Year: 2024

Chairman of the Committee set up to recover vehicles belonging to Edo state government, Kelly Okungbowa said his team has recovered more vehicles from officials of the last administration in the state.   Okungbowa who hailed whistleblowers for volunteering information leading to the recoveries said four vehicles were recovered from the residence of the former Secretary to Edo State Government SSG and Deputy Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in the last Edo State gubernatorial election Osarodion Ogie while another one was recovered from someone else.   He…

Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo has set up the Edo State Public Response Safety Team (PRST) to check frequent traffic gridlock especially in and around the King square, Benin City and other busy intersections. The gridlock is often caused by indiscriminate parking, picking and dropping off of passengers, street trading among others. Embarking on a sensitization tour around the city centre, Coordinator of the team, Kelly Okungbowa said the exercise was very important to enable the people know of the team’s existence in order to ensure that law and…

Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has described the wife of the Deputy Governor of the State, Ambassador Mrs. Osaretin Idahosa, as a strong pillar of support and inspiration.   In a congratulatory message to mark her birthday, Governor Okpebholo prayed to God to grant Mrs Idahosa good health, wisdom, and foresight to continue to offer the needed support to her husband, Rt. Hon. Dennis Idahosa, Edo people, and Nigeria in general.   The Governor said “Mrs Casher Osaretin Idahosa is a dependable woman, a wife to our Deputy Governor,…

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has restated its commitment to dismantling smuggling networks and disrupting the supply chains of illegal substances.   During a press briefing held at the Customs Training College on Monday, 25 November 2024, the Coordinator of the Joint Border Patrol Team, Sector 2, South-West Zone, Lagos, Deputy Comptroller of Customs (DC) Mohammed Shaibu, highlighted the grave consequences of illicit drugs in circulation, linking them to organised crime, violence, banditry, kidnapping, and public health crises.   Expressing concerns over the growing threat of drug smuggling and other…

Following the recent seizure of petroleum products by operatives of Operation Whirlwind in the Adamawa-Taraba region, Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, has authorised the sale of the seized PMS to Yola residents in Adamawa State at a subsidised rate, with proceeds remitted to the Federation Account.   Speaking to journalists on 27 November, 2024 in Yola, Adamawa State capital, the National Coordinator of Operation Whirlwind, Comptroller Hussain Ejibunu, praised CGC Adeniyi and National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu for their support. He clarified that the initiative alleviate the impact of subsidy…