Customs to sanction agents not making honest declarations

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area 1 Command, has said it would sanction clearing agents that refused to make honest declarations.

Comptroller Eporwei Edike, the Customs Area Controller (CAC) of the Command, stated this at a stakeholders’ meeting in Apapa, organised to address the challenges confronting port operators.

He said that agents should make honest declarations, to reduce the time spent on inspection of goods.

PDP chieftain urges security agents to prosecute suspects who burnt Jonathan’s campaign buses in Jos

The running mate to Nasarawa State PDP gubernatorial candidate, Mr John Mathew,  has urged security agents to do everything humanly possible to arrest and prosecute hoodlums that burnt down two PDP buses in Jos.

Mathew, who made the call in an interview, said this would serve as a deterrent to others who might want to perpetrate such acts.

He said the recent incident in Jos where hoodlums burnt down vehicles crested with President Goodluck Jonathan's posters was a wake-up call for security agencies ahead of next month's general elections.

2015 elections: Fayose urges youths to be agents of change

Gov. Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State on Monday said the Nigerian youths must  see themselves as the vehicle of change needed by the nation, especially during the 2015 general elections.

Fayose made the call during the closing-ceremony of 2014 Batch 'C' corps members held at the state permanent orientation camp, Ise-Ekiti, in Ise/Orun Local Government Area of the state.

The governor, who was represented by his wife, Mrs Feyisetan Fayose, said the 2015 general elections were so crucial to the nation and that everything must be done for its successful conduct.