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Customs Collaborates DG TAXUD EU For Efficient Export Monitoring, Trade Facilitation   The Nigeria Customs Service (NC) has collaborated with the Directorate General Taxation and Customs Union (DG TAXUD) of the European Union (EU) for efficient export monitoring and trade facilitation.  During a meeting that took place at the Corporate Headquarters of NCS on February 27, 2024, the Comptroller General of  Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, announced that the service is collaborating with DG TAXUD for efficiency in Export Monitoring and documentation.  With the Nigeria Customs Service as the competent authority for rules of origin, the Comptroller General assured that the Service will do all it can to facilitate the process, adding that peace will prevail if trade is permitted to flourish. Notwithstanding, the CG acknowledged the initiative as a welcome idea working towards economic union by bringing the two economic blocks together. He said the i...

**NIGERIAN ARMY TROOPS RESCUE KIDNAP VICTIMS IN KOGI, CLEAR IPOB/ESN ENCLAVE IN OGUTA, QUELL DEADLY ATTACK IN NASARAWA* Nigerian Army Troops have on Monday 26 February 2024  successfully rescued 10 passengers onboard  a Peace Mass Transit Bus kidnapped while traveling from Calabar to Abuja in Kogi State. The rescue operation took place at Ogugu Community along Enugu-Kogi Road in Olamaboro Local Government Area of Kogi State. Responding to a distress call, the troops swiftly mobilized to the scene of the kidnap incident, where the kidnappers had demobilized a Peace Mass Transit bus, abducted the passengers and moved them into the nearby Ette forest. The gallant troops diligently tracked and engaged the armed gang in a fire fight compelling them to   relinquish their hostages.  The swift and decisive action of the troops led to the successful rescue of the passengers. In a separate operation, own troops conducted a clearance operation to IP...

Customs Adamawa/Taraba Command Records Seizures Worth Over N13M The Nigeria Customs Service, Adamawa/Taraba Area Command, has recorded seizures of assorted items worth over N13 million. The Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Salisu Abdullahi, made this known at a press briefing on Friday, 24 February, 2024, in Yola, Adamawa State Capital.  He explained that the command recorded fifteen incidents of seizures of assorted items with a Cumulative Duty Paid Value (DV) of thirteen Million, three hundred and fifty-two thousand, One hundred naira only (N13,352,100.00). The seized items include; 16, 675Litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) packed in 643×25L Jerry Cans and 3 x 200L drums, 20× 50kg bags of foreign parboiled rice and One used Volks Wagon Golf with a big reconstructed fuel tank. According to the CAC, the Command has been battling to crack down on the smuggling of Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol.  He said, "In the last two weeks, we made seizures of ...

TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF FOOD DISPOSAL INITIATIVE  1. It will be recalled that the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on the directive of Mr. President, announced the commencement of a noble intervention aimed at alleviating the hardships faced by Nigerians and improving access to essential food items through direct disposal of seized edible goods condemned in competent courts of law and certified fit for consumption by relevant government agencies. Consequently, a pilot exercise was conducted on Friday, 23 February 2024, at NCS Old Zonal Headquarters, Yaba, Lagos state.  2. The exercise was conducted following meticulous planning to address all potential risks that may emerge during the exercise. As part of our process and control measures, we had Nigeria Police and military personnel to ensure crowd control. We also fully equipped a medical team on ground in anticipation of potential risks during an exercise of that magnitude. Their presence was part of our proactiv...

PRESS RELEASE LABOUR: NPF ASSURES DEFENDING PROTESTERS' RIGHTS AMID PROPOSED NATIONWIDE  PROTEST As NPF Places Men on Red Alert Across Nigeria,Warns Impostors Against Hijack  The Nigeria Police Force,on the heels of the proposed nationwide protest by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), hereby affirms the fundamental right of all citizens of the country to engage in peaceful protest in line with extant laws. As such, the NPF reiterates its commitment to ensuring the rights and freedom of protesters are protected. In line with its lawful duty to maintain law and order, the Nigeria Police Force has deployed personnel nationwide and placed them on red alert to monitor the planned protest. All Commissioners of Police and their respective supervising officers have been briefed and instructed to coordinate the officers on ground in ensuring the safety and security of all participants if the protests hold as planned. While recognizing the importance of peaceful protest, the...

EXCLUSIVE: RCCG boils over Pastor Adeboye’s alleged succession plans to install his son – Sources •GO Adeboye and Pastor Iluyomade It has just been revealed that the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG , Pastor Enoch Adeboye is allegedly planning to remove Pastor Idowu Iluyomade as the Pastor of City of David, COD, Parish and Head of Apapa Family. Reliable sources categorically told The Frontier that some top RCCG members actually instigated and sponsored the crisis the much loved Pastor has faced and the only purpose, according to these reliable sources, is to take over the magnificent 14-storey Trinity Towers built by COD parish and hand it over to Adeboye’s son who will convert it to RCCG Headquarters, Worldwide with him presiding over the edifice. Said Dr Olumuyiwa Babafemi, a multi-millionaire business magnate who described himself as a quiet member of the RCCG , “The plan to take over the Trinity Towers started that very day the G.O landed o...

*35 ARTILLERY BRIGADE SENSITIZES TROOPS ON DRUGS ABUSE* The Commander 35 Artillery Brigade, Brigadier General Mohammed Aminu has organized a - 1 day sensitization and enlightenment lecture on drug abuse. The lecture was held at the 35 Vulcans Officers’ Mess Alamala Barracks, Abeokuta Ogun State. The commander who was decorated as an ambassador of War Against Drugs Abuse by the Commander National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Ogun State Command took the initiative to sensitize troops, barrack youths and women on drugs abuse and other related matters. The sensitization lecture was delivered by the Commander of Narcotics Ibiba Jane Odili who is the Commander NDLEA Ogun State Command, a senior drug enforcement expert, an author and humanitarian agent. The lecture was impacting has enlightened troops and their families on the negative use of drugs, symptoms of drug abuse, drug addiction, effects to the brain and organs of the body amongst others. The commander...