Customs seize 6,900 bags of rice, rakes in N34.17m in Ogun

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The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun 1 Area Command, has seized 6,924 bags of foreign parboiled rice, 50 kg each,  equivalent to 11 trailer loads, smuggled into the country between April and May.

 

The command also intercepted two Toyota Hiace buses of 2022 model while they were being smuggled into Nigeria through a bush path between Sawonjo and Imasayi communities, Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State.The Area Command Controller, Bamidele Makinde, disclosed this to journalists in Abeokuta while giving the command’s scorecard for April and May.

 

According to Makinde, the command also generated N34, 174,105 revenue and a total of Duty Payable Value (DPV) of N335, 855,989 million on all the seizures made within the period under review.

 

 

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The young and goal driven writer and cinematographer started his journalism as a print journalist in Kaduna in 2005 writing for Kaduna Chronicles Newspapers, Liberator Newspapers where he became the South Bureau Chief. In 2008, he moved into TV production with an employment into Siverbird Television and Rhythm Fm as a Correspondent. He got certified by Independent Television Producers Association of Nigeria(ITPAN) in 2009. After five years of hardwork and training, he was employed as Associate Producer, Moments With Mo and subsequently Producer, Playground on HipTV. Francis currently majors in documentaries and high profile scripts for news and movies. He is currently a Senior Contents Producer at News Central TV

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