By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos global shipping giant, AP Moller Group and an indigenous operator, Kachicares Bonded terminal are facing huge reputation damage as the Nigeria Customs Service, Apapa Port Command busted an attempt at smuggling illicit drugs worth a total of N1,183,915,500 (one billion, one hundred and eighty three million, nine hundred and fifteen thousand,…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos SIFAX Group has highlighted the strategic role that customers and employees play in the growth and survival of its various businesses, describing both stakeholders as the blood that businesses need to grow. PLATFORM REPORTERS gathered that this was disclosed as the company celebrated the 2024 annual Customer Service Week with the theme…
It’s yet another successful 11th edition of Maritime Career Mentorship Programme (M-CAMP) held last Friday by Platforms Communications at the Nigerian Shippers Council for students of Shipping Management, Marine Engineering, Nautical Sciences, Maritime Security and Safety Management, Cadets as well as young Seafarers. PLATFORM REPORTERS learnt the event was a huge success, thanks to the…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos The Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR, held a high-level meeting with the Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Wamkele Mene, on the margins of the Biashara Afrika 2024 forum, hosted in Kigali, Rwanda, from 9th to 11th October 2024. PLATFORM REPORTERS gathered that The…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos Former National Headquarters Commissioner for Seascouts in the Scout Association of Nigeria, Raji Bomodeoku has tasked seascout leaders to brace up for the future and create innovative youth program experience for young people in the section that addresses modern challenges. Raji gave this charge while delivering a session on ship management…
The Acting Assistant Director, National Cyber-crime Centre of the Nigerian Police Force, SP Abubakar Smart has urged journalists to be disciplined and mindful of their choice of words online. Smart gave this advice while speaking at a cybercrime workshop organised for journalists by the Maritime Reporters Association of Nigeria (MARAN) on Thursday in Lagos. According…
The Nigerian Ports Consultative Council (NPCC) and the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) have agreed to strengthen relationship to address logistics challenges in the port. The agreement was reached when the NPCC visited the Managing Director of NRC, Engr Fidet Okhiria on Tuesday in Lagos. Mr Bolaji Sunmola, Chairman NPCC, said the visit was an opportunity…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos The Maritime Reporters Association of Nigeria (MARAN) has announced that its second Annual Maritime Lecture (MAMAL), scheduled to take place on November 21, 2024, in Lagos would focus on a topic, themed “AfCFTA: Dismantling Trade Barriers and Navigating Regional Trade”. PLATFORM REPORTERS gathered that the Lecture would address the critical role…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos The Apapa Port Command of Nigeria Customs Service has collected N1,610,906,781,421.82k as at the end of the third quarter of 2024, which is higher than N1,172,414,793,960.32k that was collected as total revenue of the year 2023 Customs Area Controller for the Command, Comptroller Babatunde Olomu, fsi who described the feat…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), in collaboration with the World Customs Organisation (WCO), the World Bank Group (WBG), and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), is holding a five-day workshop on Post Clearance Audit (PCA) in Abuja to enhance trade facilitation in Nigeria. The workshop runs from 7 October to 11 October,…
