MORE THAN 100,000 CHILDREN HAVE BEEN DISPLACED BY THE LATEST ESCALATION IN EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, UNICEF SAID ON SUNDAY, WARNING THE NUMBERS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE AS VIOLENCE SPREADS.(PHOTO).

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 More than 100,000 children have been displaced by the latest escalation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, UNICEF said on Sunday, warning the numbers are expected to rise as violence spreads. Since Dec. 1, intense fighting has uprooted more than 500,000 people, with children accounting for over 100,000 of those displaced in South Kivu alone, the UN agency said in a statement released Sunday. It said since Dec. 2, hundreds have been killed in the fighting, and children have been among the victims, with four students killed, six injured, and at least seven schools attacked or damaged. The rapid escalation has forced hundreds of thousands of children and families to flee within Congo and into neighboring Burundi and Rwanda, it added. Many people fleeing the violence have crossed into Burundi, with over 50,000 new arrivals reported between Dec. 6 and 11, nearly half of them children, UNICEF said, adding that the numbers are expected to rise as more displaced are identified. “Chi...

KWARA CUSTOMS GENERATES N6.2B IN THE THREE MONTHS.(PHOTOS).


Nigeria Customs Service ,(NCS) Kwara Area Command says it has generated the total sum of Six Billion, Two Hundred and Forty Six Million Four Hundred and Eighty-Five Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty -Seven Naira Ninety -Seven kobo(N6,246,485,827.97) between April and June this year.

The State Controller of the service ,Comptroller Kehinde Ilesanmi stated this while speaking with Newsmen on the achievement of the command in Ilorin.
He said the total of N9.8 Billion naira was remitted to federation account between January and June this year when he took over the mantle of leadership.

Comptroller Ilesanmi noted that the said amount is above what was collected from (January-June 2022) with the sum of N5.7B.

According to him ,the command has also recorded fifty six seizures of different items with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N48.88Million naira between April and June this year at border areas of Okuta, Chikanda and Bukoro in the Northern part of the state
Comptroller Ilesanmi said the items seized include 9 units of used vehicles of different types, 813 bags of foreign parboiled rice(50kg each), 24,950 litres of Petroleum product in 998 jerrycans and 14 kegs of vegetable oil of 25 litres among others.

He noted that the command will not compromise in its mandate of enforcing legitimate commercial activities and facilitating trade among local industries.
The Controller warned economic saboteurs to turn a new leaf or face the full wrath of the law.

He commended the support of traditional institutions and other stakeholders which enabled the command achieve success in the fight against smuggling.
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