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Jollof rice The Tin-Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a 20ft container of “READY TO EAT FOODS’’ like Egusi Soup, Jollof Rice, Ogbono, Yam Porridge imported from India. The Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Bashar Yusuf, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday in Lagos by the Public Relations Officer of the Command, Mr Uche Ejesieme. Yusuf spoke with stakeholders at the SDV/SCOA Terminal while handing over the container of imported prepared foods to officials of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). The controller described the scenario as an “aberration”, considering the fact that government granted zero duty for the importation of machinery for the packaging of agricultural products. “Why should indigenous menu be imported into the country at a time when investors are much sought after to boost local industries,’’ the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) quotes Yusuf as saying. The c...

Gov-Nyesom-Wike The Rivers State Government has declared a three-day fasting to seek God’s intervention for peace and order in the state, ahead of the Dec. 10 rerun elections Mr Austin Tam-George, the state Commission for Information, stated this in a statement he issued on Monday in Port Harcourt. According to the commissioner, the fasting will span between Wednesday, Dec. 7 and Friday, Dec. 9. He said that Governor Nyesom Wike pleaded with residents and churches in the state to actively participate in the spiritual exercise. “The fasting will involve churches and residents of the state; the essence is to seek God’s divine intervention in the election. “We know that when we seek the face of God, He will cause our state to have a peaceful rerun election and no principality or power can stand Him.’’ He enjoined Rivers people to engage in acts capable of promoting peace during the election. The Independent Electoral Commission fixed December 10 for rerun elections into national ...

Patrick Akpobolokemi and five others are tried for N2.3bn fraud A star witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Adamu Usman Yusuf, Monday told a Federal High Court in Lagos southwest Nigeria how about N4.9 billion was converted into United States dollars by a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Patrick Akpobolokemi and other accused charged with money laundering. Akpobolokemi is standing trial alongside a former Commander of the Military Joint Task Force, Operation Pulo Shield in the Niger Delta, Major General Emmanuel Atewe, Kime Engozu and Josephine Otuaga over N13 billion fraud. Adamu Usman while been led in evidence by EFCC prosecutor, Rotimi Oyedepo, told the court that during investigation, it was discovered that the money was handed over to the 3rd and 4th accused (Engozu and Otuaga). Adamu told the trial judge, Saliu Saidu that “at the end of our investigation, we discovered that about N4.9 ...

Sepp Blatter,ex- FIFA president Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has lost his appeal against a six-year ban for ethics violations, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Monday. The ban was imposed amid the biggest corruption scandal to shake the world football body, CAS ruled that Blatter had authorised payments to Michel Platini, then the European football body’s president, worth over $2 million which amounted to “undue gifts’’. It said this had therefore violated FIFA’s code of ethics. Blatter, who led FIFA for 17 years, told Reuters in a telephone interview that he was “disappointed but not shattered’’. He resigned in June 2015 after several dozen football officials, including FIFA executive committee members and former members, had been indicted in the U.S. on graft charges. They were indicted along with two sports marketing firms. The 80-year-old Swiss was not among those indicted, but became embroiled in scandal when he was banned from all football-related a...

Comptroller-General of Customs, Hameed Ali The Federal Government has banned the importation of vehicles into the country through land borders. In a statement on Monday in Abuja, Mr Wale Adeniyi, the Nigeria Customs Service Public Relations Officer, stated that “the prohibition order covers all new and used vehicles”. Adeniyi also said the ban was sequel to a presidential directive restricting all vehicle imports to Nigeria’s Sea ports only, adding that the order takes effect from Jan. 1, 2017. “The restriction on importation of vehicles follows that of rice; import of rice through land borders has been banned since April 2016. “Importers of vehicles through the land borders are requested to utilise the grace period until Dec. 31, 2016 to clear their vehicle imports landed in neighbouring Ports,” Adeniyi said.

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (left), being presented with the Best Security and Safety Conscious award given to the State Government in South Africa by Commander, RRS, ACP Tunji Disu (right) while Permanent Secretary, Office of Chief of Staff, Mr. Abiodun Bamgboye (middle), watches during the handing over of 3 Patrol Vehicles and 45 Power Bikes to the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) at the Lagos House, Ikeja, on Monday. Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday announced an increment to the death insurance benefit for police officers who die in active service to the State to N10 million, saying that his administration would stop at nothing to ensure the safety of all citizens in the State. Ambode, who spoke at Lagos House in Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria after he was presented with two awards recently won in South Africa by the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the State Police Command, said security and safety of the people remained one of the foc...

Prof. Wole Soyinka Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka on Monday disclosed that he never applied for an American Green Card and that it was former United States President, Jimmy Carter who got it for him. Soyinka, at a press conference at the Freedom Park, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria also took a swipe at Nigerians who criticised him and wanted to know if he would abide by his comment to dump his green card if Donald Trump should win. An unhappy Soyinka said his decision to dump the green card if Trump should win was personal and was no business of any Nigerian, decrying that unwarranted comments and insults against his personality on social media by bloggers and the rest was uncalled for because they were not the ones who got the green card for him. “Let us look at the phenomenon of this green card, I called it Jimmy Carter’s card. Jimmy Carter got it for me,” he said. Soyinka said it was when he was a lecturer at Emory University in the United States during the Abacha era that he go...