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The Zone B of the Nigeria Customs Service, Kaduna, has intercepted smuggled items valued at over N1.4 billion from January to August, its Controller, Aminu Dahiru, has said. Dahiru said in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Minna, that a total of 1,357 items were seized during the period. He listed some of the seized items to include second hand vehicles and clothes, trucks load of rice, vegetable oil, tin tomatoes, illicit drugs, mosquito coil, tyres, furniture and drones among others. The controller stressed that the command would continue to mount surveillance and…

Celtic have been charged by Uefa after a fan ran on to the pitch and appeared to aim a kick at Paris St-Germain striker Kylian Mbappe. The incident happened late in the first half of Tuesday’s Champions League match at Celtic Park, shortly after the visitors’ third goal in a 5-0 win. PSG also face a charge after seats were damaged in the away section. The cases will be dealt with by Uefa’s control, ethics and disciplinary body on 19 October. Police Scotland reported seven arrests at the match, including a 21-year-old man charged with alleged pitch incursion and assault.…

Lagos commandant of Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, Tajudeen Balogun has pledged his support to the new commissioner of police in Lagos state, Imohimi Edgal. Tajudeen made the pledge during courtesy visit to the police boss in his office at the Lagos Police Command Headquarters, Ikeja, Lagos. According to him, the agency NSCDC is ready to work hand in hand with the police force in other to combat crime to the barest minimum in the state. “The security situation in Lagos is huge and needs an intelligence led policing, we will not hesitate to give any kind of…

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission has resumed the recall process of the senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Dino Melaye. An INEC National Commissioner and member of the Information and Voter Education Committee (VEC), Mallam Mohammed Haruna, said in a statement on Tuesday that the commission would release a revised timetable and schedule of activities on September 18, 2017 in compliance with the orders of the court. READ: Army-IPOB Clash: Abia govt imposes curfew in Aba Haruna explained that the Commission was acting on the judgment delivered at the Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital on 6 July, 2017.…

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has imposed a three-day curfew in the commercial city of Aba following a clash between some members of pro-secession group, IPOB and the military. With the curfew declared on Tuesday, residents of Aba, are to remain indoors from 6 pm to 6 am starting from Tuesday (September 12) until Thursday, September 14, 2017. There has been an upsurge in the activities of IPOB in the state since the release of the group’s leader, Mr Nnamdi Kanu, on bail. Kanu is standing trial for alleged treason following his declaration of Biafra as a country and…

Police in Germany and Portugal have raided properties linked to a gang suspected of arranging fake marriages in order to make it easier for Nigerians to come to Europe. Berlin police say they searched 41 homes and offices in the German capital early Tuesday, arresting five people. Officers also seized passports, European Union residency permits, cell phones, and storage devices. Read Also Nigeria fails to ban sulphur fuels despite 2016 vow According to Fox News, simultaneous operations took place in Portugal. German Federal Police Spokesman, Jens Schobranski, said the suspects detained are a 50-year-old Nigerian man, two Nigerian women aged…

Apple launched three new iPhones today at its event in Cupertino, California: iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and the iPhone X. The iPhone 8 and 8 Plus is just an upgrade of the existing iPhone 7 models without completely changing the model. It still has home buttons but will have wireless charging. The phones can also shoot video in 4k. You can buy the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus in silver, black, or gold for $699 or $799 depending if you get the Plus or not. Preordering starts September 15 but will hit stores September 22. Read Also Singapore elects…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has discovered an uncompleted eight-story building in a prime area of Abuja allegedly belonging to Patience Jonathan, the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan. The building, which has been described by the EFCC as a ‘magnificent architectural edifice,’ has not yet been valued by the commission. However, comparative analysis of similar buildings on several trading sites such as OLX.com and Jiji.ng, within the same area put the worth of the building at N6bn. Correspondents who visited the building, which is located within the Central Business District, is between the National Mosque and the…

Nigeria and several other West African states are not expected to implement rules banning imports of sulphur-heavy fuels until December 1 at the earliest after missing summer deadlines, drawing the ire of health campaigners pushing for cleaner air. Nigeria, Togo, Ivory Coast and Benin promised in late 2016 to ban the use of fuel packed with sulphur that is a major air pollutant, particularly in cities. Such fuel has long been illegal in Western nations and is increasingly outlawed in the developing world. But deadlines for bans in the four West African states keep being pushed back. Ghana is the…

Hurricane Irma evacuees are returning to scenes of devastation in the Florida Keys with reports of a quarter of homes destroyed on the low-lying islands. The latest images show homes torn apart after the storm pummelled the region with winds of up to 120mph (192km/h). Search and rescue teams are moving through the worst affected areas with emergency supplies of food and water. US President Donald Trump will visit Florida on Thursday to view the damage caused as Irma tore through the state. It will be Mr Trump’s third trip related to hurricanes in two weeks and he will be…