•Nigeria Customs operatives At least one person has been confirmed dead after smugglers attacked operatives of the Ogun I Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service at Idiroko Border, following a confrontation that lasted several hours. The incident occurred on Saturday at Alapoti Villa in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Council, where customs personnel on...
•Smuggled goods Kebbi State Customs Command has in the third quarter of this year impounded smuggle goods worth N323.06 million from smugglers, just as the command generated N36.25 million revenue in the same quarter of the year under review. Comptroller of Customs, Kebbi State Command, Iheanacho Ernest Ojike while briefing journalist at a pre...
•Bandits About six months after the imposition of economic sanctions on the Niger Republic, life in the border communities across seven Nigerian states is in dire straits. Checks across Kebbi, Katsina, Sokoto, Zamfara, Jigawa, Yobe and Borno, showed partly deserted border communities where smugglers and bandits alike claim territories, but muc...

