, especially by state actors, requires that African member-states ratify the African Court’s protocols to enable it redress the situation through unbiased judgments and right interpretations of laws. Giving this submission Monday in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, at the close of […]
Ejibunu (right) displaying the live cartridges By Anthony Nwachukwu A cache of ammunition and machetes being smuggled into the country from Benin Republic have been intercepted by the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘A’ of the Nigeria Customs Service, head of the unit, Ag. Compt. Hussein Ejibunu, said. Ejibunu told […]
By Anthony Nwachukwu A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the four Guineans and a Nigerian standing trial for their alleged attempt to export N22.3 billion worth of Pangolin scale and elephant tusk remanded in the custody of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). The accused, identified as Troare Djakonba, […]
Anaroke By Anthony Nwachukwu For daring to publish a story on the possible take-over of Dangote Refinery by the Assets Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) due to rising debts, the company has allegedly sent armed policemen after the editorial leadership of MMS Plus newspaper, a publication of Kings Communications Limited, […]
The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone B of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted in Kebbi State 73 locally manufactured guns and 891 cartridges concealed in sacks in a truckload of locally produced rice. Three suspects were immediately arrested over the items and are being detained while preliminary investigations […]
