By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos. In an effort to strengthen the longstanding partnership between the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and its counterpart in the Republic of Benin, a high-powered delegation led by the Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR, embarked on a crucial mission to meet with the Director-General of the Customs Administration…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos In this final part of our exclusive interview with the Provost of the Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology, Dr Chuks Onuoha, he reveals how increase in foreign exchange rate, increase in customs tariffs as well as other administrative bottlenecks in cargo clearance inflated the cost of the Class A…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos The foremost fisheries and maritime training institution in Nigeria, the Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology (FCFMT), recently took delivery of a Class A Full Mission Bridge Simulator acquired by the management of the school. In this exclusive Interview with PLATFORM REPORTERS, the Provost of the College, Dr Chuks Onuoha…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos. The Port Terminal Multiservices Limited (PTML) Command of Nigeria Customs Service has collected N66,920,181,586.30 as total revenue for first quarter of 2024 which is N22,198,965,809.55 higher than N44,721,215,776.75 collected between January and March 2023 representing 49.6 percent increase. Comptroller Saidu Abba Yusuf, Customs Area Controller (CAC) of the command who described…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos The Customs Area Controller (CAC) of Apapa Customs Command, Comptroller Babajide Jaiyeoba ,has commended the officers of the Non Intrusive Inspection Technology Unit (NIITU) for their invaluable contributions to the overall success of the command . Comptroller Jaiyeoba who was on an unscheduled visit to the scanner site reminded the officers…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos The Nigeria Customs Service, Muritala Mohammed Airport Command has surpassed its 2024 First Quarter Target by generating the sum of Forty-Five Billion, Two Hundred and Thirty-Two Million, Four Hundred and Eighty-Three Thousand, Five Hundred and Twenty-Eight Naira (N45,232,483,528) between January to March 2024. In its Q1 Report of 2024, a copy…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos The Apapa Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has collected N489,614,095,022.15 as total revenue for the first quarter of 2024, which is over a hundred per cent higher than the N212.5b collected same period of 2023 Customs Area Controller (CAC) of the command, Comptroller Babajide Jaiyeoba, commended the officers and port…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos March 28, 2024 is a remarkable day in the life and times of students, staff and stakeholders of the foremost marine school, the Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology (FCFMT) as the college took delivery of a class A Full Mission Bridge Simulator acquired for practical training of the students….
The Management of Platforms Communications has felicitated and congratulated the newly elected executive officers of Women’s International Shipping And Trading Association (WISTA Nigeria) led by the Deputy Director and Head of Revenue of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr Mrs Odunayo Ani. Recall that the association had elected a new set of…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos The Founder of National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) has advised freight forwarders not to fall victims of being father when making cargo declarations to customs. Aniebonam made this call in a press statement he issued recently where he lamented that “It is unfortunately disheartening that most freight forwarders…
