Adeniyi: Customs Generated N4.49tn in 12 Months Says service confiscated 2.93 million litres of smuggled petrol; rice, grains worth N4.4 billion, others Pays tribute to officers who paid supreme price in line of duty Plans special window to quicken clearance of health products James Emejo in Abuja Comptroller-General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Mr. Bashir Adeniyi,
yesterday, disclosed that the service recorded a total revenue collection of N4.49 trillion between June 2023 and May 2024.
The performance represented a remarkable growth of 74 per cent in revenue collection when compared to N2.58 trillion collected during the
corresponding period of the previous year. Addressing journalists in Abuja, at a briefing on the performance
of the service in the past one year, Adeniyi said the achievement was underpinned by a sustained increase of 70.13 per cent in average monthly
revenue collection compared to the previous year. Continued on page 10
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Buhari Condoles Bukola, Gbemisola Saraki on Passing of their Mother, Morenike Deji Elumoye in Abuja and Hammed Shittu in Ilorin
Former President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with President of the 8th Senate,
Senator Bukola Saraki, and his sister, former Minister of State, Transportation, and later
Solid Minerals Development, Senator Gbemisola Saraki, on the passing of their mother,
Chief Florence Morenike Saraki. Buhari, in a statement by his spokesperson, Garba Shehu said,
“I am saddened by the demise of Continued on page 10
I'm Defending Democracy and Constitution in Rivers, Fubara Declares Swears in 23 caretaker chairmen amid crisis, declares they can operate from anywhere Says action against sit-tight mentality, orders audit of council accounts Concerned elders caution as situation worsens APC, PDPtrade tackles over emergency declaration, commissioner faults claims IG decries crisis, calls for investigation Chuks Okocha, Ikechukwu Aleke in Abuja, Emma Okonji, Agnes Ekebuike in Lagos and Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has said his prompt appointment of caretaker chairmen for the
state’s local governments following the ejection of council chairmen, who had tried to extend their tenure, was in defence of constitutional democracy. Fubara spoke yesterday in Port Harcourt while swearing in chairmen Continued on page 10
Kidnap of Fouani Brothers: Sanwo-Olu Vows SAFER KWARA... General Officer Commanding 2 Division, Nigerian Army, Major General Obinna Godwin Onubogu, receiving state souvenirs from Kwara Perpetrators Will Be Apprehended... Page 28 L-R: State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq (CON), during a courtesy visit to the Government House Ilorin, Kwara State... yesterday