THE appointment of Alhaji Abdullahi Dikko Inde as the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service,NCS, in August 2009, came at an auspicious time, given his pedigree and the importance of NCS to the Nigerian economy. So far, the NCS helmsman has not betrayed the great expectations that trailed his appointment.

ALHAJI Abdulkadir Azarema is the Comptroller of Customs in charge of Apapa Area Command
In this interview with CustomsWatch he condemned multiple deceleration of consignment by importers and agents.

The President General of Uvwie General Improvement Union, UGIU, the umbrella body of the Uvwie ethnic nation in Delta State, Chief T.A. Onoge, has requested President Goodluck Jonathan to pursue the electoral reforms to a logical conclusion before the 2011 general elections to guarantee credibility especially the implementation of the one man one vote policy of the administration.

FEMALE unionists in the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, have commended the wife of the Rivers State Governor, Judith Amaechi, for her women empowerment programmes in the state.

A NEW initiative to boost literacy level in Nigeria will take off in government schools in September this year in Akwa Ibom State.

More encomiums have continued to pour for the nation’s women’s U-20 team, the Falconets over their feat so far at the on-going FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Germany.

Nigeria joined twelve other countries in the world when she launched the British Council International Inspiration, a United Kingdom led school sports development programme inspired by the 2012 London Olympics.

COMPTROLLER of Customs in charge of Apapa Area Command, Abdulkadir Azarema, has dismissed claims that e-payment is frustrating payment of custom duties, describing the process as a boost to efforts of Nigeria Customs Service,NCS, at meeting revenue targets.

Ikechukwu Uche has suffered a setback in his bid to return from injury and will miss his country’s forthcoming friendly with South Korea.

Nigerian women sprinters lived up to their rating in the opening day of the African Athletics Championships in Nairobi, Kenya yesterday.

OGBE Political Change, a socio- political pressure group, has urged Deltans to support the 2011 governorship ambition of Chief Ovie Omo-Agege.

OPERATIVES of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Command, Nigeria Customs Service (NSC) recently intercepted and impounded a consignment of textile materials and 12 bags of Cipro brand of tablet medicaments suspected to be fake from a woman at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.

Dr. Adebambo  Somuyiwa is the  Head of Department (HoD), Department of Transport Management, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, Oyo State. The well travelled scholar who has attended several transport seminars and workshop both locally and internationally, in this chat with Vanguard’s Godfrey Bivbere and Ifeyinwa Obi spoke on the dearth of professionals in the […]

As part of its mandate to ensure effective Maritime Security as well as Search and Rescue, the Nigeria Maritime administration Agency (NIMASA) recently concluded a three day Long Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT), National Data Coordination Centres training in Lagos in compliance with SOLAS Convention regulation.

The Nigeria LNG Limited, in partnership with The Nigerian Academy of Letters and the Nigerian Academy of Science, recently instituted Science and Literature Hall of Fame.