A Niger Delta activist, Comrade Preye Tambou, has appealed to ethnic champions and pressure groups in Delta State to reconsider their opposition to the pipeline surveillance contract awarded to Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, warning that ethnic agitation over the deal could undermine national security and ongoing gains in the oil and gas sector. In…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command, on Thursday received the Zonal Coordinator, Zone A, Assistant Comptroller-General of Customs (ACG) Mohammed Babandede, on a familiarisation visit during which he commended officers and men of the Command for their exceptional performance in revenue generation, anti-smuggling operations and trade facilitation throughout the year 2025. Addressing officers…
The Kirikiri Lighter Terminal (KLT) Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service on Wednesday, 4th February 2026, hosted the Assistant Comptroller-General of Customs in charge of Zone A, Mohammed Babandede, on a strategic operational visit aimed at improving efficiency and service delivery within the Command. PLATFORM REPORTERS gathered that the Acting Customs Area Controller of…
…As 60 Indigents Benefit from First Phase Of Scheme The Ajoke Ayisat Afolabi Foundation (AAAF), the philanthropic arm of SIFAX Group, in partnership with Ogun North East Local Government, has enrolled 60 residents from ten rural communities in the first phase of a free health insurance scheme aimed at improving access to quality healthcare for…
The Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘A’ of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has arrested eight suspected smugglers and confiscated contraband items worth over N3.319 billion, officials announced on Tuesday. Speaking at the command warehouse in Ikeja, Customs Area Comptroller, Gambo Aliyu disclosed that the seizures included 6,954 bags of foreign parboiled rice (equivalent to 12…
The Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun I Area Command has announced the seizure of 1,315 explosives and thousands of ammunition rounds in 2025, highlighting a intensified border crackdown. Acting Customs Area Controller, OO Afeni disclosed this at a press conference in Idiroko on Thursday, while handing over intercepted narcotics and weapons to the NDLEA and the…
*** Seizes 200 Bags Of Smuggled Rice In Badagry Market Raid The Seme Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has continued in 2026 the high momentum of revenue generation it had in 2025 as it has collected about 2 billion in the first three weeks of the new year. It could be recalled that the…
In a major joint operation, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Port Command, and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted 347.5 kilograms of Canadian Loud; a potent strain of cannabis, hidden inside an imported Toyota Sienna vehicle. PLATFORM REPORTERS gathered that the seizure occurred barely 24 hours after Comptroller Emmanuel Oshoba, Customs…
The Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON) has formally endorsed a 20 Days of Eloquence, tagged, ‘Nigeria Speaks to the World‘, a Guinness World Record attempt for the world’s longest continuous public speaking relay by Mr Ubong Essien which is scheduled to hold from April 1 to April 21, 2026. The endorsement follows a formal…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun I Area Command, has confirmed a violent attack on some of its officers by suspected armed drug traffickers during an anti-smuggling operation at Akokoro area of Iwoye, Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State, on Thursday, 22 January 2026, at about 1600 hours. PLATFORM REPORTERS gathered that the incident…
