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The Nigeria Customs Service has commenced the sale of seized food items to vulnerable Nigerians to address hunger across the country, the Comptroller General of the Service, Adewale Adeniyi, has said. The Customs boss stated this on Tuesday on the floor of the House of Representatives during the sectoral debate series which also had in attendance the Minister of Agriculture ...
Whistle Blower
March, 2024
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6 March
Food smuggling: EFCC intercepts 141 grain trucks
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has intercepted 21 food trucks heading to neighbouring countries. Announcing the seizure in a statement on its X handle on Tuesday, the anti-graft agency said the items were heading towards N’djamena, Chad Republic, Central African Republic, and Cameroon. The seizure was made by operatives of the EFCC Maiduguri Zonal Command, it said. “The ...
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6 March
Dangote gives way to tears, names street after Wigwe
An emotional Aliko Dangote struggled to hold back the tears when the funeral rites for the late Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Access Holdings Herbert Wigwe began in Lagos State on Monday. Dressed in black attire, the Chairman of the Dangote Group broke into tears as he paid tributes to Wigwe whom he described as brother and friend. The ...
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6 March
Hope rises for Naira, gains for four straight day since CBN’s rate hike
There are indications that all stringes and strategic moves by Tinibu’s administration to revive the Naira is working. Since Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s rate hike, the naira has really improved . It has gained for the fourth straight day on Monday as the embattled currency extended its longest winning streak in over a month. The naira, which traded at ...
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6 March
Binance withdraws Naira assets, ends services in Nigeria
Crypto trading platform, Binance, has advised Nigerians trading on its exchange to withdraw all their NGN assets as it discontinues services in the country. This comes amidst ongoing rancour with the Nigerian government over Binance operations in the country. The crypto platform is being accused of manipulating the country’s currency leading to its steady fall against other currencies. Some of ...
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4 March
Customers kick over SIM-NIN linkage, Blockeage, May sue NCC
The President, National Association of Telecoms Subscribers, Adeolu Ogunbanjo, has said the body will seek redress in court on Thursday if the deadline is not extended. Adeolu, who confirmed that the number of barred subscribers was above 12 million earlier indicated, asked the NCC to consider the plight of customers and grant a 31-day extension. He said, “We have appealed ...
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4 March
Hunger, Food crisis trigger Warehouses Looting in Nigeria
Incident of warehouse looting in Nigeria is gradually spreading. Hoodlums attacked a warehouse belonging to the Agricultural and Rural Development Secretariat of the FCT Administration located in the Dei-Dei area of the capital city. They removed the roof, and the windows, apart from the food items. However, soldiers were able to foil an attempt to raid a factory warehouse at ...
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4 March
FG forestalls looting, tightens security around Food Warehouses
There are clear indications that hungry and angry Nigerian are looking for survival, targeting emergency food stores in state across the country. And the police have beefed up security at the warehouses belonging to the National Emergency Management Agency nationwide following the looting of food warehouses in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Sunday, by suspected hoodlums. Already, the NEMA ...
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4 March
More phone lines to be bar in April, 2024
Those who have less than five lines linked to an unverified NIN have up till April 15, 2024. to do the needful. YOUNEWS is aware that another series of disconnections would be implemented by the end of the month and mid April… An insider told us; a series of disconnections or service suspensions over the next two months if people ...
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4 March
SIM-NIN linkage: NCC deactivates Over 40m lines, insists no extention
Nigerian Communications Commission has made good its threat to bar lines not linked to BVN. On Thursday, last, many thought it was a joke whenNCC Director of Public Affairs, Reuben Mouka, ruled out an extension of the deadline, warning that telcos that failed to enforce the deadline would be sanctioned. No fewer than 40 million telephone lines were barred by ...
