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  • Onne Customs generates N94b revenue

    The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Onne Command, said it generated N94billion revenue last year.

    Its Onne Command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Ifeoma Onuigbo Ojekwu, in a statement, explained that its Customs Area Controller (CAC), Onne, Comptroller Aliyu Saidu, said the cash generated represents about 80 per cent of the Command’s annual target of N117.8 billion.

    The CAC said comparatively, the figure is an increase of N373.2 million or 0.35 per cent more than what it generated in 2017.

    “Specifically, when relating the revenue collected and seizures to the operational strategies used,  the Command focused mainly on intelligence risk profiling of our system with 100 per cent physical examination of cargo at the various terminals and sheds; sensitising stakeholders on the benefits of compliance; application of due diligence and professionalism in documentation and examination of cargoes; and importantly, building synergy with other relevant government agencies such as NAFDAC, SON, Port Health, NDLEA and other sister security agencies especially the Navy, Police and Immigration for information, which has proven to be useful at crucial moments,” Saidu explained.

    He said it was on this basis that the Command recorded 61 remarkable seizures of various items such as 9 x 40 ft containers of Tramadol, Hyergra, Diclofenac and analgesic tablets of different types; 64 of 20 containers of foreign parboiled rice and other items such as military uniforms, boots and caps with a total duty paid value (DPV) of N1.6billion.

    “A comparative review of the seizure profile of 2017 revealed that the year 2018 surpassed with 37 seizures and DPV of ?1,147,142,275 bringing to about 60.7 per cent increase in seizures and 70.9 per cent increase in DPV, as regards to general enforcement.

    “More so, we seized 126 containers, which is 81 per cent increase of the 24 containers confiscated in the preceding year, 2017,” he said.

    These seizures, he explained were based on various infractions such as false declaration, concealment, wrong classification, import without end user certificate and complete disregard for import and export guidelines with intent to smuggle in illicit goods.

    He however said the Command recorded a high level of compliance on export declarations. For instance, Saidu said a total of 136,973,413.92 metric tons of exported goods with a total Free On Board (FoB) value of $1,126,516,635.9 which is equivalent to N409,083,251,160.73 at N363.14 per dollar) was realised.

  • Freight forwarders kick against stemming cargoes to Kirikiri

    The Kirikiri Lighter Terminal (KLT) chapter of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) has expressed worry over alleged stoppage of transpire by officials of Tin Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS).

    It said such action would militate against trade facilitation.

    A transpire is a Customs instrument for designating cargoes from one port to another.

    NAGAFF Chairman Emmanuel Umadi, an engineer, in a chat with newsmen in Lagos, accused the Tin Can Island Customs Area Comptroller, Mba Musa, of being selective in containers’ stemming to Kirikiri facilities.

    Umadi alleged that the practice by the Tin Can Island Customs’ boss has frustrated shippers from patronising neighbouring ports, adding that the act of not approving stemming of some consignments was unprofessional and negates World Trade Organisation (WTO) Conventions.

    According to him, the immediate past Area Controller, Bashir Yusuf, was instrumental to ensuring a seamless process of containers’ stemming to Kirikiri facilities. He alleged that the reverse has been the case with the current area controller, adding that revenue drive and trade facilitation cannot be sustained effectively.

    The NAGAFF boss reiterated that the alleged practice by the Customs is unacceptable because of transpires not being signed by the controller, noting that personal decision or interest by him (controller) poses serious danger to the nation’s economy.

    Umadi called on  the Area Controller to create an enabling environment for business at the port to thrive, noting that importers cannot be compelled to patronise his command in order to meet up with revenue collection.

    “Customs is Customs everywhere. So, I don’t understand how the process of transpire would affect revenue leakages. Duty payment is guaranteed if the containers are stemmed to KLT and even the KLT Command has little or nothing to do, so why frustrate importers and freight forwarders, who wish to do business at KLT.

    “It is totally unacceptable by freight forwarders. It is totally unacceptable by the constitution of Nigeria because as a remittal collector, you are supposed to sign the necessary transpire documents on boxes, which do not stop the customs from checkmating the containers wherever they are transferred to.

    “The Area Controller refused to give reasons why he chose not to sign transpire of some containers for reasons best known to him. There have been several meetings with him on these issues, but we cannot pinpoint why he declined to sign most of these containers and we are not comfortable with it. If transpire is being held by a customs Controller then the country will be affected with hardship and high cost of doing business in the ports as well as Nigerian economy,” he lamented.

    Reacting to the allegation, the NCS Public Relations Officer, Tin Can Island Command, Uche Ejesieme, agreed that shippers and agents have the right to determine where they want their consignments designated. He maintained that the command is yet to confirm applications on transfer of cargoes to other facilities, adding that there are procedures on consignments’ stemming.

    He further recalled that management had issued a circular on issues of transpires in 2018, stressing that the circular is extant and does not think the impressions that are given are actual facts.

    “Controller cannot take laws into his hands, he is somebody that understands the nitty-gritty of the job and he is somebody that would not want to do something contrary to the extent that it will become counter-productive,” Ejesieme explained, adding that the shipping companies cannot be isolated in the process of containers’ stemming to Kirikiri Lighter Terminal. He further explained that the gap might have emanated from documentations and not necessarily the command’s boss as being speculated.

  • Customs arrests Nigerian with N30m worth tramadol

    The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Federal Operation Unit (FOU) Zone ‘B’ Kaduna has arrested a Nigerien Sahabi Adamu in Kano with three bags of ‘Ghana Must Go’ sacks filled up with Tramadol tablets worth street value of N30, 000,000.

    According to the Comptroller of the FOU Zone ‘B’ Kaduna, Sarkin Kebbi Mustafa while speaking with Journalists in his office, the three Ghana must go sacks contained 1,146 packets of 225mg of Tramadol tablets.

    He said the arrest was made possible through a covert operation which lasted for more than 30 days, adding that the suspect is a member of syndicates group that specializes in the distribution and sales of such drugs within Kano and neighbouring states.

    READ ALSO: Smuggling has reduced at Seme, says Customs Chief

    “One suspect Sahabi Adamu was arrested in Kano along Kano- Hadeja road with three Ghana must go sacks with Tramadol tablets packed in an Honda Accord vehicle with street value put at 30 million naira.

    “The FOU has been on his trail for almost one month now until luck ran out on him and got arrested in Kano”.

    The suspect he said has confessed not to be alone in the business and promised to help in the arrest of other members, adding that he has been in the business for some years and is his source of livelihood.

    Comptroller Mustafa said, the FOU under his leadership will not relent in her efforts to rid the system of illicit drugs and bring erring people to justice.

  • Customs begins verification of North West orphanage homes

    Ahead of the commencement of distribution of relief items including: rice and other household items to orphanage homes and Internally Displace Persons (IDPs) in Zone B (North West), the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has begun due diligence and verification of the homes.

    The Public Relations Officer, Mr. Joseph Attah, disclosed this to The Nation in the service headquarters in Abuja Thursday.

    He said that having concluded the distribution of such items to the orphanages in the South West, the sub-committee that is saddled with the responsibility will now continue from the North West, starting from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) next week.

    The spokesman said that: “We are now set to move to the North Western states. In Customs, we call that side Zone B. Next week, we will focus on FCT.

    “We do know that there are a number of IDPs in FCT, and orphanages either run by religious organizations, NGOs or private religious houses.  We have identified a number of them. Some have also sent letters to tell us that they are there, their number of children and other information.

    “Just as we have done in the South West, we will subject this to a very thorough verification and by next week we will distribute the items to them. After that we will go to Sokoto, Zamfara, Kano, Katsina and others.”

    Attah disclosed to The Nation that the NCS has already drafted its operatives to identify the orphanage homes, stressing that it is still difficult to state the exact number of people that will benefit from the next week distribution exercise.

    According to him, “those that have not been identified will come up and we will still verify them and once we see that they are properly registered, we will extend it to them. It is the number of orphanages and the number of children we are able to confirm in them that we will give to. But we know that it will run into hundreds of thousands.”

    On the challenges that associate with the distribution of the items, Attah said that due diligence is compulsory, especially as some of the homes are in difficult terrain.

    He recalled that the mandate that the Comptroller-General Col. Hameed Ali (retired) gave to the committee was that the items must not pass through any intermediary.

    Attah said based on the instruction, the committee will not hand over the items to any local government chairman, director or permanent secretary in the states.

    He insisted that “we are under strict directive to handover these items directly to the end users, to the operators of these orphanages in their homes.”

    Meeting up with the directive, according to him, puts a lot of stress on the logistic of the committee that starts from identification, verification, allocation, loading and escorting and ensuring that they get to the intended recipients.

    He explained that once the items are loaded, an officer gets a landing certificate to escort it, on arrival at the premises, the operator of the orphanage or IDP signs the certificate to show receipt.

  • Police arraign man for forgery of vehicle auction papers

    The Police on Wednesday arraigned one Daniel Bassey, in a Wuse Zone II Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, for allegedly forging Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) vehicle auction papers.

    Bassey was docked on charges bordering on joint act, criminal breach of trust, cheating and forgery.

    The prosecutor, Chijioke Okezie, told the court that the Assistant Inspector-General of Police Zone 7, Abuja, received a petition from one Mr Segun Adeyemi, on Nov. 6, 2018.

    Okezie alleged that the defendant allegedly convinced the complainant to bid for custom auction car sales; he also impersonated NCS officers and forged papers of an Hiace bus, which the complainant indicated interest on.

    He said the complainant allegedly transferred N2. 4 million to the defendant, while he converted the money to personal use.

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    The prosecutor said the defendant’s accomplices are now at large, adding that the offences contravened the provisions of Sections 79, 312, 322 and 364 of the Penal Code.

    The defendant, however, denied committing the offences.

    Magistrate Mabel Segun-Bello, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N1.5 million with two sureties in like sum.

    The case was adjourned until March 27, for further hearing.

    NAN

  • Death on the highway

    •The killing, on the Sagamu-Benin Expressway, by a Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) trooper, must be probed and punished

    It reads like a bizarre tale, which started when a group of Nigerians, reportedly travelling from France, arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on the evening of February 16.   The next morning, travelling by road from Lagos to Benin via Iyare Motors, a private public bus shuttle, they encountered officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Federal Operations Unit, at the Sagamu intersection, of the Sagamu-Benin Expressway.

    As one of the passengers, Mr. Oliver Joseph, narrated what happened, the occupants of the vehicle had been asked to disembark by the Customs men.  He not only asked where they were coming from, he also expressed the intention to check the luggage in the bus, one by one. Even before the search commenced, the driver who had reportedly been called aside by one of the Customs men, returned and said that a bribe of N5, 000 was being demanded to allow the vehicle to go, an amount he claimed not to have.

    Apparently not inclined to pay the alleged bribe, the passengers agreed to have their luggage searched, with one of them insisting he would record the operation with his mobile phone, to prevent contraband material from being deposited among their items. The effort to do so must have provoked a struggle as the passenger reportedly refused to surrender the phone as demanded by one of the Customs men.

    In his eyewitness account, Mr. Oliver Joseph said, “The officer just took some steps back, cocked his gun and fired. Immediately he fired, a man fell down…We were 10 passengers in the bus and when we took a head count, we were complete. There was blood all over the victim’s face, so we could not recognise him”. As it turned out most strangely, however, the unintended victim of the gunshot was one Godwin, who lived in a nearby community and used to supply water to the Customs base on the highway.

    The Public Relations Officer of the NCS, Mr. Joseph Attah, blamed the incident on “an attempt to obstruct the lawful performance of duty by passengers of a commercial bus suspected to be carrying bales of used clothing”. He stressed that “preliminary findings indicate that it was during the skirmishes and struggle to disarm the officer that the rifle discharged and the bullet hit the friend of the Customs, who lost his life”.

    Mr. Abimbola Oyeyemi, Public Relations Officer of the Ogun State Police Command, confirmed that one of the Customs officers on the scene was rescued by police operatives from being lynched by an angry mob, and taken to hospital.

    The passengers involved in the fracas, however, reportedly boarded their vehicle and left the scene before the arrival of the police. This is disturbing.

    It is certainly critical to ascertain from which destination they had arrived Nigeria and what items were contained in the passengers’ luggage. What was responsible for their alleged hostility to the luggage in the vehicle being searched by operatives of the NCS if they had nothing to hide?

    On the other hand, did the Customs men demand a bribe of N5,000 as alleged by the driver of the bus? If they also had no ulterior motive, why were the NCS men averse to one of the passengers filming the search of the luggage with his mobile phone? Under what circumstances did an innocent Nigerian lose his life as a result of the gunshots by the Customs operative?

    Only a thorough investigation both by the NCS and the police will ensure that the truth is uncovered in the interest of justice for the deceased, the integrity of the NCS and the image of Nigeria, especially as the video of the incident had gone viral on the internet.

  • Customs begins interrogation of officers

    …looks into weapon handling

     

    The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), says its officers involved in the incident that occurred along Ijebu Ode road on Sunday are being interrogated.

    Mr Joseph Attah, the Public Relations Officer of NCS made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Monday.

    A video which went viral on Social Media on Sunday showed a man, supposed passenger of a commercial bus was allegedly shot dead by a customs officer, though, it was denied by NCS, saying it was an accidental discharge.

    Attah explained that the Customs Assistant Comptroller General, Zone A, Ekekezie Kessy had on Monday visited the Federal Operations Unit in the zone at Ikeja, Lagos to interrogate the officers involved.

    He said that the investigation was to find out the immediate and remote causes of the unfortunate incident that led to the death of an innocent citizen.

    According to him, the interrogation will also reveal if better handling of weapon will have averted the incident.

    “The officers involved are being interrogated, we look at it holistically, including weapon handling skills.

    “If the officers are found guilty, they will be punished appropriately, we will allow the investigation to take place first.

    “We still stand our ground that it is not a passenger of the bus that was deliberately shot dead but the victim was hit by the accidental discharge.

    “An audio is now trending from one of the passengers of the bus that the person that died is not one of them.

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    “We insist that the person that died was not a passenger but a good Samaritan who used to assist our officers, we described him as a friend of Customs,’’ he explained.

    The spokesperson said that training of its personnel was a continuous process, adding that the Service often sought assistance of the military in this regard.

    “Like we said that in our statement, it is painful and totally unnecessary to lose life in anti-smuggling operations.’’

    He urged the general public to be wary of what was being posted on social media because some of those things could mislead them.

  • Customs donates 68,000 bags of rice, others to orphanages

    The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has donated food items and relief materials to some orphanages in Lagos and other Southwest states. In all, 68, 256 bags of 50kg rice, clothing materials and other items will be distributed by the Service.

    NCS National Public Relations Officer, Joseph Attah, made this known during the flag-off of the donations in Lagos.

    Attah explained that the exercise is in line with a Presidential directive to the Service, adding that it  will  bring succour to Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) and orphans.

    Attah, a Deputy Comptroller of Customs, told reporters that in compliance with the presidential directive, a seven-man sub-committee was inaugurated by the Comptroller-General of Customs to oversee the distribution of the relief materials.

    The sub-committee is headed by Comptroller Yakubu Salihu with representation from the office of the Service’s legal adviser.

    He said the distribution would take place in the four Customs zones to achieve a fair reach to intended recipients nationwide.

    “You will recall that had earlier announced that the Comptroller- General secured Presidential approval for the extension of relief materials to orphanages. Before now, these items were being given to only IDPs by a National Logistics Committee comprising of various security and regulatory agencies, but with the relative peace in the Northeast and some of the IDPs returning home,the need to extend to other people in need arose,” he explained.

    Attah further said to ensure that these items got to the intended recipients, landing certificates would be signed by recipients after taking delivery.

    “We are giving out 68,256 units of 50kg bags of rice, over 200,000 litres of vegetable oil, tomato paste,  spaghetti, soap, used clothing and other relief materials for Zone A comprising Southwest states.

    ‘’Nine operators of different orphanages in the Southwest have come forward for the relief materials. We are also assisting those without vehicles to convey the items to their areas,” Attah said.

    The NCS had donated relief materials to victims of insurgency in Borno, Yobe, Adamawa and Edo states in February 2017.

  • ‘In our days, Customs was best place to work’

    Chief Emmanuel Adedeji Ogunbode, who joined the Nigeria Customs Service during the colonial days rose through the ranks to become the Deputy Comptroller General of Customs and retired after putting in 32 years in service. At 90+, Pa Ogunbode, suave and gentlemanly, still walks with a swagger and has a boyish look which belies his age. In this interview with Ibrahim Apekhade Yusuf, he reminisces on his days at the Customs, his philosophy, life in retirement, etal. Excerpts:

    When did you join the Nigeria Customs Service?

    I joined the Nigeria Customs Service 9th May, 1955.

    How would you compare the Nigeria Customs Service of the past and the present day?

    The Customs of today is not the Customs of yesterday. I must be very frank with you because of the new technology. In our time, we had to do everything by manual tabulation to get the job done. But today, everything has become computerised. But notwithstanding, in those days judging by the way they trained us and the way they trained us from time to time, in the colonial days we were able to do our best as at that time. I would say the Customs of today you can’t compare it to that yesterday for these reasons in every aspect. Is it the collection of revenue? Is it the communication? Because right now, the Comptroller General (CG) from his office in Abuja, can just press the button and know what going on at Apapa Port, TinCan Island, Kano. This was not there during my time at the Customs and it makes things faster than what it used to be. And the volume of trade, you can’t compare that of those days to that of today. I would say in our time we did our best according to the training they gave us and the resources at hand. But today, things are much better, faster than what it used to be.

    What are your fond memories of about your days at the Nigeria Customs Service?

    (Laughs). My most interesting time at the customs is that I started very well and I ended very well. If I had not ended very well I will not be getting attention today and I retired 1st September 1987. I still get my pensions till date. The memory I will share is that I sacrificed myself when I was in the service and at the same time I entered Nigeria Customs Service during the colonial days. That was May 1st, 1955 and that time you have to work hard, no godfather, no godmother and they access you for the whole year by the Whiteman and you have to defend your rank at that time. The only house I have in Lagos by the special grace of God with my late wife, was through sweat and toil. That time we were encouraged. If get small money at that time, when they take value of the goods and they determine what it is in terms of value, they give you what is called monetary award. That one is out of your salary just to encourage you to do more. You get rewarded for the seizures you have made after determining the value of the goods and the duty involved. It was a form of incentives that helped a lot of us to be able to build houses.

    You talked about defending your rank. Can you expatiate on this?

    I defended my rank ab initio. If I had not defended my rank abinitio, I wouldn’t have climbed up the ladder. I defended my rank by doing exactly what the government wanted us to do. I defended my rank at that time in being honest in serving as far as operation is concerned, revenue collection is concerned, and obedience is concerned and I keep the oath of secrecy, as part of defending the rank, we don’t release information anyhow to anybody. It is by defending my rank that I started to have promotion from ACP and retired as Deputy Comptroller General of Customs.

    What was your experience working with the colonial masters?

    I got commendation in a job that I solely deed in arresting some smugglers and the commendation came from the late Oyeleye, then our director. The commendation was for bravery and another commendation for administrative efficiency and all that. I still have a lot of these certificates gracing my shelves till today.

    Where was your last posting?

    I retired as Deputy Comptroller General of Customs (DCG), Investigations. I worked at FOC. I retired when I was heading the investigation team in Lagos.

    Were all your postings within Lagos? Or did you ever worked outside Lagos?

    I served in parts of Cameroon before the country seceded from Nigeria. It was in Bamenda, Tiko and other parts. And in Nigeria, I’m not boasting; I have served in all the four corners of the country. I worked around Southsouth, Southwest, north, Midwest. You know in our time, we regarded posting as a form of education. When you’re posted, you move to where you want to go.  And that is why I thank God that today, I know a lot of Nigerians through my posting, I travelled across Nigeria. I became stationary when I rose up to DCG at the headquarters, in 1982 and I retired in 1987.

    How are you spending your life after retirement?

    After my retirement, precisely in 1988, I joined a group called TOLORAM Group. From TOLORAM Group, I moved to Vista Group, where I have stayed till date. I have involved in a number of activities that keeps me busy round the clock.

    You have had the best of your both worlds. You have served in the public and private sectors. So that comes with a lot of experience. Do you think they have really made their mark in the various sectors they operate?

    The Vista Group is very vast. The Vista Group is a very strong group. I have been working with them in the last 30 years. To start with, when they first came to Nigeria, they were trading electronics, paper and so on at that time, until later when they started to industrialise. From what I have seen with VISTA, they have done a lot for this country. You can see where they are today and my own opinion, I will say that they are very trustworthy people, I will say that they are very honest to some certain extent in their business, like you rightly said, it is not only in Lagos here that Vista has factories or base to sell their products. Again from what I have seen here, you could see that a lot of bankers came to the formal launch and unveiling of their corporate headquarters in Isolo. That tells you a lot about their credibility. If they are not trustworthy, what you are seeing here today, you will not see it. If they don’t utilise that money in the correct way, you won’t see what you are seeing today in Vista and at the same time, the company has invested massively in Nigeria not only Lagos. If you go to Ibadan, you will meet them there, if you go to Kano you will meet them there, if you go to Maiduguri you will meet them there, if you go to the East you will meet them there. They are spreading their tentacles all over Nigeria.

    All that you have shared are fond memories of working with the Vista Group. But as one of their partners, was there any time they wanted to call it quit in Nigeria due to unfavourable government policies and all?

    Let me tell you something about Vista Group, they have a very thick skin. We all know the economy of Nigeria but there was never a single time that they planned to leave, instead of doing that, they continued to bear and forge ahead but for them to say “I am parking away, I want to leave this country, no.” even when the foreign exchange got so high, gave them difficult times to plan how to market their products, yet they persevered. They have created a lot of jobs for our teeming youths here in Lagos and other parts of the country so in answering your question, I have not seen or heard one day that they want to pack and go because of the economy but instead they continue to grow and do their best.

    What is the secret behind your boyish looks?

    (Laughs). I take you down to Proverbs chapter 30. It says, ‘Two things I ask from you: do not make me to be poor and at the same time, do not make me to be rich.’ The scripture went further, it says: ‘If you make me to be poor, I’ll steal and at the same time I’m going to swear a false oath in your name. But make me not just too rich. I will live a moderate life.’ My mantra is in Proverbs chapter 30. As I always tell God, if I’m rich I’ll forget you God as my creator and feel there is none like me. So in that wise, I live on whatever God gives me. I don’t do more than myself nor my family. If its water I want to drink in my house and I don’t have to go to the next neighbor, I thank God for my life. Then the second part is God’s grace my dear. “Your life would be that of eagle.” That’s in the Bible. What does that mean? God has given me the life of eagle. When people see me they don’t believe my age. What does the eagle do every year? The eagle sheds its feather and put on new feathers and become a young eagle. So I’m an eagle. But I cannot explain it myself.

    But let me sound a note of warning: do things moderately in life. If you know how to drink, don’t drink too much. If it’s food you know how to eat, don’t eat too much. In fact, anything you want to do, do it in moderation. There is a proverb, “Elder tell us if you have not passed through the youth. In our time when we were working, we believe that if you do things wrongly and you have no godfather or godmother, you’re out of the system. So it is always good to be contented. Aso nla kolagba (it is not the big gown that you wear that makes you an old man). But stick to your God, trust your God, and obey His commandments. You see contentment is most important. I’m contented with what God gave me. I do more than myself and at the same time I believe in God. The holy book says vanity upon vanity all is vanity.

     

  • Tight security at Lagos airport ahead of Buhari’s visit for campaign

    A large number of security operatives were on Saturday deployed to strategic positions at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, ahead of the today’s visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to the state.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the security operatives were already at their respective positions at about 6.30 a.m.

    They included officers of the Nigeria Police Force, Nigerian Air Force, Nigeria Customs Service, Nigeria Immigration Service and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.

    Also on ground were officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps, who were controlling the traffic situation within the airport and its environs.

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    NAN reports that Buhari, the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Feb. 16, Presidential Election, is coming to Lagos, the nation’s commercial capital, to campaign for his re-election.

    He is scheduled to visit the Palace of the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, State House, Marina and will later address APC supporters at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, in continuation of his Next Level campaign.

    NAN