LAGOS OCTOBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), announced on Friday it has seized no fewer than 1,072 vehicles from suspected smugglers since the closure of Nigerian borders with neighbouring countries. The Public Relations’ Officer of the organization, Mr. Joseph Attah said in Katsina that the vehicles were seized while trying to cross into the…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The woes of former Senate Minority Leader, Chief Godswill Akpabio has been further compounded with seizing of his International Passports and other travel documents by the nation’s anti-corruption agency, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other-related offences Commission, ICPC. The confiscation of Akpabio’s international passport follows the diversion of multi-million naira medical equipment…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Federal authorities seized 15,500 kilograms of cocaine from a south Philadelphia port Tuesday. The drugs were removed from seven shipping containers that had arrived in Philadelphia on the cargo ship MSC Gayane. Investigators believe that the drugs were loaded onto the ship in the Bahamas, which was its last port of call…
LAGOS MARCH 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Zimbabwean state security agents have seized a consignment of a new book written by former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo and Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) deputy chairperson Tendai Biti, which were destined for its launch in the country on Thursday. The seizure, the second in two weeks, resulted in the delay of…