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Customs Partners Cooperative Mortgage Bank On 5,009 Housing Units For Officers Nationwide
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos. To create a better conducive housing scheme for Officers and Men of the Nigeria Customs Service, the Comptroller-General of Customs Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR says the service is partnering with the Cooperative Mortgage Bank in constructing a total of five thousand and nine housing units nationwide. The CGC revealed this on…

Organized Maritime Academies Seeks NIMASA Board Membership
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos. The Association of Licensed Maritime Academies of Nigeria (ALMAN) has sought to convince the Honourable Minister of Marine And Blue Economy, H. E. Adegboyega Oyetola, CON to recommend to the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, His Excellency, President Bola Tinubu, GCFR that a permanent representative of the Association be…

UNICEP Canvasses More Interventions To Enhance Public Service, Calls For Synergy Towards Achieving Objectives.
By ISA SAIDU Dutse. A One Day Media Dialogue with Health experts from Kano Katsina and jigawa state’s Organized by the Kano field office of UNICEF in conjunction with the National Orientation Agency Kano Directorate office has called for synergy among UNICEF, Media and other stakeholder’s to support UNICEP programmes intervention for the improvement of…

Ifeadigo To Play Friendly Match With Ezinwanne Age Grade Ahead of AGM
By Sylvanus OBASI, Enugu. Ifeadigo Age Grade, a newly inaugurated vibrant Age Grade in Otokwu Mmaku is set to play an entertainment friendly football match with Ezinwanne Age Grade during this Yuletide season. The match is slated to kick off by 4pm on December 31, 2023 at Otokwu-Mmaku Football stadium in Awgu LGA of Enugu…

Otokwu Lagos Branch Honours 4 Illustrious Mmaku Sons With Chieftaincy Titles
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos. Otokwu Mmaku Progressive Union, Lagos Branch has honoured four Illustrious sons of Mmaku with the conferement of Chieftaincy Titles and Awards. The Award honours were conferred on the recipients during the 2023 Otokwu Day/End of the Year Ceremony held recently by the Lagos Branch of Otokwu-Mmaku community. Amongst those conferred with…

Nigeria Customs Dominates AWBL Zone III Qualifiers with Convincing Victories
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos. The Nigeria Customs Service basketball club demonstrated their prowess, securing a commendable 57-46 victory over Universite de Douala in a thrilling African Women’s Basketball League 2023 Zone III Qualification match held in Alexandria, Egypt. Under the guidance of Coach Abdulrahman Mohamed, the Nigeria team seized control early, clinching the first and…

Frontline Maritime Journalist, Sylvanus Obasi Bags Fellowship Award From CMA
By Asella Offorka, Lagos Foremost maritime journalist, gender advocate and social innovator, Mr Sylvanus Offorka Obasi has been honoured with Fellowship Award by Crown Maritime Academy, a leading private maritime training institute in Nigeria. The Fellowship Investiture was conferred on Mr Sylvanus and four others by the Chairman, Board of Fellows of CMA, Rear Admiral…

Nigeria Customs Service Unveils Bold Initiative to Tackle Smuggling of Nuclear Materials
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos The Nigeria Customs Service has revealed plans to embark on a Radiological and Nuclear Detection Program aimed at fortifying the nation’s security against the smuggling of nuclear materials. Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR, announced this strategic initiative during the inauguration of a 4-Day Capacity Building Workshop organized by the…

Group Raises Concern Over Increasing Rate Of Stunted Children In Jigawa
By Isa SAIDU, Dutse A non governmental organization known as Civil Society Scaling up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN) has placed jigawa state as a state with a highest number if stunting children’s among states in the country. The Chairman of CS-SUNN in the state, Comrade Shua’ibu Musa Kafingana stated this in a report released last …