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*COMMANDER TRADOC NIGERIAN ARMY WARNS CANDIDATES FOR 2024 LCPPE TO SHUN EXAMINATION MALPRACTICES OR FACE SANCTION*  The Examination President and Commander Training and Doctrine Command, Nigerian Army (TRADOC NA), Major General Kevin Aligbe has reiterated zero tolerance to Examination malpractices in the on-going 2024 Lieutenant to Captain Practical Promotion Examination (LCPPE) , holding in Maxwell Khobe Cantonment, 3 Armoured Division Nigerian Army Area of Responsibility, Jos Plateau State.  General Aligbe made the pronouncement on Sunday 11 February 2024 during his address to the candidates of 2024 Lieutenant to Captain Practical Promotion Examination (LCPPE ) held at Diamond Hall Crispan Suites and Events Centre , Jos Plateau State.  He warned the candidates to shun sharp examination practices pointing out that the consequencies of such offences is heavy sanction that will alter their progression in the Nigerian Arm...

BREAKING: Access Holdings names  Bolaji Agbede as acting CEO Access Holdings Plc on Monday announced the appointment of Ms. Bolaji Agbede as the Acting Group Chief Executive Officer. This follows the death of its former Group Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Herbert Wigwe. Wigwe died in a helicopter crash alongside his wife, son, and a former chairman of the Nigeria Exchange Group, Abimboloa Ogunbanjo on Friday A statement made by the company’s Board of Directors and dated February 12, 2024, stated that the appointment was subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria “Further to its announcement dated February 11, 2024, the Board of Directors of Access Holdings Plc (‘the Company’) has today announced the appointment of Ms Bolaji Agbede as the Acting Group Chief Executive Officer of the Company following the unfortunate demise of its former Group Chief Executive Officer, Dr Herbert Wigwe, on February 9, 2024.  Wigwe: FG, US begin talks as officials test copter...

Customs to Deploy 'Virtual Reality Tech' for Trade Efficiency, Smuggling Control The Comptroller-General Customs (CGC) Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR, emphasizes commitment to boost trade and combat smuggling through Advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI). CGC Adeniyi declared a 2-day workshop on Virtual Reality Technology (VRT) installation, organized by WCO and Ho Entertainment. Assistant Comptroller-General ACG Malanta Yusuf, on behalf of Adeniyi, commended WCO and CCF Korea for their collaborative gesture. He highlighted the CGC's dedication to technological advancements, including officer training on radioactive elements to prevent smuggling. ACG Kingsley Egwuh, Commandant of NCCSC, called the collaboration pivotal. He expressed optimism that the workshop would enhance customs personnel skills, improve inspection procedures, and curb smuggling. Professor Baek Sung-Sil, a WCO representative, praised the CGC's commitment to modernizing ...

ooo *GOC 2 DIVISION NA PAYS OPERAIONAL VISIT TO 32 ARTILLERY BRIGADE*  The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 2 Division, Nigerian Army (NA), Major General Bamidele Alabi, paid operational visit to 32 Artillery Brigade Operatiooonal Base at Emure, Ekiti State, on Friday, 2 February, 2024. The visit was necessitated by the recent killing of two traditional rulers and kidnap of school children within the area. On Monday, 29 January, 2024, three traditional rulers in Ekiti State who were returning from a security meeting at Erelu - Ekiti, were attacked by gun men. Two amongst them, David Ogunsukin, the Elesun of Esun - Ekiti and Olatunde Olusola, the Onimojo of Omojola - Ekiti, were killed, while Oba Adebayo Fatoba, the Alara of Ara, escaped. Investigative reports, revealed that the  perpetrators of the heinuous crime, were armed criminal gang, numbering about 6 and armed with 1 AK 47 rifle, 1 Pump Action Gun, a single Barrel Gun, Matchetes and Sticks. Similarly, on th...

Insecurity: Security Chieftain Ibadin, Calls For Establishment Of Arms Control Agency As Nigeria's security forces continue to engage kidnappers, bandits, terrorists and other violent criminals in a battle of wits, a security specialist, Mr. Matthew Ibadin has called for the urgent establishment of what he described as Arms Control and Licensing Authority to deescalate the increasing circulation of small arms and light weapons in the country.  In a press statement e-signed and released to the National Association of Online Security News Publishers, NAOSNP in Lagos on Wednesday, the Badison Security Chief Executive Officer noted that kidnapping of Citizens in the last nine years has become the order of the day with an increased frequency and intensity of such abductions across the country in the last two months of December 2023 and January 2024, especially in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. According to him, the Federal Government through an Act of the Nation...

Customs CG Provides Strategies for Meeting 2024 Revenue Target at RMFC The Nigeria Customs Service has briefed the Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Commission (RMFC) on its various activities, procedures, and measures aimed at increasing revenue generation, fiscal efficiency, and blocking revenue leakages. Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC) Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR made this known during a presentation on Wednesday, 24 January 2024, at the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission office in Abuja. He emphasized the need to build trust when collaborating with other government agencies to achieve objectives. The CGC, pleading for support from the commission and other agencies, revealed that since his appointment in 2023, the service has taken significant steps in revenue recovery and addressing areas of possible revenue leakages. He disclosed that there are agencies with legal provisions to stay at the port, and the NCS is actively collaborating wit...

ARM PENSION MANAGERS (PFA) LIMITED TO MERGE WITH ACCESS PENSIONS LIMITED Access Holdings Plc (‘Access Holdings’) is pleased to announce a major development in its ongoing growth strategy. Access Golf Nigeria Limited (‘Access Golf’), a majority shareholder of Access Pensions Limited (‘Access Pensions’) which is a subsidiary of Access Holdings, has received the ‘no-objection’ of the National Pension Commission and the approval of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission for its proposed acquisition of a majority equity stake in ARM Pensions Managers (PFA) Limited (‘ARM’). Subject to the receipt of relevant regulatory approvals, it is intended that following the acquisition, the operations of ARM and Access Pensions will be merged to create Nigeria’s second largest Pension Fund Administrator (PFA) by Assets Under Management. Commenting on this transaction, Dr. Herbert Wigwe, the Group Chief Executive, Access Holdings, said: “We are pleased to have reached thi...