Sylvanus Obasi

Customs Boss Honours Outstanding Officers At 2024 CGC Awards Night

By Sylvanus OBASI In an efforts to promote professionalism and recognise exceptional service, the Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Adewale Adeniyi, on Friday, hosted the CGC Excellence Awards Night in Abuja. The annual event celebrated Customs officers who excelled in their duties, ranging from revenue generation and trade facilitation to anti-smuggling operations. The ceremony, held in…

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Onne Customs Command Receives CGC’s Excellent Award For Anti-Smuggling Activities

By Sylvanus OBASI The Onne Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has received an Award and Certificate of Excellence for being the Best in Anti-Smuggling by saving a lot of lives from destruction through the interception of arms, ammunition and drugs.  The award was presented to the command during the just concluded CGC’s Award Night…

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Shipper Council Orders TICT To Stop Delivery Charges On Export Cargoes

By Sylvanus OBASI The Nigerian Shippers Council, NSC has urged the Tin-can Island Container Terminal, TICT Limited to stop delivery charges on all export cargoes. The council urged TICT to ensure that tariff nomenclature (delivery charges) on their export transition invoices be permanently expunged. This follows a complaint received from Harlink Investment Limited against TICT….

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Africa’s Maritime Sector Requires Innovative Financing – NIMASA DG

By Sylvanus OBASI The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA), Dr. Dayo Mobereola, has declared that innovative financing models will serve as a catalyst for achieving sustainable development in the African Maritime industry.  Mobereola, who stated this while speaking at the 7th Association of African Maritime Administrations (AAMA) conference in…

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Farinto Identifies Concealment Of Information, Over Reliance On Road, Others As Barriers To AfCFTA

By Sylvanus OBASI Former Acting National President of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents, ANLCA, Dr. Kayode Farinto has identified concealment of information as one of the stumbling blocks to the successful implementation of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA in Nigeria. Farinto who stated this in a paper titled, “AfCFTA: Dismantling Trade…

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CGC Orders Subsidised Sale Of Smuggled PMS To Yola Residents

By Sylvanus OBASI Following the recent seizure of petroleum products by operatives of Operation Whirlwind in the Adamawa-Taraba region, Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, has authorised the sale of the seized PMS to Yola residents in Adamawa State at a subsidised rate, with proceeds remitted to the Federation Account. Speaking to journalists on Wednesday in…

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