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Customs Boss, Lawmaker Charge Officers to Uphold Professionalism

… As NCCSC Graduates 100 Officers from Senior, Junior Courses The Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Adewale Adeniyi, and the Chairman of the House Committee on Customs and Excise, Hon. Leke Abejide, have emphasized the crucial role of professionalism in effectively discharging the duties of a customs officer, adding it’s contributing to national development. Both of…

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Worries as NECO, UI Risk Delisting from 2025 Budget

The House of Representatives’ Committee on Public Accounts has proposed the removal of the National Examinations Council (NECO), the University of Ibadan (UI), and 22 other agencies from the 2025 Budget due to unaccounted funds from previous allocations. Committee Chairman, Bamidele Salam announced this decision during an appearance on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Thursday,…

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Ogun Customs Seizes Smuggled Goods Worth N229m

Korede Abdullah in Lagos The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun I Command, has intercepted a massive haul of smuggled goods worth N229,112,424. The seizures include 2,169 bags of foreign parboiled rice, 1,128 parcels of cannabis sativa, and other items such as used clothes, pneumatic tyres, and imported shoes. According to the Acting Area Controller, Mohammed…

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Insecurity: Nigeria Loses 614,937 Citizens to Banditry, other Attacks in 1 year – Report

A data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has indicated that insecurity caused Nigeria more than 600,000 deaths of her citizens between May 2023 and April 2024. The report was released late Wednesday showing that no fewer than 614,937 people were killed nationwide. The report pointed out that banditry-ravaged northwest saw the highest…

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Nigeria Urged to Integrate STEAM Initiative into Schools Nationwide

  A team of academics overseeing the Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) initiative has called for its expansion to pre-primary, primary, and secondary schools across Nigeria to bolster the country’s technological growth. Speaking at the presentation of the STEAM project report in Abuja yesterday, the Chairman of the Implementation Team, Professor Emerita Nwaorgu,…

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EXCLUSIVE: Hardship and Poverty Affect Nigerian Children in More Severe Way than Adults – Cristian Munduate, UNICEF Nigeria Representative

…47% of Nigerian children live in poverty   … Nigeria is not complying with the standards of accessibility of primary healthcare facilities in the communities … Misconception about polio vaccine is high … Abused children are double victimized by the event but also by the community many times …Nigeria will achieve few SDGs by 2030…

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