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Retired NPA Staff Protest Non-Payment of Entitlements 30 Years After

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Some retired staff of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) have protested the non payment of their gratuity and pensions for the past 30 years.
The aggrieved retirees who were retrenched on 10th June, 1991 from the service alleged that no payment had been made to them by the Authority since their retirement. 
They, therefore, appealed to the Acting Managing Director, Mohammad Bello-Koko and the Minister of Transport, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi to intervene in the matter without further delay. 
This was contained in a statement issued by the spokesman of the aggrieved retirees, Engr. Sylva Okoro after a meeting in Lagos, last week. 
Okoro decried what he called “the corruption and embezzlement going on in NPA”, accusing the ousted Managing Director of the authority, Hadiza Bala Usman of cornering government’s money for her personal use instead of using it to pay the retirees since 1991.
He said by not paying the retirees their entitlements, the management of NPA had subjected them to untold hardship for 30 years.
“The suspended MD of NPA, Usman, who is presently facing a panel of enquiry by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) for embezzlement of funds, has put the 1991 retrenched workers into untold penury and hardship, and majority of us have died due to lack of financial resources to adequately manage our peculiar health conditions and inability to meet our family responsibilities”, he said.
The retirees’ spokesman said in an effort by the retirees to get their entitlements, they had written several appeal letters to the suspended NPA boss to no avail.
Okoro claimed that while the retirees were in active service, they were not found wanting for anything, either stealing or destroying NPA property to justify the punishment they are receiving.
“We were obedient servants and highly dedicated to our duties to the best of our ability before we were compulsorily retrenched and served with letter of termination of appointment individually, on 10th of June 1991, without full payment of our pensions and other benefits.
“Those heads of department who said we should not to be paid our pensions should know that there is God. None of those general managers know how their own day will be. We wonder why punishment should be meted on us after working for the nation diligently for many years”, he said. 

By: Chinedu Wosu

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Customs Kaduna Command Generates ?5b Revenue In Oct

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The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Kaduna Area Command, has achieved a new revenue milestone, generating ?5.16 billion in October 2025
The Area Command said the feat was the highest monthly revenue ever recorded.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, CSC Ridwan Yusuf, revealed this in a Statement made available to Journalists
The figure, Yusuf said, represent 96 per cent increase above the monthly target and a 196 per cent target performance.
Yusuf said that the command collected ?39.79 billion between January and October 2025, compared with ?24.06 billion generated during the same period in 2024 reflecting a substantial year,on year growth.
the Area Controller, Comptroller Saad Hassan, attributed the record performance to the dedication and professionalism of officers and stakeholders, in line with the modernisation agenda of the Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adeniyi.
He identified improved stakeholders’ engagement, digitalisation of excise operations, and enhanced officers’ motivation as key factors driving the Command’s success.
“The Command’s performance demonstrates the effectiveness of our current operational strategies and our unwavering commitment to national economic stability,” Hassan said.
He assured that the command would continue to sustain the momentum by facilitating legitimate trade and improving revenue collection mechanisms.
The Command also reaffirmed its resolve to uphold professionalism and integrity in line with the service’s overall mission of trade facilitation and economic growth.
By; Chinedu Wosu
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Shipper’s Council Advocates Sensitization Of Staff On NSITF Scheme 

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The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has called for proper Sensitization of staff on the proposed insurance scheme by the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF).
 Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer, NSC, Akutah Pius, made the call while playing host to a courtesy visit by NSITF officials to his office, in Lagos.
Represented by Director of Human Resources Management, Alhaji Mustapha Zubairu, Akutah emphasized the Nigeria Shipper’s Council commitment to prioritizing staff insurance and health, citing existing policies with positive impacts on employees’ lives.
He requested NSITF to strengthen its legal framework to enable the NSC to fully benefit from the scheme.
Earlier, the Team Head, NSITF’  Adegbite Oludotun said that the organization provides compensation for insured government employees in case of injury, disability, or death during active service.
While commending the NSC for registering with the scheme, Oludotun assured adequate compensation for employee claims and safety.
By: Chinedu Wosu
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Navy Rescues Six Male, Five Female Passengers From Drowning In Rivers 

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The Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base (FOB) of Nigerian Navy Service NNS has rescued six male and five female passengers from a sinking speedboat along Bonny waterways in Rivers state
This is contained in a Statement by the Director of Naval Information, Commodore Ayiwuyor Adams-Aliu, and made available to newsmen, in Abuja.
Adams-Aliu said the rescue operation was carried out by personnel of the Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base (FOB), Bonny, along the Bonny River.
According to the statement, the boat, which departed Nembe Waterside Jetty in Port Harcourt for Coal Beach Jetty in Bonny Island, developed engine failure midstream and began taking in water near the Federal Ocean Terminal, Onne, Rivers State.
He said the swift response of the Naval patrol team under heavy rainfall prevented a major tragedy as all 11 passengers comprising six males and five females, were safely evacuated and taken to the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Jetty for medical checks.
“The rescued victims were later handed over to the Marine Police for onward reunification with their families,”
The Naval spokesman said the Navy, in another Operation last wednesday, intensified crackdown on crude oil theft with the deactivation of multiple illegal refining sites in the Niger Delta.
He said personnel of FOB Escravos dismantled two sites at Obodo Omadino Community in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta.
“Similarly, the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) PATHFINDER patrol team uncovered and deactivated another site with cooking ovens, reservoirs, sacks, jerrycans, and dugout pits filled with stolen crude and illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil around Bakana and Isaka areas of Rivers.
“Also, personnel of FOB Bonny dismantled a refining site at Eyamba Community in Bonny Local Government Area, while NNS DELTA patrol team deactivated another at Opumani Creek in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta,”
Adams-Aliu said the operations reflect the Navy’s renewed commitment under the Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Adm. Idi Abbas, to ensure maritime safety, protect national assets, and promote lawful economic activities.
The statement reaffirmed that the Nigerian Navy would sustain the momentum in its fight against crude oil theft and all forms of illegality within the nation’s maritime domain.
By: Chinedu Wosu
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