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Mining Marshals Vow to Dismantle Illegal Mining Cartels, Seek Media Support

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By Aviashima Toom, Abuja The Commander of the Mining Marshals of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Mr John Attah Onoja, has vowed to sustain efforts to dismantle illegal mining cartels and disrupt illicit financial flows allegedly linked to banditry, kidnapping and terrorism. Onoja made the commitment on Thursday in Abuja when members of the Defence Correspondents Association of Nigeria (DECAN), led by its President, Mr Odita Sunday, paid a courtesy visit to his office. He said the Mining Marshals would remain uncompromising in enforcing mining laws and restoring sanity to the mining sector, which he said had increasingly assumed security dimensions. According to him, illegal mining constitutes not only an economic and environmental threat but also a potential source of funding for criminal and terrorist groups. “It is not necessarily about picking up weapons and fighting bandits or kidnappers. We must ask: How do the people in those forests feed? How do...
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Razor Media Group CEO Makes It to the Great Wall of China

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Aviashima Toom, Abuja The Chief Executive Officer of Razor Media Group, Mr. Odita Sunday-Udemaguna, has reached the historic Great Wall of China as part of his participation in the Seminar on Fruit Processing and Comprehensive Utilization for Belt and Road Countries, held in Beijing from August 4 to 17, 2026. Mr. Odita was among participants drawn from nine countries—Jordan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Nigeria, Tanzania, Antigua and Barbuda, Costa Rica, Thailand and Bangladesh—who participated in the two-week seminar designed to deepen knowledge and cooperation in fruit processing and comprehensive utilisation. Speaking at the closing ceremony on behalf of the participants, Mr. Odita described the programme as a remarkable experience that brought together people from different countries and transformed them from strangers into colleagues, friends and partners. He expressed appreciation to the China National Research Institute of Food & Fermentation Industries Corporation for ...
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Belt and Road Seminar on Fruit Processing Ends in Beijing"Participants Commend China’s Hospitality, Innovation and Commitment to International Cooperation"

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By Aviashima Toom, abuja The two-week Seminar on Fruit Processing and Comprehensive Utilisation for Belt and Road Countries has ended in Beijing, China, with participants from nine countries commending the organisers for the knowledge, hospitality and international relationships fostered during the programme. The seminar, held from August 4 to 17, 2026, brought together participants from Jordan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Nigeria, Tanzania, Antigua and Barbuda, Costa Rica, Thailand and Bangladesh for intensive learning and practical exposure to modern fruit processing and comprehensive utilisation. Speaking on behalf of the participants at the closing ceremony, Mr Odita Sunday-Udemaguna described the programme as a “truly remarkable two-week journey,” noting that participants arrived in Beijing as strangers but were leaving as colleagues, friends and ambassadors of a shared experience. He expressed appreciation to the China National Research Institute of ...
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Nigerian Navy, NIMASA Renew Five-Year Partnership on Maritime Security

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By Aviashima Toom, Abuja  The Nigerian Navy and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) have renewed their strategic partnership with the signing of a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at strengthening maritime safety and security across Nigeria’s maritime domain. The agreement was signed on Tuesday, August 11, 2026, at the Naval Headquarters in Abuja, in the presence of the Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Idi Abbas; the Director General/Chief Executive Officer of NIMASA, Dr Dayo Mobereola; Principal Staff Officers and other senior officials of both organisations. The renewed MoU builds on a partnership that dates back to 2007 and has been sustained through successive renewals. It is expected to enhance coordination between the two institutions by aligning their mandates, operational capabilities and expertise to deliver measurable improvements in Nigeria’s maritime safety and security. Speaking at the ceremony, the N...
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Customs Uncovers 399 Jojef Rifles, Seized Parts at Tin Can Port

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By Aviashima Toom, Abuja. The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has completed the coupling and detailed examination of a seized arms shipment at the Tin Can Island Port Command, uncovering 399 fully assembled Jojef firearms and a significant quantity of additional rifle components. The development comes three days after the Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, disclosed on Thursday, August 6, 2026, that Customs officers had intercepted a container carrying crates of knocked-down components suspected to be Jojef pump-action rifles. Following the completion of the  examination and inventory of the shipment on Sunday, August 9, Customs officials recovered 89 frames, 16 heat shields, 10 trigger pins, three pistons, 25 locking lugs, 80 charging handles, 39 pistol-grip screws, 34 springs, 57 trigger groups, 66 foregrip latches, 45 foregrips/handguards, four pistol grips and five barrels. The seizure represents a major intervention by the Service in efforts to curb the...
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AfCFTA Chief Commends Nigeria Customs’ Digital Innovation, Pushes for Continental Adoption

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By Aviashima Toom, Abuja.  The Secretary-General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Wamkele Mene, has commended the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) for its technology-driven reforms, calling for the adoption of Nigeria’s indigenous customs innovations across Africa. Mene made the remarks on Thursday, August 6, 2026, during a working visit to the Nigeria Customs Service Headquarters in Maitama, Abuja, where he described the Service’s digital transformation initiatives as practical African solutions to some of the continent’s longstanding trade and revenue challenges. The AfCFTA Secretary-General noted that several African countries still depend heavily on manual customs processes, which contribute to revenue leakages, border delays and barriers to the growth of intra-African trade. He said Nigeria’s progress in deploying technology for customs administration provides a model that could be replicated across the continent to improve efficiency, transparency...
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NIGERIAN NAVY INTERCEPTS 17,000 LITRES OF SUSPECTED ILLEGALLY REFINED AGO IN RIVERS

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By Aviashima Toom, abuja The Nigerian Navy says it has intercepted about 17,000 litres of suspected illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil, AGO, in Rivers State. The operation was carried out by personnel of the Nigerian Navy Ship Pathfinder under Operation Delta Sentinel, the Navy’s ongoing campaign against crude oil theft and illegal oil bunkering. According to a statement by the Director Naval Information, Nigerian Navy, Navy Captain,  Abiodun Folorunsho in Abuja said, the product was intercepted along the Onne-Okrika waterways, where personnel stopped a speedboat conveying the suspected illegally refined AGO. The speedboat and the recovered petroleum product have been taken into custody in line with established anti-crude oil theft procedures. The Navy says efforts are also underway to identify and apprehend those behind the illegal operation. It says the latest interception is part of its broader efforts to disrupt the illicit petroleum supply chain, protect critical...
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