President Bola Tinubu made a firm and compelling declaration that the time is now for UN member states to show, with their actions, that they mean what they say concerning the crackdown on terror financing, economic sabotage and illicit mineral and arms smuggling in the developing world.
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U.S. soldiers in South Korea have been caught smuggling drugs through military mail and distributing them, local broadcaster MBC has reported on Friday.
The Acting State’s Controller of NCS, Alhaji Dalha Wada-Chedi, disclosed this Friday while briefing newsmen in Katsina, explaining that the decision was in compliance with the order of the Controller General (CG), Col. Hamid Ali (Rtd.)
The reaction of the police was contained in a statement issued and made available to the media on Thursday in Katsina.
The Commanding Officer, Navy Capt. Muhammed Kabiru, made this known to newsmen in Ibaka Wednesday at the hand over of the bags of rice to the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS).
The Customs Coordinator in charge of Kano and Jigawa, Deputy Comptroller Oseni Olorukooba, made this known.
The Coordinator, Strike Force Zone ‘B’, DC. Useni Aliyu, who disclosed this on Tuesday in Katsina while briefing newsmen, said that the seizure was done from Oct. 2 till date.
The NCS Comptroller in the zone, Al-Bashir Hamisu, made the disclosure on Friday in Kaduna, while displaying the seized goods before newsmen.
Al-Bashir Hamisu, the Comptroller of the Unit, made the remark while briefing newsmen on the activities of the unit on Friday in Kaduna.
The accused, who was taken into custody on Monday night as he crossed into the US from Mexico, the US Justice Department said on Tuesday.
He made the call during a joint stakeholders dialogue on Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants on Wednesday in Abuja.
Comptroller Olugboyega Peters, the new Coordinator of Joint Border Operations Drill, Sector 3, said this during a news briefing in Ilorin, Kwara State on Thursday.
Addressing journalists in Owerri, Imo State, the Customs Area Controller FOU Zone ‘C’, Comptroller Olusemire Kayode, revealed that the pandemic has not deterred smugglers who still persist in their nefarious trade to the disadvantage of the nation’s economy.
Godwin Emefiele, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, says the bank, with some stakeholders, have identified smuggling and dumping as major challenges sabotaging Nigeria’s economic policies.
Some industry experts have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to approach the issues of smuggling, infrastructure, unemployment and improving the business environment in his second term.
Babatunde Ajibola, Head, Media and Communications, Elephant Group Plc, on Friday in Lagos said that massive rice smuggling into the country was threatening the confidence and ability of local rice millers and farmers.
The Comptroller-General of Customs, retired Col. Hameed Ali, has approved the redeployment of 70 Comptrollers to meet the challenges of fighting smuggling, revenue collection and trade facilitation.
Nigeria and Republic of Benin on Wednesday in Abuja agreed on the imperativeness of a joint committee to combat smuggling along their border lines.
The State Area Controller of the Command, Sani Madugu, made this known while briefing newsmen on the seizures made by the command in the last two weeks at the Idiroko axis of the Ogun Area Command
The Comptroller for Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara Command of NCS, Nasir Ahmad, made the disclosure to newsmen on Friday in Sokoto.