What is a city without crime? Every Thursday, thisislagos descends into the Lagos underground to search out the baddest guys committing the craziest crimes in LasGidi. Don’t get caught!!! Customs battles smugglers in Lagos, Ogun, intercepts cartons of poultry products…
Customs battles smugglers in Lagos, Ogun, intercepts cartons of poultry products
Operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, were on Monday engaged in a gun battle with smugglers. At the end of the clash, the Customs officials intercepted and destroyed poultry products worth N20,678,400. Eko Trust gathered…
*Lockdown: Be friendly on enforcement, Sanwo-Olu tells security operatives (DailyTrust) *Lagos PCRC gives materials to police command (Nation)
Lockdown: Be friendly on enforcement, Sanwo-Olu tells security operatives (DailyTrust) As the restriction of movement began in Lagos State, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has appealed to security agents to be friendly in enforcing the lockdown order. Sanwo-Olu, at a Security Council…
Nigeria Customs Service appoints NOVA Merchant Bank duty collecting bank
NOVA Merchant Bank has been appointed as a designated collecting bank for Import, Excise and other duties by the Nigeria Customs Service. The bank said this will enable it handle duty payments for its clients in addition to process and…
Danger looms over outbreak of deadly cattle, sheep disease (NewTelegraph)
With the Christmas three days away, there is palpable fear in the land over the outbreak of the deadly Charcoal Anthrax disease in sheep and cattle in neighbouring Niger Republic. This is as experts say over 40 per cent of…
Customs seize caskets containing 19 jerry cans of petrol in Ogun (Vanguard)
Men of the Nigeria Customs Service have intercepted 19 Jerry cans of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) concealed in two caskets with a view of smuggling it out of the country in Idiroko area of Ogun State. This was contained in…
*Fellow inmates taught me how to steal cars – Suspect Confesses (Independent) *Siblings use EFCC name to extort money from fraudsters (Punch)
Fellow inmates taught me how to steal cars – Suspect Confesses (Independent) A car theft suspect, Ojo Azeez, currently detained by the police, over allegation of removing vehicles from park with the use of master keys, has sworn that if…
Ex-Information minister, Alex Akinyele, is dead (Punch)
A former Minister of Information, Alex Akinyele, has died. He was aged 81. A son of the deceased, Constantine Akinyele, said the former minister died on Thursday night after a brief illness. Akinyele, who was a public relations expert, was…
Customs collects N9.2b in one day from border closure (Nation)
The Comptroller-General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), on Wednesday said the agency collected N9.2 billion in one day as a result of ongoing partial border closure exercise by the federal government. Answering questions from members of the…