COUNTERFEIT ROLEX WATCHES AND DESIGNER BAGS VALUED AT $125K SEIZED AT TWO UPSTATE NEW YORK PORTS. (PHOTO).

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Counterfeit Rolex watches and designer bags valued at $125K seized at two Upstate New York ports U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized more than $125,000 worth of counterfeit designer goods during inspections at two Upstate New York ports over the past month. The items were discovered in multiple shipments at the Port of Rochester and Port of Buffalo during February and March, and included fake Rolex watches, designer handbags, jewelry, and clothing. The counterfeit Rolex watches featured markings nearly identical to authentic models and would have carried a retail value of around $82,000 if genuine. The combined value of the remaining seized items—jewelry, handbags, and clothing—was roughly $43,000. CBP has the authority to detain, seize, forfeit, and destroy imported merchandise that infringes trademarks or copyrights registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or U.S. Copyright Office and recorded through the agency’s e-Recordation program.

WE ARE UNDER A CURSE – DOGARA LAMENTS INSECURITY, POVERTY IN NORTH. (PHOTO).


 We are under a curse – Dogara laments insecurity, poverty in north


Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has warned that the scale of killings and bloodshed in northern Nigeria has placed the region under a spiritual curse, stressing that the crisis must now be treated as a national emergency.


Dogara, speaking on Tuesday during a panel session at the Nigeria Investment and Industrialisation Summit (NNIIS) 2025 organised by the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) in Abuja, said the situation had gone beyond ordinary socio-political concerns.


“With the kind of bloodletting we are witnessing in the North, if you are a person of faith, you will know that we are operating under a curse because it is human blood,” the former Speaker said.


He lamented that insecurity and poverty in the region had reached catastrophic levels, warning that Nigeria’s overall progress would remain stalled unless urgent steps were taken to address the crisis.


“The development of northern Nigeria is not a regional prerogative. It must be seen as a national emergency. If the vast number of people we have in the North are not developed, Nigeria is going nowhere,” he cautioned.


Dogara urged northern leaders and citizens to abandon a culture of dependence on external solutions and instead take charge of their own destiny.


“We need to depart from doing business as usual and embrace radical, transformative action. Help is not coming from anywhere — we must take our destiny into our own hands,” he declared.

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