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The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), retired Col. Hammed Ali, said operatives of the ongoing Joint Border Security had seized items worth N1.4 billion since the partial closure of borders. Ali disclosed this during a joint news conference with his counterpart from the Nigeria Immigration Service, Mr Mohammed Babandede, in Abuja on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the joint border security exercise, code named “Exercise Swift Response”, commenced operation on Aug. 20. It is set up to ensure a better security of the country’s territorial integrity, particularly the land and maritime borders against trans-border security…

57-year-old landlord, Jamiu Animashaun, was on Monday docked at a Tinubu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly defrauding his female tenant of N1.5 million on the pretext of selling her a vehicle. The defendant, who is facing one-count charge of fraud, pleaded innocent of the offence. The Prosecutor, Insp. Ajaga Agboko, told the court that the defendant committed the offence sometime in Jan. 2018 at No. 44 Association Avenue, Shangisha, Magodo, Lagos State. He said that the defendant, a landlord, collected N1.5 million from his tenant, Madam Toyosi Oreoluwa, with the pretext of selling her his Acura MDX vehicle. He…

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has decimated a location at Boboshe on the fringes of the Sambisa Forest in Borno, being used as meeting venue by Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs). NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Daramola said the operation was executed on Sunday by the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation Lafiya Dole. He said that the attack was conducted following successive days of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions, coupled with Human Intelligence reports. Daramola said the reports established that a building within the…

The Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC) and the Nigerian Military have decried the wrong portrayal of the military in Nigerian movies, saying it is undermining the military’s enormous sacrifices and its personnel. The Head, Public Relations, of the corporation, Mr Brian Etuk, said in a statement issued to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Jos that there was an urgent need to address the abnormality. “Both institutions have resolved to embark on joint stakeholder engagements that will lead to the provision of research, equipment and personnel support to independent film makers who undertake the production of Nigerian military related…

By Yunus Yusuf Arik Air says it will resume flight services to the Sam Mbakwe Airport, Owerri, from Oct. 21. The airline made the announcement in a statement signed by its Chief Executive Officer, Capt. Roy Ilegbodu, on Monday in Lagos. Ilegbodu said the airline suspended flights to Owerri early in 2019 due to operational exigencies, adding that since then passengers had been yearning for a return of the carrier. He said re-launch of flights to Owerri was coming on the heels of resumption of services to Warri by the airline on Sept. 6. “We made a promise to our…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday said the country’s financial inclusion rate stood at 63.2 per cent in 2018. The bank said this in the 2018 Annual Report on the National Financial Inclusion Strategy Implementation posted on its website. The CBN said the figure showed a marginal increase of 4.8 per cent from 58.4 per cent in 2016 to 63.2 per cent in 2018. The bank said that the figure was achieved through its biannual financial inclusion survey conducted within the period reviewed. It added that the measurement also dis-aggregated financial inclusion data on state-by-state level for the…

Presidential candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in the 2019 presidential election, Prof. Kingsley Moghalu has resigned from the party. Moghalu who announced his resignation from the party via his twitter handle, @MoghaluKingsley on Monday, called for reform of the country’s electoral system ahead of the 2023 general election. The former Central Bank of Nigeria deputy governor, turned politician argued that unless the electoral process is fixed, the country’s democracy will remain weak. “Without electoral reform which includes electronic voting, our democracy will remain weak. Let’s fix this before 2023. “Please join our non-partisan movement http://tobuildanation.org Partisan politics won’t…

The Borno Government said it had planted about 11,500 trees to effectively address the problems of deforestation and erosion bedeviling the state capital. The Commissioner of Environment, Alhaji Kabor Wanori, disclosed this on Sunday while launching a tree planting exercise in Bulumkutu area in Maiduguri metropolis. Wanori said that the exercise was aimed at increasing the adaptive capacity toward reducing the negative impact of flooding and erosion on the populace. He said that poor attitude of people toward land usage which included drainage blockage, poor layout and planning of settlement which could prevent free flow of water along water ways…

Dr Sanusi Jimah, Rector, Federal Polytechnic Auchi, Edo says the institution  has introduced mechanism to mitigate sexual harassment and other vices that negate excellent academic pursuits in the institution. Jimah, made this known  in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Benin, He spoke against the backdrop of a trending video where some lecturers were allegedly captured, demanding sex from their female students. “I am happy to inform you that by the grace of God, with the help of mechanism put in place, such vices have been greatly nipped in the bud. “Since assumption of…

Workers in Osun say they will join the nationwide strike called by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) if the Federal Government and labour failed to reach agreement on consequential adjustment on the wage increase. Mr Jacob Adekomi, the Chairman of the state chapter of the NLC made this disclosure on Monday. Adekomi said he had received the directive on the proposed strike by the national headquarters of the congress and that the directive would be followed to the letter. The NLC General Secretary, Mr Emmanuel Ugboaja, had in a circular, directed the state councils of the congress to mobilise members…