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Customs seizes seven containers of machetes, cutlasses, others from China
tribuneonlineng.comJul 19, 2024 12:40 PM

The Apapa Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Friday said that its officers intercepted seven containers containing 12,000 pieces of cutlass and machete; 4,129 packages of frozen poultry products; 368 jumbo bales of used second-hand clothing; and expired pharmaceutical imported from China, India, and Turkiya.

Addressing the media on Friday in Lagos, the Customs Area Controller of Apapa Port, Controller Babatunde Olomu said that the duty paid value (DPV) of these seized items stood at N292,244,857.00.

According to Controller Olomu, “As part of the Comptroller-General of Customs policy thrust of zero tolerance for smuggling, the Apapa Command of Nigeria Customs Service has successfully intercepted seven (7) containers that fall short of the import prohibition guidelines from entering the country.


“On Thursday, 17 July 2024, the command seized 2x40ft containers carrying twelve thousand (12,000) pieces of cutlass and machete; 2x40ft carrying four thousand, one hundred and twenty-nine (4,129) packages of frozen poultry products; 1x40ft container carrying three hundred and sixty-eight (368) jumbo bales of used second-hand clothing; and 1x40ft container of expired pharmaceutical.

“The duty paid value (DPV) of these seized items stood at two hundred and ninety-two million, two hundred and forty-four thousand, eight hundred and fifty-seven naira (292,244,857.00).

“It is pertinent to note that this type of importation is against schedule 3 of the revised import prohibition list of the Common External Tariff (CET) and violates section 233 of the Nigeria Customs Act 2023.

“These seizures were made following a combination of intelligence and diligent enforcement in ensuring that no consignment exits Apapa Port or any terminal under the command without undergoing proper examination.

“As a working principle, I have reiterated that this command will continually sustain and improve on trade facilitation and maximum revenue collection without compromising the enforcement of our extant laws as they pertain to the false declaration, concealment, under declaration and undervaluation.


“We are also enforcing the requirements for sister regulatory agencies like NAFDAC in the case of food and drugs and strict implementation of the end user certificate rules for products that require it from relevant authorities like the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA).

“Let me use this opportunity to reiterate the earlier warning given by the CGC on the smuggling of prohibited items and restate that this command will keep ensuring that only consignments that meet the integrity test of compliance will be allowed to go through this port either as import or export cargoes.

“We are going to hand over these seizures to the appropriate agencies for further investigation and regulatory action.”

The seized expired pharmaceuticals were later handed over to officials of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC).

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Your plans have been exposed once again, Yorubas are not stupid

Yorubas are smart people so please take your protest to your land.

Planned Protest: Youths Vow To Defend South-West Against External Forces
LeadershipJul 19, 2024 12:19 PM

The Yoruba Youth Socio-cultural Association (YYSA), has vowed to defend the Southwest region and its heritage against all external forces that may threaten the peace, unity and development in the region.



YYSA gave the assurance following the planned protest against hardship in the country by some groups scheduled to hold in August.


National President of YYSA, Olalekan Hammed and the National Secretary, Olawale Ajao in a statement on Friday in Ibadan, said it had uncovered secret plans by some unscrupulous elements to take advantage of the intending nationwide protest against hardship to perpetrate evils.

According to the youths, there is a plan by the people to set major economic development facilities ablaze in the Southwest.

“We have uncovered some secret plans by unscrupulous elements to take advantage of the intending nationwide protest against hardship to perpetrate evils by setting ablaze all our major economic development facilities in Southwest.

“Besides that, they have as well mapped out some strategic areas to ensure that they navigate easily to palaces menacingly and burn them to ashes”, the youths alleged.

They added that local government secretariats were also part of the public properties targeted for destruction by the people.

“Moreover, it is our prerogative to defend Southwest region and heritage against all external forces that may be threat to peace, unity and development.


“For this reason, we hereby unequivocally declare that the scheduled mass protest has been put on hold in order to secure and protect Yoruba land from enemies of progress disguising as students and activists to put us into peril socially and economically”, they said.

Meanwhile, the Yoruba group commended the President Bola Tinubu-led administration for ensuring that justice prevailed for all tiers of government to operate as enshrined in the Nigerian constitution.

“They are as well known as the three levels of government through which legislative lists were shared as follows; exclusively legislative list, concurrent legislative list and residual list.

“Although, the state governments that constitutionally share some powers in the residual legislative list with local governments have dominated everything, while the constitutionally recognised third tier of government has become castrated”, the youths added.

While noting that genuine development starts from the grassroot at the local government level where people are engaging mostly in primary activities such as farming, fishing, craft, hunting, petty trading and others, the YYSA said, “Essentially, agriculture products and food items are being transported to cities after successful harvest in rural areas under local administrations.’

It further explained that the issue of security can best be tackled at local level where suspicious persons can easily be identified.

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Thousands of fire arms was sized at one port just last month and this again. Uts not so difficult to pin point where this consignments is heading. No wonder they are planning a nationwide protest to us as an excuse to start an all out war to destabilise the country even further.
Their plans have failed once again

May God save us from our brothers from another mother

Issues40:
Does that mean it cannot be fake? You young ones should know better in this time and dispensation. Politics is deeper than you think! Did they show the dead body of the man in the video? Even if they did, it can still be fake! Do you know how wars start? Through propaganda! That's how all wars start. All

nkpomiriri is not good for your mental health

Me I'm not just understanding our southeast brothers who wants us to burn our cities for their sake. .. they can go to their Southeast and burn all there cities down in the name of a protest.
Sorry we are not so stupid.
The FG have already stopped the tariffs on food items so what else do you want fg to do that The FG iss not doing already.

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Notorious Armed Robber Nabbed In Ibadan After Motorcycle Theft In Nsukka

Tori NewsJul 17, 2024 6:03 PM

The suspect, who identified himself as Emeka Sunday from Enugu-Ezike, allegedly snatched a motorcycle at gunpoint from Mr Stephen Amadi in Lejja, Nsukka on April 19th.
Emeka Sunday
A suspected armed robber believed to be responsible for a series of crimes in the Nsukka area of Enugu State, including motorcycle snatching, sexual assault, and kidnapping, has been apprehended in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State.


The suspect, who identified himself as Emeka Sunday from Enugu-Ezike, allegedly snatched a motorcycle at gunpoint from Mr Stephen Amadi in Lejja, Nsukka on April 19th.


In an interview with newsmen, Amadi claimed that on April 18th, the suspect had asked to be given a ride home and then, halfway through the journey, pulled a gun on him (Amadi) and robbed him of the motorcycle.

Amadi reported the incident to the police in Nsukka, but attempts to track down the suspect using the phone number he had exchanged proved futile, as he had blocked all calls related to the stolen motorcycle.

However, a fortuitous turn of events led to the suspect’s downfall.

Amadi’s sister, who was serving in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Ibadan, managed to befriend the suspect on Facebook.

The suspect, likely believing he had found another potential victim, invited the woman to meet him at a hotel in Ibadan.

Upon receiving this information, the woman promptly contacted the police at the Eleyele Police Headquarters in Ibadan.


The police then set up an ambush at the hotel, and when the suspect emerged, they swiftly apprehended him.

During an interrogation, the suspect confessed to the motorcycle theft and other crimes, though the claims about his identity and hometown are yet to be verified.

He also admitted to selling the stolen motorcycle for a meager price of 100,000 naira.

Meanwhile, the challenge now lies in the jurisdictional issue, as the initial crime was committed within the Enugu State Police Command’s jurisdiction.

The Oyo State Police Command, which successfully arrested the suspect, is unable to prosecute the case, as the original crime occurred outside of their jurisdiction.

When Vanguard further placed a call to the state’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Adewale Osifeso, to get an update on the case, he said he was out of the office and that he could not provide any information to that effect.

Similarly, this correspondent attempted to call the Investigating Police Officer (IPO) in charge of the arrest, but the line made available could not be reached.

The Ogbede Divisional Police in Enugu State, where the case was initially reported, have so far shown little interest in traveling to Ibadan to take custody of the suspect.

Vanguard comfirmed that they are reportedly demanding additional logistical support from the complainants before they can make the trip.

Consequently, the police headquarters at Eleyele, threatened to release the suspect if the Enugu State authorities do not make arrangements to transfer him by at a stipulated time.

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Take your protest to your state governors and local governments chairmen of you truly know what you are doing

Track News
5 states receive the highest allocation as FG shares ₦10.13 trillion
July 16, 2024By Tari Williams

The NBS report revealed that the 36 states and 774 local governments shared a total of ₦10.13 trillion as statutory allocation within six months.

Data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown that five states which include some Niger Delta states and the country’s commercial nerve centre, Lagos state received the largest allocations from the federal government from January to May 2024.

The NBS report further revealed that the 36 states and 774 local governments shared a total of ₦10.13 trillion as statutory allocation within the period under review.

The data sourced from monthly reports of the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC), and published by the NBS revealed that the 36 states’ allocation rose by 27% to ₦4.5 billion in 12 months (June 2023 to May 2024) from ₦3.58 trillion in the corresponding period (June 2022 and May 2023).

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The compilation of the states’ allocations collected from January 2024 to May 2024, showed that some Niger Delta states and Lagos received the most allocations (in naira) as seen in the table below:

States/ Months Delta, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Lagos, Bayelsa
January 30,373,035,051.56 25,225,403,682.36 20,970,729,547.51 31,638,718,887.15 17,213,664,691.08
February 38,110,900,625.87 28,377,763,964.63 26,560,328,439.90 23,624,839,736.46 22,832,941,563.11
March 62,776,473,446.52 41,710,937,891.19 41,655,412,272.71 21,205,079,995.46 37,186,105,775.39
April 37,793,841,912.19 33,342,187,021.44 25,993,885,254.88 29,283,795,849.92 25,568,706,671.72
May 47,917,596,728.19 36,084,010,228.92 33,312,263,692.18 28,724,259,864.62 29,694,283,742.06
TOTAL ₦217 billion ₦164.7 billion ₦148.5 billion ₦134.5 billion ₦132.5 billion

The revenue sharing formula as defined by FAAC gives the FG the larger part of the allocation which stands at 52.68%, the states receive 26.72%, and local governments get 20.60%.

The monthly income shared with the federal, state and local government areas is mostly sourced from earnings derived from oil exports, taxes (Value Added Tax – VAT), Electronic Money Transfer Levy (EMTL), Exchange Difference revenue and other statutory allocations.

Other income sources include internally generated revenue and the 13% derivation revenue (for the benefitting states) which explains the higher allocations for the Niger Delta (oil-producing) states.



Read more at Track News Media https://www.tracknews.ng/news/5-states-receive-the-highest-allocation-as-fg-shares-%e2%82%a610-13-trillion/

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Fake news

oloriibu ...tracknews.ngJul 16, 2024 5:03 PM

Yorubas watch your back. A word is enough for the wise. As igbo kidnappers are are scattered all around the southwest and Abuja.
Not every igbo is a criminal ok but the criminal elements in the southeast have fleed there region because of the heavy combat they are facing in there region with military personnel's.
Everyone must always be at alert until this evil 😈 is curbed 🤬. Shine your eyes

After Collecting Money From His Family, We Took Baba To A Forest And Shot Him There – S uspect
tracknews.ngJul 16, 2024 5:03 PM

The Police Operatives in Ogun State have confirmed the arrest of two suspected kidnappers responsible for the Killing of a 71-year-old man who is a father of five in Ijebu Igbo, Ogun State. One of the arrested suspect identified as Chukwuma Bathlomeu has alleged that after receiving the ransom from the elderly man family, he was taken to a forest and shot at around 4 am by his friend, Ifeanyi Benjamin, who has since fled and remains untraceable.


Despite his involvement in the kidnapping act, he expressed ignorance about the total ransom amount collected from the victim’s family, revealing that he received only N300,000 after the operation. He stated that his role in the operations was to accompany the gang to the locations where they would abduct their victims.


He said in an interview with Channels TV from 5:34, ”I was introduced into the kidnapping business by one of my friend who was living her in Ijebu Igbo. My job here is managing a find pond business but that my brother relocated back to Ebonyi state and came back about two years ago. He initiated me into this kidnapping business. My role in the kidnapping business is to accompany them to the place where they will kidnap the victims.

When we kidnapped baba, we led him into the bush and started asking for ransom. Our gang leader told the family that if they delay to pay the money, they will kill the man. After collecting money from his family, we took baba to a forest and shot him there at around 4 An in morning. The person who shot him was that my brother who is bearing the name Ifeanyi Benjamin, he has ran away and I don’t know where he is right now. I was only given N300,000 but I don’t know how much they collected from the family.”…

We've had enough of your false narrative. Igbos should support regionalism if they truly know what they are doing. It's called resource control

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