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Ola Olukoyede Tasks NSC Boss on Regulatory Compliance
Ola Olukoyede Tasks NSC Boss on Regulatory Compliance
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has charged the Chairman, National Sports Commission NSC, Shehu Dikko on the need to observe regulatory compliance in the interest of sports development in the country.
He gave the charge in Abuja on Friday, May 29, as Dikko led the top management team of NSC on a courtesy visit to him at EFCC’s corporate headquarters.
“We always want to engage in the spirit of working together. As you would have known, the EFCC has had cause to investigate some of your predecessors and some of the case files are still alive. I think there is the need for us to work together. If there are things that we need to prevent, we have to prevent them before they lead to what will attract investigations,” he said.
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Actualising this, according to Olukoyede, will involve the intervention of EFCC’s department of Fraud Risk Assessment and Control, FRAC, dedicated to fraud prevention in Ministries, Departments and Agencies in the financial undertakings of the NSC.
“We now have a department, called the Fraud Risk Assessment and Control, FRAC, basically set up for prevention purposes. That department will work with you so that we can set up our fraud risk compliance template for your Commission on those things that you have to watch out for in the areas of procurement, contract award and management of funds.”
He regretted that grants, subventions and monetary awards from international sporting organisations were mismanaged by the leaderships of NSC in the time past and cautioned that such financial malpractices should be avoided going forward.
“In the time past, some of the funds we earned from international bodies were mismanaged and we wouldn’t want such to repeat itself anymore. Some of the contracts you have signed and MoUs would also be part of it, particularly for your new agency, the National Anti-doping agency,” he said.
Speaking further, he declared that “We will look at those grey areas that land people into violating the financial laws of the country. Prevention is better than cure. People will want to hear that the EFCC is investigating the NSC. I think we should avoid that going forward, so put it into consideration right from day one, so that we can work out a template for you and probably create a desk that can liaise with you, so that we will be able to look at your structures, your systems, your processes and help you redefine them and see how we can come up with a risk assessment for you to run your processes free of suspicions.”
The EFCC boss, who disclosed that he has been closely following the activities of the Dikko management of NSC, praised him for the positive changes he has introduced and their outcomes.
“I have seen changes. You have been changing the face of sports in Nigeria very drastically. Corporate bodies are now willing to come around to support and sponsor sporting activities in the country. We are monitoring the development.
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“So I welcome this collaboration. There is no doubt that you have taken sports from the realm of just being sports to that of a national asset, something that adds value to our economy. Now we are seeing sports as something all of us can support. We are ready to work with you and create a desk that will liaise with you. I wish you more success,” he said.
In his remarks, Dikko stated that he was on a mission to seek collaboration with relevant agencies in driving his vision of ‘Renewed Hope Initiative for Sports’. “I am here because we want to clean the system for the first time. We pilot an independent integrity board that is working to make sure that everything goes appropriately,” he said.
He regretted that the country for many years was more concerned with simply going to competitions and often getting nothing and coming back home as tourists, stating that “We have to be direct and intentional and create frameworks, decisions, collaborations that can drive responsibility towards the design to get the desired results through sports and for the private sector to come to play the role the government is playing in sports,” he said.
He described sports as a key sector that can drive not just the social economic development, but a tool for economic advancement and unity in the country. Eereporter.com
How Governor Eno Connects Akwa Ibom Communities with Dualized Roads
The infrastructural development plan of the Akwa Ibom State Government includes the linking up of all the 31 LGAs with dualized roads from Uyo, the state capital.
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With the addition of Nsit Atai and Okobo, we now have about 18 LGAs linked with dualized roads from Uyo.
The dualization of Ibesikpo Asutan-Nsit Ibom-Nsit Ubium roads to link up with the Eket-Etinan-Uyo dualized road is ongoing right now and scheduled for completion in 2027.
Also ongoing is the dualization of the Okobo-Udung Uko – Mbo road to the site of the Ibom Deep Seaport.
The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno had expressed the readiness of his administration to dualize the road from Ikot Ekpene to Ikono and Ini LGAs in his 2nd term.
Hopefully, at the end of the tenure of the current administration in 2031, the number of dualized roads linking the 31 LGAs may increase to 24.
With this number, Gov Umo Eno will hold the record of constructing the highest number of dualized roads (8 LGAs) from Uyo to the 31 LGAs in the State.
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This is aside the construction and dualization of other roads in the state capital like the Uyo Village road and Section 4 of Ring Road 3 which is scheduled for commissioning this November.
The combined tenure of Obong Victor Attah, Godswill Akpabio and Udom Emmanuel linked up 16 LGAs with dualized roads from Uyo the state capital.
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Customs Strengthens Inter-Agency Collaboration with Six Agencies to Tackle Money Laundering
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has engaged six federal government agencies to strengthen inter-agency collaboration in tackling cross-border illicit financial flows, money laundering, corruption, drug trafficking, terrorism financing, and other related offences.
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The three-day visit, held from 27 to 29 October 2026, was led by the Assistant Comptroller-General in charge of Headquarters, Muhammad Shuaibu. It focused on deepening strategic cooperation and intelligence sharing among the agencies to combat financial crimes and other illicit activities.
The agencies include the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), and the National Counter-Terrorism Centre under the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA).
Speaking during the engagements, Shuaibu expressed that the initiative was aimed at enhancing inter-agency coordination in addressing threats to Nigeria’s economy and national security. “The sole objective of this mission is to effectively detect and disrupt cross-border illicit financial flows. The measures include field visits to selected border stations to assess practical Customs control measures and engage with relevant agencies.” Shuaibu Said.
In his remarks, the Chief Executive Officer of the NFIU, represented by the Chief Operating Officer, Intelligence Security Service Sector, Muhammed-Mustapha, commended the Nigeria Customs Service for its efforts in combating smuggling and reinforcing border security. He also noted the longstanding relationship between the two institutions. “When NFIU was created, NCS was the first to collaborate with us. No particular agency understands things better than how Customs does globally,” Mustapha said.
Meanwhile, the World Customs Organisation (WCO) Mentoring Team, led by Shahiduzzaman Sarkar, interacted with the agencies on approaches to addressing Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (CFT). The team also called for stronger collaboration with the NCS to ensure the success of the initiative.
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During the engagements, participants identified communication gaps, bureaucracy and database privacy concerns, among others, as impediments to effective inter-agency collaboration. The discussions also explored measures to address these challenges and strengthen institutional synergy.
The engagements also featured the presentation of NCS awards and WCO certificates to the agencies, demonstrating the Service’s commitment to enhance collaboration in tackling threats to Nigeria’s economy and national security.
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Nigeria Customs Move to Neutralise Online Scams, Fake News with AI Data Tracking
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has begun efforts to neutralise rampant fake news and online scams that damage the Service’s image by integrating new-age digital data-tracking intelligence tools.
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The Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Adewale Adeniyi, represented by the National Public Relations Officer of the Service, Deputy Comptroller of Customs Abdullahi Maiwada, disclosed this on Friday, 30 October 2026, at the just concluded Neccipr Roundtable ’26 Edition held in Lagos, with the Theme: Algorithm Influence & Public Relations.
Maiwada explained that as a communicator, it is important to ensure the general public understands and accepts why officers carry out their duties.
“The role of AI cannot be over emphasized especially within our operations. Over the years AI has been deployed in our core operational duties as well as strategic communication. AI has also been deployed to aid risk management, which involves assessment of the risks in imported items so that they can be categorised according to their different levels of risk to enable appropriate customs interventions,” he said.
Maiwada explained that artificial intelligence can also analyse sentiment and understand how people perceive Customs activities. He added that the Service is using every available platform to establish facts while working with other agencies to arrest those behind misleading information.
Earlier, the convener of the Neccipr Roundtable ’26, Nkechi Ali-Balogun, said the program began with a simple conviction: public relations professionals must not only manage messages but also lead national discourse.
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“This year, we confront a question that touches every one of us. When machines decide what we see, who is really shaping the Nigerian mind? Who now controls the flow of information that shapes what Nigerians believe? We live in a rapidly changing world, powered by AI, where a single algorithm can shape political narratives, throw out conspiracy theories, and dictate what millions read, believe, and share,” she said.
The event also included keynote addresses from the President and Chairman of the Governing Council, the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Ike Neliaku, and former Federal Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, among other invited dignitaries, showing professional readiness to sustain the standard of credible information
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