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NIGERIA CUSTOMS SERVICE BOARD CONFIRMS APPOINTMENT OF 5 DCGs, 8 ACGs

Published

1 year ago

May 15, 2024

1. The Nigeria Customs Service Board (NCSB) has confirmed the appointment of five (5) Deputy Comptrollers-General (DCGs) and eight (8) Assistant Comptrollers-General (ACGs) of Customs during its 59th regular meeting.

2. The meeting, chaired by the Honorable Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, was held at the Nigeria Customs Service Headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday, 14th May 2024. The details of the confirmed appointments are as follows:

*Deputy Comptrollers General (DCGs)*

I. OO PETERS DCG /Commander Training and Doctrine Command (rtd)

II. BM JIBO (DCG Enforcement Inspection & Investigation)

III. BU NWANFOR (DCG Excise, Free Trade Zone & Industrial Incentives)

IV. SA BOMAI DCG (Commander Training and Doctrine Command)

V. CK NIAGWAN (DCG Tariff & Trade)

*Assistant Comptrollers General (ACGs)*

I. B IMAM (ACG Board)
II. AAS OLOYEDE ACG (Trade & Tariff)

III. SK DANGALDIMA (ACG/Zonal Coordinator Zone ‘B’)

IV. A ABDUL AZEEZ (ACG/Zonal Coordinator Zone ‘D’)

V. SA YUSUF ACG (Human Resource Development)

VI. NP UMOH (ACG Training and Doctrine Command)

VII. CO OBIH (ACG/Zonal Coordinator Zone ‘C’)

VIII. S CHIROMA (ACG Strategic Research and Policy)

3. The new appointments were made to fill the vacancies created by some senior officers who recently retired from the Service. The principles of federal character, seniority and merit guided the appointments approved by the Board.

4. These appointments are a testament to the officers’ exemplary services and dedication to the Nigeria Customs Service. The NCSB remains committed to providing strategic leadership to ensure effective and efficient service delivery for optimum performance.

5. While thanking the retired members of the management for their meritorious services, the Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, congratulated the newly confirmed officers and charged them to redouble their efforts to ensure the service attains greater heights in its mandates of revenue generation, suppression of smuggling and trade facilitation amongst others.

ABDULLAHI MAIWADA
Chief Superintendent of Customs
National Public Relations Officer
For the Comptroller General of Customs
15 May 2024

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BREAKING: Police take over PDP Secretariat in Abuja

Published

6 days ago

June 30, 2025

Ekwutos Blog

As tension continues to mount over the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting, which is expected to hold on Monday, armed policemen have taken over its secretariat.

According to an official of the party who spoke to newsmen, the police were deployed to stop the proposed NEC Expanded Caucus Meeting.

Though some staff members of the party were initially allowed to go into the premises of the secretariat without any resistance from the police, they were later sent out.

At the time of filing this report, journalists were also asked to leave the premises of the secretariat, while some policemen were seen cordoning off Dalaba Street, which is the road leading to Wadata Plaza.

Details shortly…

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Police arrest suspected cultist during meeting, recover firearm in Ogun

Published

7 days ago

June 29, 2025

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Operatives from the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Unit, Ogun State Police Command, have arrested a suspected member of the Eiye Confraternity, Ismail Afolabi, at Saje Area of Car Wash, Abeokuta.

The suspect was arrested following credible intelligence received by the police that members of the Eiye Confraternity were holding a secret meeting with the intention to carry out criminal activities.

The police spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, confirming the arrest to DAILY POST on Sunday, said the suspect was apprehended while attempting to flee.

Odutola stated that he was found in possession of a cross bag containing a loaded cut-to-size double-barrel shotgun and live ammunition.

She said, “On Friday, June 27, 2025, at about 05:30 pm , the Ogun State Police Command received credible intelligence that members of the Eiye Confraternity were holding a clandestine meeting with suspected criminal intent at the Saje Area of Car Wash, Abeokuta.

“Operatives from the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Unit swiftly mobilized to the scene. On arrival, one suspect, Ismail Afolabi ‘m’, was found in possession of a cross-body bag containing a cut-to-size double-barrel shotgun loaded with live ammunition.”

The spokesperson noted that preliminary investigations have commenced, and efforts are ongoing to track down other accomplices.

The Command restated its commitment to eradicating cult-related violence and maintaining peace and order in the state.

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Suspected gunmen kidnap man in Benue

Published

7 days ago

June 29, 2025

Ekwutos Blog

Gunmen have kidnapped a middle-aged man, Ortese Tarlumun Joseph, in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, after shooting at his family during an attempted escape.

Security analyst Zagazola Makama revealed the incident in a post on X on Sunday.

He said the abduction happened on Friday, June 27, around 6:00 p.m. near Tomanyiin Main Village in Nzorov district.

Sources told Makama that Ortese was returning from the farm with his wife and son when two armed men came out of the bush and ordered them to lie down.

“Out of fear, the family tried to run, and the gunmen fired two gunshots.

“Mrs. Ortese said she later heard her husband calling for help but could not find him. It was later discovered that the attackers had taken him away,” Makama wrote

The family’s Toyota Corolla was found at the scene.

Security personnel launched a search operation shortly after the incident, but neither the kidnappers nor the victim had been found at the time of reporting.