Photos: Nigeria Customs impounds contraband goods worth over N1Billion

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone C, Owerri has recorded a total of two hundred and thirty-one (231) seizures of contraband goods with an overall Duty Paid Value (DPV) of one billion, nine hundred and fifty-seven million, five hundred and twenty nine thousand, three hundred and seventy-five naira (N 1,957,529,375.00) in the third quarter of the year 2016.

This is in contrast to the three hundred and seventy-nine (379) seizures with a DPV of two billion, two hundred and twenty-four million, two hundred and forty-five thousand, seven hundred and ninety-seven Naira (N2,224,245,797.00) impounded in the year 2015.

While briefing newsmen, Comptroller Haruna Mamudu, said twenty-two suspects were arrested in connection with the seizures which were impounded on the Benin axis, Asaba-Agbor-Onitsha express way, Calabar, Enugu, Owerri and Port-Harcourt axis of the South-south and South -East zones of the federation. 

Family of businessman, Goodie Ibru declared wanted by EFFC says he's in the UK for medical treatment

The family of businessman Mr Goodie Ibru, has reacted to by the announcement by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), declaring him wanted over allegation of capital market fraud, money laundering and diversion of funds.

 

The anti-graft agency's Head of Media and Publicity, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, in a statement explained that Mr Ibru diverted billions of naira and assets of Ikeja Hotels Plc, owners of Sheraton Hotel, Federal Palace Hotel and Capital Hotel; owner of Sheraton Hotel Abuja to his personal benefit.

 

In a statement obtained by Channels TV on Thursday, the family described the EFCC’s action as scandalous, misleading and unfortunate and created the impression that Mr Ibru was on the run.

They added that the businessman had earlier responded to the agency’s invitation for an interview on July 25.

 

The family explained further that he was in the United Kingdom for medical treatment, but promised to honour the invitation on his return in the first week of November. They described the allegation leveled on him by the EFCC as an indication of bias into an investigation of an issue that borders primarily on family misunderstanding, which they said the anti-graft agency was fully aware of.

Russia 2018 Qualifier: Getting the World cup ticket will be difficult - Gernot Rohr

Super Eagles chief technical adviser Gernot Rohr has reiterated to Nigerians that getting the world cup ticket will be difficult , but has called on the crowd at the International stadium, Uyo to give the Nigeria team maximum support when Nigeria tackles Algeria next month in it's second World Cup qualifier.

Algeria are seen as favorites in the group tagged 'group of death' but drew their first game against Cameroon while Nigeria won theirs away against Zambia.

 

Gernot Rohr speaking to CompleteSportsNigeria said : 

'I feel great starting my job as coach of the Super Eagles on a good note, winning two competitive games. The recent win in Zambia gives me the feeling that we are up to something great. It is nice to work with the players and officials of the team. The Nigeria Football Federation has also made my stay so far wonderful. I am enjoying my stay here now' 

Abia State police, parades member of a three-man-gang who raped a 65-year-old woman to death

Abia State police officers have paraded 24 suspected criminals in Umuahia, one of them a 24-year-old commercial tricyclist identified as Samuel believed to be among the three-man gang that robbed, raped and killed a 65-year old grandmother at Ofeme, the Sun reports. The incident happened on October 8th at about 9pm.

While parading the suspect at the state command in Umuahia, the state Commissioner of Police, Leye Oyebade, said that the victim, Anthonia Dike, was returning from a business trip at Jos, when the three hoodlums, who rode on a motorbike, trailed the commercial bus she was traveling in from Okigwe, Imo State to a point along the Ofeme axis of the express road. 

They double-crossed the bus and ordered the passengers out of the bus. The robbers then dragged the passengers into a nearby bush, dispossessed them of their wares, cash and other valuables, separated the men from women and had sex with the female passengers. Oyebade said the suspects took turns to rape the 65-year- old grandmother. 

Tyson Fury seen for the first time since giving up his boxing titles after cocaine use

Tyson Fury on Wednesday relinquished his WBA,WBO  and IBO titles after deciding to treat himself for depression and cocaine abuse and was for the first time on Thursday spotted arriving at his Lancashire home with a plastic bag containing packets of Doritos among other snacks.

The boxer had confessed in an interview to taking cocaine, fighting depression and being suicidal after refusing to turn up for his title defence fight against Wladmir Klitschko twice this year with his blood samples coming up positive for cocaine in the last one month.

The British Boxing Board of control planned to meet on Wednesday to discuss whether to suspend or ban Tyson from the sport, which would have seen him stripped of the belts enabling a fight between Wladmir Klitschko and Anthony Joshua but Fury has beaten them to the punch by vacating his titles voluntarily.

Invasion of judges homes by DSS is a threat to the independence of the judiciary- NJC

The National Judicial Council has described the invasion of homes and arrest of some serving and suspended judges by agents of the Department of Security Services (DSS) as a threat to the independence of the judiciary... 

In a statement released last night, the council said no judicial officer who is under any form of investigation should be invited by any institution in the country, including the DSS, without complying with the rule of law and due process.

DSS officials last Saturday, stormed the homes of some judges alleged to have been involved in corrupt practices and arrested them. The affected judges namely Justices Okoro and Ngwuta of the Supreme Court; Justice Muhammad Ladan Tsamiya of the Court of Appeal; Justice Kabiru Auta of the Kano High Court; Justice Mu’azu Pindiga of the Gombe High Court; Justice Ibrahim Auta, Chief Judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria; and Justice Adeniyi Ademola, were however released on grounds of self recognition on Monday October 10th.  

According to Thisday, the NJC in its statement maintained it had never shielded any judge from investigation. Part of the NJC's statement reads 

Listen: First audio clip released from Aisha Buhari's explosive interview with BBC

Audio clip from Aisha Buhari's yet-to-be aired interview with BBC Hausa. In the interview, she said:

"After receiving complains and complains, I decided to tell him (President Buhari). But, all the same, a lot of People are coming on their own and also collectively to tell him that things are not going the way it should. Most of these people occupying some agencies, No 1: Nobody knows them. No 2: They don't know our party manifesto, they don't know what we campaigned for. They were not part of us completely.

They don't a mission or vision of our APC. I have my own right to say how i feel about something. If it continues like this, I will not be part of any movement again. I need to work with the people that we have started the Journey collectively as a teamwork. So that he would leave a legacy."

When asked if she told her Husband all this, she said "Yeah he know, He knows."