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Customs seizes 517 bags of rice, 320 kilo weed in Sokoto

The Sokoto command from the Nigerian Customs (NCS) seized 517 sacks of foreign rice and 320 parcels of Indian hemp by 1 kg smuggled illegally into the country. Addressing reporters on Saturday at Sokoto, her controller, GimbaUmar, said that other items confiscated included 34 sacks of sugar and 45 bales of second hand clothes that […]

NCS Zone ‘C’ Owerri seizes vehicles, rice with DPV of N385m

Federal Group for Operations in North America Nigeria "C" Owerri continues to fulfill its duties to combat smuggling and income generation.The group produced seizures from 12 cars and 881 bags of rice, all with a duty paid more than N385 million.Controller Olusemire Kayode, the new compartment zone controller who made this famous, demonstrating the attacks […]

Four Farmers Remanded For Killing Herdsman

Four farmers who the murdered shepherd, were brought to trial before the trial of the magistrate Ilorin. The accused allegedly conspired and shot the deceased, accusing him of grazing cattle on his farm. The accused are Abdulrahman Olatunji, 27; Amid Kehinde, 28; James Olamlekan, 20 and Ajadi Sadiq, 28 from the village of Okaka, Oke […]

227 Bayelsa rice farmers get inputs

The Central Bank of Nigeria, through its Borrowers Program, distributed pesticides and fertilizers to approximately 227 rice farmers in the state of Beyls.The chairman of the government of the Nigerian rice farmers association, Ezikel Ogbanko, who yesterday reported this during the flag of the wind season in Jenago, thanked the federal government for initiating a […]