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This house has fallen (2)

On January 21, 20205:35 amIn On the Spot with Eric Teniolaby Urowayino Jeremiah

Nigeria is losing a whole generation to unemployment

INTERNATIONALLY renowned singers such as Sade and Seal hail from Nigeria, as do African music superstars as the late Fela Kuti and King Sunny Ade. And artistic excellence is not new to Nigeria.

This house has fallen

On January 14, 20206:54 amIn On the Spot with Eric Teniolaby Urowayino Jeremiah

According to him, he had inputs in writing the book from Chris Alagoa, Richard Dowden, Yomi Edu, Anthony Goldman, Phil Hall, Michael Holman, Nick Ashton-Jones, Peter Cunliffe-Jones, Bill Knight, Abidina Coomasi, Father Matthew Kukah, Dr. Suleiman Kumo, Bashir Kurfi, Dr. Beko Ransome-Kuti, Clement Nwankwo, Nduka Obaigbena, Barnaby Phillips, Patrick Smith, Olukayode Sokoya, Mathew Tostevin, Bala Usman, William Wallis and his two angels; Ken Wiwa, Simon Yohanna and Kabiru Yusuf.

Our involvement in xenophobia (4)

On January 7, 202010:50 amIn On the Spot with Eric Teniolaby Urowayino Jeremiah

MILLIONS streamed out through any possible exit they could find – through Shaki, to northern Benin. Down south, at the Seme border in Lagos, stampedes would kill many. Dozens were loaded unto open haulage trucks headed for Ghana. To add to the tragedy, President Jerry Rawlings, Ghana’s military head of state, had ordered the borders with Togo closed, to desist coup plotters and insurgents, so there would be no passage for days.

Our involvement in xenophobia (3)

On December 31, 20195:35 amIn News, On the Spot with Eric Teniolaby Urowayino Jeremiah

THEY became friends. The friendship extended to parliamentarians of both countries. There was a strong bond between Ghana and Nigeria at that time. On two occasions, I was part of the entourage of the chairman of Senate Committee on Transportation, Senator Uba Ahmed to Ghana. On another occasion I accompanied the then Senate President, Dr. Joseph Wayas to Ghana. On the three occasions, we were hosted in Accra by President Hilla Liman. He even granted me an exclusive interview in Kumasi, Ghana.

Our involvement in xenophobia (2)

On December 24, 20196:30 amIn On the Spot with Eric Teniolaby Urowayino Jeremiah

ALSO partly affected by the order like many others was Chief Christopher Adebayo Alao Akala (69), the former governor of Oyo State who is from Ogbomoso. In fact, the First Baptist Church in Oke-Elerin in Ogbomoso and its environ became a refugee camp for Nigerians deported from Ghana. Also affected by the order was my in-law, Chief Edward Afolabi Abimbola (1930-2017), the Lijofi of Idanre land, the first industrialist to build a bicycle factory in Ghana. When the factory was opened on January 16, 1969, the event made a front page lead in the Daily Graphic of January 17, 1969. Chief Abimbola married a pretty Ghananian princess, Miss Lucy Menya Dudome of Peki town in Volta Region, Ghana in 1965. When he was evicted from Ghana, he was only allowed to take his wife along with him and was forced to surrender all his properties in Ghana. So prominent was he in Ghana before 1969, that the Afenifere Leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo became his guest while in exile in Ghana.

Our involvement in xenophobia

On December 17, 20199:34 amIn News, On the Spot with Eric Teniolaby Urowayino Jeremiah

IT’S sad, very sad but we must admit that xenophobia is still subsisting in today’s world.

Customs boss seeks separate budget for staff college

Customs boss overflexing his muscles (3)

On December 10, 20199:35 amIn News, On the Spot with Eric Teniolaby Urowayino Jeremiah

IT was Decree 7 of 1970 that gave additional powers to the board of the Nigeria Customs. On August 29, 1975, the Chairman of the Board of Customs and Excise, Mr. Henry Duke was retired by General Murtala Muhammed, GCFR, along with his two deputies, Mr. E. U. Emoren and Alhaji I. Halidu, the preventive commander.

Customs boss overflexing his muscles (2)

On December 3, 20196:04 amIn News, On the Spot with Eric Teniolaby Urowayino Jeremiah

AT present the Nigeria Customs Service is run by the comptroller-general who oversees the work of six deputy comptroller generals in the following departments: Corporate Support Services; Tariff and Trade; Enforcement, Investigation, and Inspection; Modernization, Research and Economic Relations; Excise, Industrial Incentives and Free Trade Zone; and Human Resource Development.

Customs Comptroller-General to sack officers living above earnings

Customs boss overflexing his muscles

On November 26, 20198:45 amIn News, On the Spot with Eric Teniolaby Urowayino Jeremiah

OF all the chief executives of the Nigerian Customs Service to date, none has been more powerful than Colonel Hameed Ibrahim Alli (retd.), the sixty-four year old post graduate criminologist, from Dass Local Government Area of Bauchi State.

Ekiti, EU purchase N320m equipment to revamp Egbe dam

The amazing strides of a prodigy in Ado-Ekiti (3)

On November 19, 20198:12 amIn News, On the Spot with Eric Teniolaby Urowayino Jeremiah

HE was very close to three of my friends at that time – Kayode Osifeso of the Daily Times, Richard Amayo of The Nigerian Observer and Alhaji Adeola Bashiru alias Asiriabo also of The Nigerian Observer. They spoke highly of him then and of his hard work.