Ogun State, Nigeria, World News & Stories
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The traditional ruler of Iwoye-Ketu in Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State, Oba Isaac Oyero, has raised concerns over what he described as a grossly inadequate security presence in the border community, warning that the situation has made it difficult to curb criminal activities in the area and its environs. The monarch said the…
During the 5th annual symposium organized by the Ipokia Local Government Youth Forum, the acting controller of Ogun Area 1 Command of Nigeria Customs Service, Ahmadu Shuaibu, spoke about the ongoing battle against smugglers operating around the border communities in the state. The Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has seized goods…
Mr. Ahmadu Shaibu is now the new Comptroller for the Nigeria Customs Service in Ogun State. He succeeded Bamidele Makinde, who moved to NCS Headquarters in Abuja. At the handover event in Idiroko, Ogun State, Mr. Shaibu promised to make the state tough for smugglers and assured stakeholders of an open-door policy. He warned smugglers…
The Governor of Ogun state, Prince Dapo Abiodun has advised the Personnel of the Nigeria customs service to be civil in thier operations so as to stop loss of lives that usually arise during clashes between the agency and the people at the border areas of the state. Governor Abiodun made the plea on Thursday…
Men of Nigerian Customs shoot man to death in Lagos. Pandemonium broke out the morning as trigger-happy operatives of the Nigerian Customs Service ( NCS ) on Wednesday morning killed a man at Oko-Oba, Lagos. The operatives were said to have opened fire after they sighted a bus suspected to be carrying smuggled rice. Pay Attention.…
The Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun Area Command, said it had seized 1,401 bags of rice and three used cars within the last one week. The goods were reportedly smuggled into the country from the neighboring Republic of Benin. The Controller of the Area Command, Sani Madugu, disclosed this on Friday at the Idiroko border office…
The first batch of winners of Customs e-auction system emerges from it’s Ogun command at Idiroko today. The Ogun State Command of Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has rolled out the release of e-auction vehicles to Nigerians who won the bid, in line with the policy of the top Customs Management, initiated by CGC Hameed Ali.…
The refusal of the Nigerian custom boss, the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali, retd. to wear the official uniform has landed him into more trouble with the Senate. FOR not wearing the complete uniform as instructed, the Senate, yesterday, walked him out of the Red Chamber. Senators asked Ali to leave…
Officers of the Federal agency, Customs were said to have killed a commercial motor driver, Saubana Onila, a father of four, at Sowo village, on the Kobape-Siun-Sagamu expressway when he was conveying bags of rice to some customers in Sagamu. Consequently, scores of protesters stormed the state headquarters of the NCS along Quarry Road in Abeokuta, threatening…
Some rice sellers in Sango-Ota market in Ado Odo/Ota Local Government Area the State yesterday, alleged that men of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, broke into their shops and went away with 18,000 bags of rice in the wee hours of the day. For this reason, traders and youths in the area yesterday, blocked the…
