30 Top Custom Officers Retired

Barely 24 hours after 5 Deputy Comptroller Generals unanimously tendered their resignation, the Nigerian Customs Service have announced the immediate retirement of some other officers.

A statement by the Public Relations officer of the Nigeria Customs Service Wale Adeniyi, said the retirement is one of the core mandates of the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd) pictured above.

The statement in part reads

"Those affected in the exercise are five Deputy Comptrollers-General of Customs (DCGs) who have earlier given notification to the Comptroller-General for voluntary disengagement. They are John Atte MFR, Ibrahim Mera OON, Musa Tahir mni, Austin Nwosu and Akinade Adewuyi. Three others, of the rank of Assistant Comptroller-General are also affected in the re-organization exercise. They are Madu Mohammed mni, Secretary to the Nigeria Customs Board, Victor Gbemudu, Zonal Coordinator Zone ‘A’ and Bello Liman, Assistant Comptroller-General, (Headquarters). The rest are of the rank of Comptrollers serving in Customs Headquarters, Zonal Offices and various Area Commands. The Comptroller-General of Customs stated that the retirements were part of measures to kick-start the repositioning of the Service for improved performance".

BVN Deadline Day Is Tomorrow, 26m Bank Account To Be Frozen

With less than 1 day to the deadline for Bank Verification Number, BVN, about 26 million account holders still haven't registered to protect their money.

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has said no extension would be granted after the deadline expires and customers who still haven't registered will have no access to their money or any transaction in their account.

According to CBN, the registration window will still be open after tomorrow, but unregistered customers will not be granted access to their accounts.

According to Vanguard, a CBN Official, who claimed that the exact figures of registered bank customers would not be ready until next week said that “less than half of total bank customers have been captured as at Monday this week.

He said:

“Field reports show that there has been increased surge in the number of registrations per day since last week, but it is clear that we may not exceed 50 percent by the deadline.”

Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria Plc, Jibril Aku said:
“There will be no extension of the October 31 deadline. All efforts have been made by the committee, CBN and Nigeria Interbank Settlement System for bank customers to obtain their BVN.

“The customers, who fail to meet the deadline will not be able to operate their accounts until they comply.”

Nigeria Embassy In China Welcomes Oritsefemi

Nigerian musical act, Oritsefemi the 'Double Wahala' crooner who is currently in China to perform at an event for his loyal fans was welcomed well by officials at the Nigerian embassy in Beijing.

Meanwhile he has been showing off some swag in some new photos he shared. Check below:

Picture Of The Game That Got People Talking

This picture was shared by American rapper The Game on his IG page have people arguing if it is photoshoped or real.

See pic below.

Rio 2016: Don't Blame me If Nigeria Fails to Qualify- Samson Siasia

Chief Coach of Nigeria’s U-23 national team, Samson Siasia says that he should not be blamed if Nigeria fails to qualify for the Rio Olympics next month because his team has been treated like “orphans”.

According to him, the team has not been paid their allowances in the last 9 months and they have not been provided with training kits as well.

“Nigerians should know that we are not well prepared (for the championship) and I should not be held responsible for whatever happens. We are orphans.
We have not been paid our bonuses, while the Super Eagles were paid full bonuses even when they drew in Burkina Faso. We have been without allowances for the past nine months.

How can you survive in this kind of situation, where you have not been paid for three months, no car, no training kits. We have to wash to wear our kits. It’s embarrassing. The NFF keep saying they don’t have money. Nobody from the football federation is concerned about our daily welfare in the camp. At times, we fuel vehicles to carry us to training. The players’ morale is down as most of them have not been receiving salaries from their clubs. How can one expect good output from these set of players? To me, Nigerians are liars. It has gotten to the situation that I won’t just sit down quietly and die, I’m tired of the system. I want Nigerians to know at this juncture that I won’t be responsible for any bad result that may come out of our campaign in the African U-23 Nations Cup. I should not be held responsible for whatever happens at the championship”he lamented

VP Prof Osinbajo Meets With Canadian Delegates At The Presidential Villa Abuja

From the Presidential Villa Abuja Nigeria , Vice president Prof Osinbajo meets with Canadian Delegates to discuss on vital issues , Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday 29th October 2015 met with Canada’s High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Perry J. Calderwood and his team in his office at the presidential villa. see photos from the occasion below.

Happy Birthday To Ice prince Zamani

Singer Ice prince Zamani of Chocolate City Entertainment is celebrating His Birthday Today been 30th of October 2015, Born In Minna Nigeria in the year ,October 30th 1986 he is 29 years of Age Today.

Panshak Zamani, better known by his stage name Ice Prince, is a Nigerian hip hop recording artist and actor. He rose to fame after releasing “Oleku”, one of Nigeria’s most remixed songs of all time. He won the 2009 Hennessy Artistry Club Tour, Happy Birthday Ice Prince.