Month: November 2026

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has strengthened its collaboration with six federal government agencies to tackle cross-border illicit financial flows, money laundering, corruption, drug trafficking, terrorism financing and other financial crimes. The initiative followed a three-day engagement visit to the agencies from October 27 to 29, 2026, led by the Assistant Comptroller-General of Customs in […]

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has begun efforts to neutralise rampant fake news and online scams that damage the Service’s image by integrating new-age digital data-tracking intelligence tools. The Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Adewale Adeniyi, represented by the National Public Relations Officer of the Service, Deputy Comptroller of Customs Abdullahi Maiwada, disclosed this on Friday, […]

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has showcased its digital transformation efforts and progress towards establishing a technology-driven administration at the 2026 World Customs Organisation (WCO) Smart Customs Project Global Event in Brussels, Belgium. The two-day event, held from October 29 to 30 at the WCO Headquarters, brought together Customs administrations, technology experts and international stakeholders […]

Managing Director/Chief Executive of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Mr Oluwaseun Faleye, says social security should be considered as an investment in human dignity, social stability and economic resilience, not merely as an administrative mechanism. He spoke on Friday in Lagos at the annual workshop of the Labour Writers Association of Nigeria (LAWAN), […]

By Saminu Ibrahim  The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has restored bulk electricity supply through the Uyo/Itu 132kV transmission line following the completion of annual preventive maintenance. The restoration was completed at about 8:15pm on Saturday, October 31, 2026, after the maintenance exercise, which commenced at 10am the same day. According to TCN the exercise […]

By Esther Yakubu Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested two Europe-based Nigerian businessmen after they allegedly ingested 200 wraps of cocaine weighing 3.46 kilogrammes in an attempt to smuggle the drugs to Paris, France. The suspects, identified as Aliocus Godian Odife and Sam Blackborn, were arrested on Wednesday, October 28, […]