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August 22, 2022 No Responses

353 Inmates On Death Row In Lagos

The Lagos State Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service ( NCoS ) on Sunday said it had no fewer than 353 inmates currently on death row at its Kirikiri Custodial Centre. The spokesman of the command, Mr Rotimi Oladokun, confirmed...

July 20, 2019 No Responses

Court Remands Two In Prison For Assaulting FRSC Marshals

A motorcycle rider named Yahaya Yakubu and a passerby Yusha’u Maishanu who assaulted an FRSC patrol team from Argungu Unit Command in Kebbi State on 18th July,2019, while resisting arrest have been remanded in Prison Custody till 24th July, 2019....

September 17, 2016 No Responses

Plagiarism: Buhari to sanction aides

September 13, 2016 No Responses

Lagarde to face trial over alleged fraud

The head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, will go to trial December 12 in a long-running fraud case. A French court set the date Monday after rejecting an appeal. Lagarde is accused of intervening in a legal dispute...

September 7, 2016 No Responses

Customs FOU impounds N250 M contrabands in two months

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone ‘A’ Ikeja Lagos within the period of July-August 2016 intensified its anti-smuggling operations by intercepting various contrabands with a duty paid value (DPV) of 186,911,500.00 ...

August 17, 2016 No Responses

Customs drag firm to court over alleged illegal importation, others

The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit has charged Mr Roland Uche Ogbonna, Managing Director of Elgusto Classic International before Hon. Justice Abdulazeez Anka of Federal High Court, Ikoyi, on three counts charge of illegal importation ...

July 24, 2016 No Responses

Munich shooting: ‘Attacker researched rampage killings’

(CNN)—The teen gunman who killed nine people in a shooting rampage in Munich on Friday was a mentally troubled individual who had extensively researched spree killings and had no apparent links to ISIS, police said. Speaking at a press conference...

July 19, 2016 No Responses

German police kill Afghan teen who slashed passengers on train

A teenage Afghan migrant armed with an ax and a knife attacked passengers aboard a regional train in southern Germany on Monday night, injuring four people before he was shot and killed by police as he fled, authorities said. Wuerzburg police said...

July 11, 2016 No Responses

Customs Zone ‘C’ command impounds 90 vehicles, 2,758 bags of rice, others

By Moses Ebosele Between January and June, this year, the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Zone ‘C’, Owerri, impounded 169 contrabands worth N1.3billion. Among the items include 90 vehicles; 2,758 bags of rice; 4,160 pie...

July 4, 2016 No Responses

Six Convicted for Conspiracy, Forgery, Counterfeiting, says Customs

Six persons accused of conspiracy, forgery and counterfeiting by the Nigeria Customs Service have been convicted by the Federal High Court, Lagos. The suspects were charged to court in 2013 and arraigned with a five count charge before Honourable Justice...