TRAGEDY: FIRE DESTROYED SHOPS AT CATTLE MARKET, KWARA

Fire destroyed over 22 shops, 6 containers kiosks at Kara Market, Ajase-Ipo, Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State in the early hours of Wednesday. Sooth News gathered that the incident occurred around 1:35 a.m. when one of the occupants of the affected plank shops allegedly failed to properly extinguish a cooking fire, which later reignited and spread to nearby shops. It was believed that many traders must have suffered monumental loss. Confirming the inferno, the Head of Media and Publicity of the Kwara State Fire Service, Hassan Hakeem Adekunle,…

B’ ODOGWU: CUSTOMS, SHIPPERS’ COUNCIL PARLEY FOR HEALTHY COMPLIANCE.

The Nigerian Customs Service Top Management held high-level talk with the Management of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council on the successful implementation of the Unified Customs Management System, B’Odogwu. In a statement released by the National Public Relations Officer of Customs, AC Abdullahi Maiwada, on Tuesday, said, the engagement followed concerns raised by freight forwarders and licensed Customs agents regarding delays and demurrage linked to the rollout of the new system. The Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR, met with the Executive Secretary/CEO, Akutah Pius Ukeyima, Esq, MON, FCILT,…