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The Nigeria Customs Service Zone “B” Strike Force, on Thursday, raided a warehouse and seized smuggled goods worth N22.76 million in Kano.
A statement issued by the Strike Force Coordinator, Deputy Controller Aliyu Olorukooba, confirmed that 899 bags of foreign rice with duty paid value of N19.68 million and 410 cartons of Macaroni valued N1.27 million were seized.
The statement added that 143 cartons of Tomato paste with duty paid value of N3.33 million and 249 cartons of cream milk worth N4.73 million were also confiscated.
“Others include 318 cartons of spaghetti with duty paid value of N985,800, five cartons of Eva soap with duty paid value of N110,000 and Cuscus Lina with duty paid value of N229,400.”
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The Lagos State Government, on Thursday, condemned the brutalisation of a journalist with the Guild Press Ltd., Mr Benjamin Anaja, by some operatives of Kick Against Indiscipline.
This was contained in a statement signed by the State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tunji Bello, in Lagos
Bello said the present administration in the state does not tolerate any form of brutalisation of members of the public by any of its staff or agents.
He said the incident would be thoroughly investigated and all the KAI operatives mentioned in the news report, which had already gone viral would be interrogated on what transpired and punitive measures taken if found culpable.
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The incident occurred on Wednesday at Meiran bus stop along the Lagos Abeokuta expressway.
A statement by Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tunji Bello, said the administration had zero tolerance for brutalization of members of the public.
He assured that the incident would be investigated and all indicted LAGESC operatives interrogated.
Bello said Ajana would be invited to identify the culprits who attacked him despite identifying himself as a journalist.
The official apologized him, the management of the Guild publishing company and the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ).
Sanitation agents dislodging street traders at Meiran accosted the journalist as he recorded the event.
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The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) House, Adeyemo Alakija Street, Victoria Island, Lagos. ISMAILA ISA HOUSEThe Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has declared three days of national mourning over the death of Mrs Victoria Asher, Chairman of the union in Benue.
The NUJ National President, Mr Chris Isiguzo, made the declaration in a statement signed by the Assistant National Secretary, Mr Midat Joseph, on Saturday in Abuja. x
Isiguzo said the National Secretariat of the union received with sadness, the news of sudden death of its chairman in Benue, Asher, who died on Saturday morning at the Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi, from child birth complications.