-As ANLCA accuses Customs of Non implementation of Agreement By Innocent Orok The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has been accused of operating a cartel of extortion groups in Nigeria , especially at the Lagos ports. Just as the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) said the Service high Command has refused to implement the collaboration agreement reached with its ...

By Innocent Orok The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has announced a N20 Million compensation each to the families of the Soldiers and Policemen killed by members of proscribed Indigenous Peoples Organization of Biafra (IPOB) in Oyigbo, Rivers State last week. In addition, the Governor has promised to rebuild all burnt Police stations in Oyigbo and vowed to ensure ...

Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has already started getting congratulatory messages for becoming the new Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO). As it turns out however, the congratulations on being the first African and first female WTO head are rather premature. Despite being widely seen as the front-runner for the role and having won a ...

–We’d Make CCTV Footage Available To Judicial Panel Of Inquiry Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday said Federal Government and Lagos State Government would ensure that anyone found culpable in last Tuesday’s shooting at the Lekki Toll Plaza would be held accountable for their actions. Speaking during an interview session with a CNN journalist, Becky Anderson’s “Connect the ...

By Innocent Orok The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) is demanding for demurrage waivers for Importers by Terminal Operators and Shipping companies in Lagos ports during the week’s the EndSARS protesters disrupted activities in the Lagos ports. The Council in a statement by its Head of Public Relations, Rakiya Zubairu on Monday said the activities at the Apapa port city of ...

By Innocent Orok A human right Lawyer and member of the Lagos State Panel of Inquiry on SARS abuses , Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN has condemned the visit of the South West Governors and Ministers to the Lekki Toll Gate sit of the EndSARS protesters without taking permission from the panel . Adegboruwa in a statement titled “USURPATION OF POWERS OF ...

By Muhammed Belgore Placards are fabulous, but PVCs first. It’s been a past few days of revelation in my fatherland Nigeria. The supposedly lazy Nigerian youths have had the audacity, and most of all the energy to turn out enmasse in protest against police brutality, particularly the SARS who are notorious for their wanton abuse of the rights of the ...

By Innocent Orok Just as the Nigerian Army are denying carrying out the shooting against EndSARS protesters at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos on Tuesday evening, even as the Lagos State Governor Babajide SANWO-OLU also said no life was lost during the attack. But, Amnesty International has said at least 12 people were killed, while several hundred others were ...

By Innocent Orok There have been general public condemnation on the attack and destruction of property at the Nation Newspapers , as well as other public and private facilities in Lagos State by hoodlums. Armed men on motorcycles invaded the headquarters of The Nation on Fatai Atere Way, Matori, Lagos on Wednesday afternoon, burning vehicles and carted away computers and ...

Otunba Segun Runsewe, Nigeria’s Cultural icon and boss, National Council for Arts and Culture ( NCAC) has announced the transition of his mother, Mrs Felicia Adesola Runsewe (nee Adesmosun), aged 94 years. Late Mrs Felicia Runsewe fondly called Mama Kaduna, lived and worked in Kaduna State as a prosperous business woman for about 60 years, before retiring to Live in ...