The Nigeria Customs Service says it generated N1.2 trillion as revenue between January and July 2024 at the Apapa command. The customs area controller in Apapa, Babatunde Olomu, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. Mr Olumu said he was committed to surpassing the existing revenue collection records. He said the command collected N201.8 billion for July 2024, its highest monthly collection in the agency’s history. According to Mr Olumu, the collected revenue for the seven months of 2024 is higher than the total revenue collected in 2023. He attributed the success to implementing the Time Release Study thrust by…
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The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has suspended Okpravero Ufuoma, an assistant superintendent of immigration (ASI II), for soliciting money from a traveller. NIS comptroller general Kemi Nandap announced the suspension in a statement by the immigration’s spokesman Kenneth Udo on Thursday. According to Ms Nandap, the officer’s conduct, captured in a video circulating on social media, does not reflect the NIS values and ethics of professionalism. She condemned the alleged misconduct, saying it undermined the ongoing reforms to enhance service standards. She, however, assured that the officer had been indefinitely suspended pending the outcome of disciplinary procedures, in accordance with…
The police on Wednesday arraigned 36-year-old Ibrahim Jimoh, before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ court for allegedly stealing motorcycle valued at N800,000 The defendant of no fixed address is standing trial on a one-count charge of stealing. The Prosecutor, Inspector Sodiq Adeniyi, told the court that the defendant committed the offence at about 8:00 a.m., on July 31, at Erinfun, Poly Road in Ado-Ekiti. He alleged that the defendant stole one TVS motorcycle valued at N800,000 belonging to one Jide Olaosebikan. Mr Adeniyi said that the offence contravened Section 302(1) (a) of the Criminal Law of Ekiti State, 2021. He urged the…
The Deputy Governor of Yobe State, Hon Idi Barde Gubana has lost his 10-year-old grandson, Lawan Idris Ahmad, in a domestic incident. The Press Secretary to the Deputy Governor, Hussaini, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, August 6, 2024, said late Ahmad sustained a third degree burn after he accidentally poured hot water on his body and was immediately rushed to the hospital for medical attention. The deceased succumbed to his injuries at the University Teaching Hospital Damaturu in the early hours of Tuesday. The funeral prayer was held on Tuesday at the residence of the Deputy Governor…
Gunmen suspected to be herders have attacked some farmers in Plateau State injuring four persons in the process. It was learnt that the victims had gone to their farms in the Bachi community, Riyom Local Government Area when the gunmen attacked them. The President of the Berom Youths Moulders Association, Solomon Mwantiri confirmed the incident to The PUNCH in Jos on Wednesday He said the attack took place on Tuesday afternoon and that the injured victims had been evacuated to the hospital and were currently receiving treatment He said, “At about 2: pm today, August 6, 2024, a group of…
President Bola Tinubu has pleaded with Nigerians to be patient with his administration, assuring them that the country is transitioning from darkness to dawn. In an official video released by the State House on Wednesday, Tinubu acknowledged the country’s ongoing hardships due to the removal of fuel subsidy and the floating of the naira. He noted that Nigerians’ pain was compounded by what he described as an “avoidable lag” between the subsidy removal and his helpful plans for the country. Details later… (PUNCH)
Two commercial motorcyclists were at different locations killed in the Akoko North-West Local Government Area of Ondo State. One of the victims known as Dada Jatto from Iyani Akoko in the council area was said to have been missing for the past three days before his lifeless body was found beside the road on Tuesday. A source in the town said the deceased’s lifeless body was found with various machete cuts all over his body. The source said, ” He is a popular okada rider in the town and he had been missing three days ago. Upon the search efforts,…
The Police Command in Kaduna State said its operatives detained a notorious kidnapper, recovered firearms and 27 live ammunition. The spokesperson for the command, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the development in a statement on Wednesday in Kaduna. Mr Hassan said, “The Anti-kidnapping Unit of the command has successfully apprehended a notorious kidnapper. The suspect, identified as Abdulrahman of Karshi, Abuja, was arrested in possession of an AK-47 rifle along with twenty-seven (27) rounds of live ammunition in Karshi. “Upon interrogation, Abdulrahman confessed to being involved in several kidnappings in the Ikara Local Government Area of Kaduna State.” Mr Hassan further said…
Dear Bunmi, my boyfriend is far too randy for me. He wants lots of hot lovemaking every night, and he goes at it fast and furious. Sometimes we go on for hours and I end up sore and exhausted. It may sound like I’m the luckiest woman on earth, but too much of everything is bad and I’m getting bored and upset by it all. Dear Bunmi, I do not look forward to intimacy with him anymore. How can I tell him I don’t want it all the time? The earlier you told him the truth the better for your relationship. It…
The Kogi State Government has commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of six persons after eating cassava flour that may have been contaminated. Our correspondent gathered that the incident occurred last Wednesday in a household in Anyoke, Okunchi Ward, Adavi Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that eight victims were rushed to three different hospitals, where six of them died due to multiple organ failure. The two surviving victims have since been discharged. The state Commissioner for Health, AbdulAzzez Adeiza, who had visited the survivors before their discharge, said that a specialised team consisting…