BEARS & BULLS

Vehicle Inspection Officer (VIO), on a hot pursuit of a commercial bus driver was driving against the traffic on a one way lane, close to Berger Cement, along Apapa Expressway and ran head-long into an on-coming lone motorcycle rider, popularly …

Mrs. Mfom Ekong Usoro became a year older, on the 12th June, 2015. A former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), she has just been appointed the Chairman of a 10-member Technical Committee on the …

The state of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Tin can Island Command lavatory is better imagined than seen. Bears is sure that when the command was designed the filth that the toilet now is was not the original look intended …

It is sad to witness another container tumbled from the truck carrying it, lying in a murky, smelly puddle in the most broken down section of the Apapa/ Tincan Island access road. It is sad that it has become a …

Bulls thumbs up the clearing agents at Tin can Island port for the display of maturity that averted the imminent strike action earlier slated to take place at the terminal. The customs scanning machines were said to have stopped working …

It was a demeaning scenario this week when two giants from the freight forwarding industry engaged in a free-for-all fisticuffs to the consternation of people watching. Without knowing what actually led to the fight, Austin Kelly of FERCSARA and Festus …

The Apapa Customs command canteen that used to cause a feeling of nausea to the people has worn a new look. It has been so refurbished that it is attractive even from distance. Bulls thump up the command management for …

Bulls thumbs up the endorsement of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan as United Nations (UN) Global Crisis Envoy by the Secretary General of the UN Banki Moon along with five permanent members of the UN Security Council. Perhaps you might ask …

The security at the Nigeria Custom Service (NCS), FOU zone ‘A’ is tighter than Aso Rock Villa security, with two ‘checkpoints’ where you are subjected to series of question and answer sessions by different customs operatives (God help you if …

Investigations by Bulls reveals that it took uncommon zeal, tenacity and foresight on the part of the Board of Directors of the Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), led by Dr. Mrs. Ngozi Olejeme to turn around the fund which …

A court clerk at the Federal High court Ikoyi turned the courtroom of Justice Abang to his sleeping pad this week, as the youngman nodded off before the third case was called. If he had been a woman you would …

Bulls thumb up the security agents at the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) for the role they played during the handing over ceremony between the outgoing Managing Director and the incoming one. Bulls observed that they did what they had never …

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Kirikiri Lighter Terminal (KLT) Customs Command has disregarded the need to provide a toilet for visitors to the command or how do you explain the array of padlocks used to decorate the doors of all …

Some police officers have taken it as a normal routine to extort money from motorists especially at the Apapa port arena. Bears observed a policeman capitalizing on the Apapa grid lock to generate funds into his pocket at the front …

Bulls welcome the new Managing Director (MD) of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to the exalted seat and also congratulate the first son of the former Emir of Kano. Sir, Bulls wish you happy stay as you move to the …

Bulls observed that for the first time in a long while, the access road to Lagos Port was without the usual haphazard packing and gridlock. The container trucks were neatly packed to occupy one side of the road thus making …

A truck carrying charcoal was forced to empty it contents on the suspicion of concealing contraband rice at an illegal customs check point at Seme- Lagos road. Bears thumbs down this Customs Officer from FOU Zone‘A’, who collected N50,000 from …

Bulls witnessed the timely and informed help of a police man to a young man who was about to be lynched by a mob of angry youths who claimed the young man was a thief because he was in possession …

It is really sad to see how motorcyclist popularly known as Okada risk their lives on the Apapa Mile 2 expressway. Thanks to the gridlock their passengers are not at their mercy holding breaths as they criss-cross around container carrying …

Bulls thumbs up the Nigerian Security Forces for ensuring peaceful conduct in the polity during and after the just concluded national elections. Considering the level of political tension that heated up the nation to fever pitch and the effect on …