Tag: Cocaine, malaysia, meph, sacks
Malaysia seizes $161m cocaine, meph in sacks
Malaysian authorities on Friday said they had seized nearly 3.7 tonnes of ketamine and cocaine worth about USD 161 million in the country’s biggest drugs haul to date....
Maersk family sacks Danske Bank Chairman over money laundering scandal
Danske Bank’s largest shareholder, the Maersk family, has ousted the lender’s chairman after a money laundering scandal that has also forced out its chief executive....
Erratic president of Philippines sacks all top customs officials
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, who is well known for his erratic behavior and uncouth utterances, on Thursday fired the head of the Bureau of Customs and ordered...
Kenya Airways sacks 22 Nigerian staff
Aviation unions have threatened a showdown with the East African carrier, Kenya Airways over the disengagement of 22 out of its 26 Nigerian workers. It was learnt that...
Buhari sacks Amnesty Programme Coordinator, Paul Boroh
By Patience Danjuma President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Charles Quaker Dokubo, a professor, as the new Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty...
Customs arrests Chinese with sacks of tusks worth N493.5m
The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘A’ of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted sacks of elephant tusk and pangolin shell worth N493.5...
Ambode rejigs cabinet, sacks three commissioners
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday carried out a major cabinet reshuffle, dropping three commissioners and appointing five new ones. In a statement...
South Korea’s shipbuilding industry sacks 35,400 in six months
By Jite Eriabie The South Korean shipbuilding sector and related businesses have slashed workforces by about one-fifth in the first half compared to the end of last...
U.S. Navy sacks warship Commander over ‘preventable’ collision
By Jite Eriabie The collision of the USS John S.McCain guided missile destroyer with a merchant ship near Singapore in August that killed 10 sailors was preventable,...
Customs sacks 61, retires 16 others for certificate forgery
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has dismissed no fewer than 61 officers for offences ranging from certificate forgery, improper examination and fraudulent release of...
British Airways sacks hostess who made racist comments about Nigerian
British airways has sacked an air hostess who made ‘racist’ remarks against some of its Nigerian passengers. According Daily Mail, the lady identified as Joanne...
U.S. Navy sacks Seventh Fleet Commander
The U.S. Navy has relieved the commander of the Seventh Fleet, Vice Admiral Joseph Aucoin, due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command. The removal of the...
