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*Commends Apapa Command  The Comptroller-General of Customs, CGC  Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, has warned criminals planning to bring in illicit items into the country to have a second thought, as the officers and men are well equipped with intelligence and technology to beat them to their game. CGC Adeniyi gave the warning, while speaking at the handover of seized narcotic drugs to the NDLEA and expired/unregistered pharmaceutical products to NAFDAC on Wednesday July 1, 2026.  "However, these interceptions equally demonstrate that the Nigeria Customs Service possesses the intelligence capability,  technological capacity and operational readiness to detect, intercept and  dismantle these criminal enterprises," he said. He said that the importation of expired pharmaceuticals  and controlled substances poses a direct threat to public health, while the  sophisticated concealment methods adopted by the criminal networks  demonstrate their deter...

*Accuses presidency, INEC, judiciary of conspiracy to keep Atiku off  ballot  Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Monday, alleged a fresh plot by the Presidency, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and elements within the judiciary to remove the African Democratic Congress (ADC) from the ballot ahead of the 2027 general election. Frank warned that any attempt to exclude the ADC and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, from the election would amount to an assault on democracy capable of plunging the country into chaos and anarchy. In a strongly worded statement, Frank claimed that credible information available to him indicated that the ADC had become the principal target of a coordinated plan aimed at crippling the opposition and entrenching a one-party state. According to him, the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) is merely being used as a decoy while the real obje...

The African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) has intensified efforts to improve maize productivity in Kano State by educating farmers and community members on the benefits and proper cultivation of TELA hybrid maize, a climate-smart technology designed to deliver higher yields while reducing crop losses. Speaking during a community sensitisation programme in Dawakin Tofa, AATF's Hybrid Seed Market Development Manager, Mr. Olawale Ojo, explained that the initiative was aimed at equipping farmers with the knowledge needed to increase their annual harvests.  He stressed that quality seed remains the foundation of successful farming and one of the most important determinants of crop productivity. Mr. Ojo introduced participants to the TELA Maize Project, explaining its origin, objectives, and the science behind the technology in simple, relatable terms.  Using the example of two farmers cultivating different maize varieties, he demonstrated how modern breeding...

*Demands President's disqualification  Ahead of the 2027 presidential election, a civil society group, the Center for Reform and Public Advocacy (CFRPA)  has reopened the issue on the genuiness or otherwise of the Chicago State University certificate used by President Bola Tinubu to get clearance for the 2023 general election.  The group, championing good governance in Nigeria, has formally written the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Joash Amupitan, demanding clarifications on the status of the degree certificate claimed to have been obtained and being paraded by  President Tinubu.  In a letter to the Professor of Law and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), the group demanded expedited clarifications from the electoral body to ensure that sanity prevails in the body polity of the country, especially in the 2027 election.  Specifically, the group predicated its demand on the certificate status on the need ...

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command, has recorded yet another significant breakthrough in its sustained fight against transnational organized crime, illicit trade, threats to national security and public health. Acting on credible, actionable intelligence and utilizing advanced risk assessment tools, officers of the Command in collaboration with the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Monday June 15, 2026 at about 1200hrs successfully intercepted 1 x 40FT container with number CAAU7569127 conveying a large consignment of Cannabis Sativa, commonly known as “Canadian Loud.”  A statement signed by the Public Relations Officer Apapa Area Command,  Chief Superintendent of Customs,  Isah Sulaiman  said that the operation led to the recovery of 3,639 sachets of the illicit substance, with each sachet weighing 500 grams.  This brings the total weight to approximately 1,819 kilograms (1.81 tonnes). Preliminary field tests condu...

The Association of Ebonyi Indigenes Socio-Cultural in the Diaspora (AEISCID), has accused Governor Francis Nwifuru of “deceiving” the Ezza clan to secure support for his 2027 re-election bid, while throwing its weight behind the Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship candidate.   In a statement issued on  Tuesday, June 16, 2026, in Abuja, AEISCID President, Ambassador Paschal Oluchukwu said Nwifuru’s absence from a second-term endorsement rally organized by the Ezza Elders Council at Onueke Township Stadium was telling.   “The absence of the Executive Governor of Ebonyi State, His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru- a prime beneficiary who rather preferred to send his Deputy, Princess Patricia Obila to represent him at the occasion of his endorsement for a second term in office by the great people of Ezza Ezekuna worldwide does not only paint a dangerous negative picture of utter negligence of the great Ezza clan but also casts a strong sh...