Nigeria’s Defence Chief Seeks CBN Assistance To Enhance Welfare of Personnel

By Goodluck B Ikiebe The Chief of Defence Staff, (CDS), General Christopher Gwabin Musa, has visited the Central Bank of Nigeria as part of engagement with critical stakeholders to curtail contemporary challenges facing the nation. In his remarks at the occasion, General Musa applauded the CBN Governor, Mr Olayemi Cardoso, for his sterling leadership qualities…

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InterPol Appoints Nigerian Police Commissioner, Uche, As Chairman CyberCrime Africa

By Goodluck B Ikiebe The International Police Organization, INTERPOL, has appointed Nigerian Police Commissioner, CP Ifeanyi Henry Uche, as the Chairman of the African Heads of Cybercrime Units, comprising heads of 54 countries. CP Uche, who heads the Nigeria Police Force National Cyber Crime Centre (NPF -NCCC), succeeds Ratjindua Tjivikua of Namibia. During the Africa…

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World Press Freedom Day; Editors Salute Journalists For Working Under Harsh Conditions in Nigeria

By Goodluck B Ikiebe The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has saluted Journalists for working under harsh economic conditions and reaffirmed that media freedom, freedom of expression and access to public information are crucial to democracy, which must be at the heart of Nigerian government’s values and actions. The professional body of editors and media…

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Customs in Nigeria Launches Advance Ruling System For Trade Facilitation

By Goodluck B Ikiebe The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in collaboration with the Nigerian Energy Support Programme (NESP), has launched an auspicious scheme aimed at enhancing trade facilitation and creating a more transparent business environment for the Service’s stakeholders in trade space, named Advance Ruling. Speaking at the launching of the project on Thursday, 2nd…

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COWA President Empowers Widows of Fallen Customs Officers As CGC Applauds Commitment To Enhance Women’s Welfare

By Goodluck B Ikiebe The Wife of the Comptroller-General of Customs and National President of the Customs Officers’ Wives Association (COWA), Mrs Kikelomo Adeniyi, has distributed food items and cash to widows and families of fallen officers in Abuja. Mrs Adeniyi said in opening remarks that the gesture was aimed at putting smiles on the…

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Police in FCT Nab Two Women For Alleged Child Trafficking ; Hand Over Suspects & Victims To Sokoto Police Command

By Goodluck B Ikiebe The operatives of the FCT police command have arrested two female suspects, Kulu Dogonyaro and Elizabeth Ojah, in connection with the trafficking of five children. The Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, says in a statement that the suspects, who attempted to escape arrest from Sokoto police operatives, were intercepted and…

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Nigeria Union of Journalists Chairman/VON Correspondent Gives Out Daughter in Marriage

By Goodluck B Ikiebe Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kaduna State Council, Hajia Asma’u Yawo Halilu, will be giving out her daughter, Fatima, in marriage on May 3rd and 4th, 2024 in grand style. Hajia Asma’u Halilu, who is also Voice of Nigeria Correspondent, said with joy that she was thankful for…

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Ukrainian Food Grants To Some Countries, Our Contribution To Global Food Security, Says Ambassador

By Goodluck B Ikiebe The Ukrainian Ambassador to Nigeria, Ivan Kholostenko, says the country’s food grants to some countrie are their contribution to the maintenance of global food security. Ambassador Kholostenko stated this in an interview with investigators news Correspondents in Abuja. “You know that Ukraine has always been one of the countries that guarantee…

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Nigeria Customs Service To Strengthen Synergy With Other Security Agencies Against Smuggling; Condemns Attack and Killing of Personnel in Katsina

By Goodluck B Ikiebe The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is to strengthen synergy with other security agents against smuggling and also condemned the violent acts against its officers and men most especially the recent brutal attack that claimed the life of Customs Assistant II Auwal Haruna at the Gamji Makaho checkpoint in the Dankama area…

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Public Service Workers in Nigeria Get 25% & 35% Salary Increase From January 2024

By Goodluck B Ikiebe The Nigerian Government has approved 25% and 35% salary increase for civil servants across various consolidated salary structures. According to a statement signed by the Head of Press, National Salaries, Incomes, and Wages Commission, Emmanuel Njoku, the increases takes effect on January 1, 2024. The statement added that the augmentation applies…

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Showing Empathy: Nigeria’s Customs Service Rolls Out Support Strategies For Rice Sale Stampede Victims in Lagos

By Goodluck B. Ikiebe In a heartwarming gesture, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has reached out to the family of Susan Odulaja, one of the victims of the tragic stampede that occurred during the sale of 25kg bags of rice in Lagos on February 23, 2024. The Comptroller-General of Customs, (CGC), Bashir Adeniyi, sent a…

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MSME’s Forum New Chairman of Governing Council Calls On Business Management Organisations in Nigeria To Register For Growth & Empowerment

By Adekunle Adeliyi The new Chairman, Governing Council, MSME Forum of Nigeria, Mrs. Rose Gyar, has called on all business management organisations in the country to register with the body so as to enjoy the benefit for growth and Empowerment. She made the appeal at the the first quarter 2024 stakeholder engagement meeting held at…

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Chairman of Nigeria’s Anti Corruption Agency Appoints Chief of Staff & Zonal Directors

By Goodluck B Ikiebe The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has appointed Mr. Michael Nzekwe as his Chief of Staff. He has also appointed Zonal Directors for each of the 14 Zonal Commands of the Commission. Nzekwe, topnotch investigator, lawyer and former Commander of the Ilorin Zonal…

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Nigerian President in Saudi Arabia For World Economic Forum Opening on Sunday

By Goodluck B. Ikiebe President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia to participate in the 2024 Special World Economic Forum (WEF) on Global Collaboration, Growth, and Energy for Development. The President came in on Friday evening marking the beginning of the second leg of his two-nation official visit, following his…

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American International School, Abuja, Refunds $760,910 Bello Children’s Fees To Nigeria’s Anti Corruption Agency

By Goodluck B Ikiebe The American International School of Abuja has paid the sum of $760,910.84 allegedly deposited by the embattled former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Bello was said to have deposited the sum of $845,852 to the school in respect of five of his…

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