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BY CHIKA OKEKE, Abuja Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Engr. Muttaqha Rabe Darma, 3 rd R; Managing Director/Chief Executive of Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, FMBN, Mr. Shehu Usman Osidi, 2 nd L; flanked by others while presenting keys to beneficiaries of the Brains and Hammers Bungalow City in Abuja.  The Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, FMBN, has set an ambitious target to deliver innovative mortgage solutions for decent and more accessible housing, while strengthening partnerships that drive sustainable housing development across the country. Managing Director/Chief Executive of FMBN, Mr. Shehu Usman Osidi stated this in Abuja shortly after the presentation of keys to the beneficiaries of Brains and Hammers Bungalow City, a housing project funded by the Bank. The project, financed under the Megacity Housing Project, reflected the Bank’s commitment to expanding access to affordable housing and supporting Nigerians on the path to homeownership. Osidi sai...

BY CHIKA OKEKE L-R: Deputy Comptroller-General of Customs, Sulaiman Chiroma presenting an award to Chief Superintendent of Customs, Nuruddeen Sa’idu, who is the Second-Best Graduating Student of Nigeria Customs Command and Staff College, NCCSC, Gwagwalada, Abuja. Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has tightened border security operations by intercepting multiple contraband items and exposing the deceptive concealment tactics used by smugglers to evade detection. The seizures recorded include 9,482 parcels of cannabis sativa, 16,525 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), 475 litres of diesel, 7,642 pairs of footwear, 63 sacks of foreign sugar, and 73 bales of second-hand clothing. Other items were 113 bags of foreign parboiled rice concealed beneath bags of cement and 2,427 pieces of smuggled pneumatic tyres. Acting Customs Area Controller, Ogun I Area Command, Deputy Comptroller of Customs, DC, Oladapo Afeni said during the monthly press briefing that the total Duty Paid Value, D...