By Miriam Humbe The Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Adewale Adeniyi, on Tuesday signed the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Conducting Internal Corruption Risk Analysis and Mapping (ICRAM), the ICRAM Handbook, and the Integrity Action Plan. CGC Adeniyi directed their immediate implementation across all zones, Commands, and units of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). The Comptroller-General gave the directive on Tuesday, 6 October 2026, during a ceremony held at his office in the NCS Headquarters, Maitama, Abuja. As part of the milestone event, CGC Adeniyi also formally activated the ICRAM Steering Committee, cementing the Service’s systematic framework for identifying, assessing, and…
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By Miriam Humbe Troops of Sector 2, Joint Task Force, North West Operation FANSAN YAMMA, conducting counter-terrorism operations in Kebbi State, successfully repelled an attack by members of the Lakurawa Terrorist Group on Forward Operating Base Maiyama. Lieutenant Colonel Aliyu Danja, the Media Information Officer, Joint Task Force (North West) Operation FANSAN YAMMA disclosed this in a statement signed on Thursday. The incident occurred in the early hours of 7 October 2026, when a large number of terrorists, operating on over 100 motorcycles and armed with assorted weapons, including General Purpose Machine Guns and Rocket-Propelled Grenades, launched an attack on…
By Miriam Humbe The National Coordinator of the Safe Schools Initiative, Hajiya Halima Iliya, on Thursday paid a courtesy visit to the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Olufemi Oluyede, at the Defence Headquarters, Abuja. Major General Samaila Uba, the Director Defence Information disclosed this in a statement signed on Thursday. The visit was aimed at strengthening synergy between the Safe Schools Initiative and the Armed Forces of Nigeria in the collective effort to secure learning environments across the country. The National Coordinator explained that the Safe Schools Initiative was established in 2014 following major attacks on schools across the…
By Miriam Humbe The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has been honoured with the AfriGEO Weather, Climate and Early Warning Services Award for its outstanding contributions to weather and climate services, early warning, and climate resilience through Earth observation. The award was presented on 7 October 2026 to the Director-General/CEO of NiMet, Prof. Charles Anosike, by the Director-General of the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), Prof. Matthew Olumide Adepoju, at the 10th AfriGEO Gala Dinner in Abuja as part of the activities marking the 10th AfriGEO Symposium. The AfriGEO Symposium is a leading African platform that advances the application…
By Miriam Humbe The Nigerian Navy has uncovered approximately 40,000 litres of substance suspected to be crude oil in a large dugout reservoir during an anti-crude oil theft operation in the Oteghele general area of Delta State. Navy Captain Abiodun Folorunsho, the Director Naval Information disclosed this in a statement signed on Wednesday. The discovery was made by Nigerian Navy Ship DELTA (NNS DELTA) on 7 October 2026, following credible intelligence on suspected crude oil theft and related illicit activities within its Area of Operations. The recovered crude oil and the dugout reservoir were subsequently handled in accordance with established…
By Francis Atume, Makurdi Former Deputy Governor of Benue State, Engr. Benson Abounu, has described the third term ambition for the Benue South Senatorial seat as evil and capable of breeding disunity and hatred among the Idoma people. Abounu, who served under the Samuel Ortom administration, stated this yesterday during an exclusive interview in Makurdi. He said his position is not borne out of hatred for the incumbent Senator, Comrade Abba Moro, who is seeking a third term, but in the interest of equity, fairness and peace. “We the people of Benue South allowed Abba Moro to go for the…
By Miriam Humbe The Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Adewale Adeniyi, has pledged the full support of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) for the realisation of Nigeria’s ambition to build a $1 trillion economy, stressing the need for institutions to translate national aspirations into concrete, measurable results. CGC Adeniyi committed on Tuesday, 6 October 2026, while delivering a keynote address at the New Nigeria Festival at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Conference Hall, Abuja, saying the economic target was achievable if the plans and strategies developed to achieve it were properly implemented. The CGC said the Customs had moved beyond ideas and…
By Miriam Humbe The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on 6 October 2026 marked Breast Cancer Awareness Month with a sensitisation programme at its Headquarters in Maitama, Abuja. The event was held to promote awareness, early detection, and prevention of breast cancer among officers and stakeholders. The programme, themed: “Inspect, Detect, Protect,” brought together officers, medical professionals and partners to strengthen the fight against the disease. The Deputy Comptroller-General in charge of Information and Communication Technology and Modernisation, Oluyomi Adebakin, who represented the Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, said cancer should not be regarded as a stigma or the end of…
By Miriam Humbe Troops of Operation HADIN KAI have crushed a coordinated multi-directional assault by Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in Kukawa, Borno State, neutralising over 25 terrorists and recovering arms and ammunition during a fierce counter-offensive. Captain Mohammed Goni, the Acting Military Information Officer, Headquarters Joint Task Force (North East) Operation HADIN KAI disclosed this in a statement signed on Wednesday. The terrorists, who attacked troops of 101 Special Forces Battalion in large numbers from four different flanks, met stiff resistance as the troops responded decisively with superior firepower, tactical manoeuvre and effective battlefield coordination. Supported by…
By Prof., Mike Ozekhome, CON There are men whose passing does not merely end a life but it interrupts a conversation that has been running for decades. On Monday, 31st August 2026, that conversation stopped. Chief Daniel Osikheme Orbih, died at the age of sixty-four. For a man who had spent nearly three decades embedded in the machinery of Nigerian party politics, the news travelled with a peculiar speed and weight. To speak of Dan Orbih (famously called Kuluku I) only in the vocabulary of politics would be to tell half the story and perhaps the smaller half. He was,…
By Miriam Humbe The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, on Monday, paid his maiden official visit as Inspector-General of Police to the INTERPOL General Secretariat in Lyon, France, as part of efforts to deepen international police cooperation and strengthen the Nigeria Police Force’s response to transnational crime. CSP Ani Iniedu, the Force Public Relations Officer disclosed this in a statement signed on Monday. The IGP met with the INTERPOL Secretary General, Mr Valdecy Urquiza, and other senior officials of the organisation, with discussions focused on enhancing cooperation in cybercrime, counter-terrorism, financial crime, organised crime, fugitive tracking, intelligence sharing…
By Miriam Humbe The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening weather and climate information services for farmers as part of efforts to build a more productive, resilient and food-secure agricultural sector in Nigeria. The Director General/CEO of NiMet, Prof. Charles Anosike, stated this in his goodwill message at the National Strategic Dialogue on the Preparation of the AGROW Component 2.2 – National Implementation Strategy and Digital Agriculture Architecture, organised by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security under the World Bank-supported Nigeria Sustainable Agricultural Value Chain (AGROW) Project. The dialogue, held under the theme: “Building…