Two transporters, Taofeek Olatunbosun and Rafiu Abdelmalik, were allegedly brutalized by Nigerian Customs Service officers and soldiers at a checkpoint on the Badagry-Seme Expressway over the weekend for making a video. The duo, suspected by the officers of supplying journalists with information about smuggling activities, claimed they were tortured after being accused of espionage. The … Read more
The Department of State Services (DSS) is reportedly planning to arrest Fisayo Soyombo, the founder and editor-in-chief of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ). According to an anonymous security official, the DSS is actively tracking Soyombo’s location and could detain him at any moment once his whereabouts are confirmed. EDITOR’S PICKS Police Arrest Man For … Read more
Colombian designer jailed for smuggling exotic handbags. Wildlife protection laws breached in international scheme. Sentences handed out: prison, fines, and probation. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Colombian handbag designer Nancy Teresa Gonzalez de Barberi is the founder of luxury handbag company Gzuniga Ltd. EDITOR’S PICKS BREAKING: Olusegun Alebiosu Appointed As Acting MD Of First Bank … Read more
IBD Dende has been the subject of allegations of smuggling in recent weeks. An investigative report in February 2024 named him among alleged smugglers whom corrupt Customs official allegedly allow to operate freely. However, he has denied these accusations as a witch-hunt. Eko Hot Blog reports that groups under the umbrella of the Coalition of … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Nigeria Customs Service, on Tuesday, released to the owners 15 trucks loaded with grains intercepted last week at the Sokoto State border, en route to neighbouring countries. The Customs said the trucks were intercepted along the Gwadabawa-Illela Road in Sokoto. EDITOR’S PICKS BREAKING: Bandits Attack Sokoto, Kidnap Several Tsangaya Students … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has announced the arrest of twenty-one food trucks destined for neighbouring nations. The anti-graft agency confirmed the interception in an official statement released on Tuesday via its X handle. According to the EFCC, the goods were en route to N’djamena, Chad Republic, Central African … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Federal Government has revealed the identification of 32 routes through which food items are smuggled out of Nigeria. Vice President Kashim Shettima disclosed this on Tuesday while addressing a conference on Public Wealth Management held in Abuja, the nation’s capital. He said on the midnight of Sunday, 45 trucks … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has impounded a bullion van loaded with 12 bags of 50kg of smuggled foreign parboiled rice and a sum of money to the tune of N24,489,500.00. The Customs Area Controller, Olusola Alade, who disclosed this to newsmen on Friday, said the items were impounded by … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Comptroller, Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone “B,” Kaduna State, Chedi Wada has said that smugglers have been using fake presidential number plates to deliver vehicles across the country. Wada made the revelation during a courtesy visit from NAN Zonal Manager (ZM), Bashir Rabe-Mani in his Kaduna Zonal … Read more
A Federal High Court in Lagos has docked a 42-year-old man, Obinna Adindu, for drug trafficking. Obinna is standing trial for allegedly exporting 1.62kg of heroin, in a one-count charge preferred against him by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Read Also: Sanwo-Olu Flags Off Victoria Island-Oniru Road Project According to the prosecutor, Abu … Read more
The immigration agreement between Mexico and the United States that averted US tariffs on Mexican imports has a clear beneficiary, experts say: human traffickers. Under the pact reached Friday night, Mexico will deploy its recently created National Guard along the border with Guatemala, as well as dismantle groups that smuggle people across borders. However, experts … Read more