2017 INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMS DAY: DATA ANALYSIS FOR EFFECTIVE BORDER MANAGEMENT - COL. HAMEED IBRAHIM ALI (RTD)

BEING SPEECH OF THE COMPTROLLER-GENERAL OF CUSTOMS, COL. HAMEED IBRAHIM ALI (RTD) AT THE INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMS DAY 2017 WITH THE THEME: “DATA ANALYSIS FOR EFFECTIVE BORDER MANAGEMENT” ON THE 26TH JANUARY, 2017 AT COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE, GWAGWALADA, ABUJA.

Protocol:

It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to 2017 International Customs Day celebration with the theme “Data Analysis for Effective Border Management”.

Nigeria Customs Service is joining its global Customs Community to bring to National discourse, the crucial importance of data as a key element in Customs Modernization process.

Police Confirm 4 Dead In Gwari/Fulani Clash In Gwagwalada

The police in Gwagwalada (FCT), Abuja, have confirmed that four people were killed and 19 others injured in a clash between Gwari farmers and Fulani herdsmen in Paiko, near Gwagwalada, on Thursday. The Divisional Police Officer in the area, Mr Patrick Daaor, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday that two persons died at the scene, while two others died at the hospital.

Daaor said the quick intervention of the police helped in controlling the clash.

The Chairman, University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH), Gwagwalada, Medical Advisory Committee, Dr Haruna Abubakar, also confirmed the casualties.

Chibok Shoolgirls: Speeding along the "road to Mogadishu" or the "road to Kigali" - Faseyiku

I woke up this morning and many thoughts came to my mind about where we are as a country. I asked myself, do we have to end up finding ourselves, as it were, on this bad patch of a road that has led us to "Chibok"? There have been many roads that we could have taken and have not. Pius Adesanmi provided a much more than lucid expose to the situation in his "Igbo re e, ona re e" (Good Road, Bad Road) lecture very recently but we have unfortunately taken the road to perdition - Chibok.


As I woke up I decided to see what the new developments are and read a very brilliant essay by Segun Adeniyi where he concluded saying "at the end of the day, the ultimate lesson of this tragedy is that we should not have gotten to Chibok in the first place. But we are there right now and how we get out of it is what matters and that is the responsibility President Jonathan bears". Does this guy have what it takes to take us out of Chibok? Because unless we stop and put the ship of state in reverse gear, we are currently speeding along the "road to Mogadishu" or the "road to Kigali" to borrow from those who have previously used these two cities to describe what happens when you do not get your house in order.

Panic as power transformer exploded today at the UniAbuja mini campus

A power transformer exploded today at the UniAbuja mini campus causing scare as many thought it was a bomb explosion upon hearing the sound.

Earlier, It was reported that an Explosives was found in UNIABUJA mini campus Gwagwalada, lecture hall, but was detonated by security agent.

Details Later>>

Guards Brigade arrest a 72yr old Man over Abuja, Niger gun factories

The Guards Brigade of the Nigerian Army has arrested a 72-year-old man for operating four gun factories in Suleja Niger State and the Federal Capital Territory. The Public Relations Officer of the Brigade, Capt. Charles Ekeocha, told journalists on Tuesday in Suleja, Niger State that three of the factories were in the Federal Capital Territory while one was located in Suleja.

He said while initial investigations revealed that three of the factories were in Gwagwalada and Bwari local areas of the FCT, the Suleja factory was discovered during a cordon and search operation in Paiko and Kache in Niger State. Ekeocha said that the illegal gun dealer would be handed over to the State Security Service for further interrogation and prosecution.