NIMASA Deep Blue team rescues 7 distressed workers onboard vessel Prompt response by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) following a distress call to the Director General, Dr. Bashir Jamoh OFR, led to the rescue of seven distressed workers. The call, which came in at about 11.30 pm on February 2, 2023, from […]
Post harvest losses: France offers EUR1.2m grant for Nigeria’s agrifood markets development The Federal Government of Nigeria represented by the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), the French Ambassador to Nigeria, the Country Director of the French Development Agency (AFD) and the Director of International Relations […]
Seme Customs seizes $6m, 1,300 kegs of PMS, others in 10 days Barely 10 days after the anti-smuggling czar, Compt. Dera Nnadi mni assumed duty as the Customs Area Controller, Seme command, a whopping $6 million equivalent of N2.763bn, 1,300 kegs of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly called petrol that could fill over a fuel […]
Compt. Omale takes over at Sokoto/Zamfara command The leadership of the Sokoto/Zamfara command of Nigeria Customs Service has been handed over to Compt. Musa Omale (PhD). According to a press statement signed by the command’s Public Relations Officer, DSC AT Abubakar, the outgoing controller of the command, Compt. Abdulhamid Ma’aji handed over the leadership of […]
Peace Ambassador Award: Sports writers felicitate with Kanwan Katsina By Femi Adesina Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, Katsina State Chapter has Congratulated Kanwan Katsina District Head of Ketare, Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara for the Peace Ambassador award confered on him by the Katsina Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service. The Awardee is the Grand […]
Truck accident claims two lives again in Lagos … LASTMA rescued four victims An accident involving a truck and four tricycles claimed two lives in Ikotun area of Lagos barely two days that nine lost their lives to a container laden truck accident at Ojuelegba, Lagos on Sunday. The General Manager, Lagos State Traffic Management […]
34 countries, 20m farmers to benefit from $1.5b facility for Africa – Adesina The African Development Bank (AfDB) says it has put in place a $1.5b Emergency Food Production Facility to support food sufficiency in Africa. The President of the AfDB, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, who stated this in an interview at the Governor’s Office, Oke […]
UBA appoints first female executive The United Bank for Africa (UBA) has appointed Mrs Abiola Bawuah, a Ghanaian, as its new Chief Executive Officer. A statement from the bank said Bawuah would oversee the bank’s operations across Africa, excluding Nigeria. According the statement, Bawuah is the first female chief executive of UBA Africa and her […]
Food Crises: AfDB, IFAD move to boost $1trn Africa’s agribusiness sector African Development Bank (AfDB) and and United Nations’ International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have resolved to help Africa’s agribusiness sector projected to output $1 trillion by 2030 as part of efforts to halt food crises in Nigeria and other countries. The two organisations […]
Kanwan Katsina, Usman Kankara Bello, bags UN “Eminent Peace Ambassador” Award The International Association of Peace Advocates has conferred on the Kanwan Katsina and District Head of Ketare, Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara a Chartered Fellowship Award and the title of “Eminent Peace Ambassador”’. The Peace Award came even as the Katsina State Command of the […]