Sylvanus Obasi

Customs Boss Unveils 2024 Budget, Promises To Boost Staff Welfare

… Projects Exceeding Revenue Goals The Comptroller-General of the Customs, CGC Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR, presented the Service’s 2024 budget on Monday to the Nigeria Senate Committee on Customs at the National Assembly. The CG, while defending the 2024 budget of 706.43 billion naira, focused attention on consolidating carried-over projects, increasing staff welfare by improving…

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MARASSON Felicitates As NPCC Elects Sunmola New Chairman, Reviews 2023 Maritime Activities

The Nigerian Ports Consultative Council (NPCC) at its Quarterly Meeting at Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos on Thursday 25th January, 2024 unanimously elected Mr. Bolaji SUNMOLA as its Chairman to replace Otunba Kunle Folarin who passed on to glory on November 8, 2022, on a motion by Mr. A.O. Vincent of Maritime Researchers and…

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CGC Deepens Collaboration With NPA To Improve Ports Efficiency In Facilitating Trade

The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adewale Adewale MFR, has further deepened the collaboration between the Nigeria Customs Service and the Nigerian Ports Authority. The CGC visited the MD of NPA, Mohammed Bello-Koko, on Thursday, January 25, 2024, to explore areas of improving port efficiency to facilitate trade.  According to the CGC,…

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SIFAX Boss, Afolabi Lauds Gerar University On Infrastructure, Donates Bus

Dr. Taiwo Afolabi, Chairman, SIFAX Group and the newly-appointed Chancellor of the Gerar University of Medical Sciences, Imope-Ijebu, Ogun State, has commended the university for the quality of infrastructure at the institution’s campus.   Afolabi, who was appointed the first Chancellor of the institution recently, expressed his delight that the university, which will welcome her…

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Nigeria Customs Service Unveils Bold Initiative to Tackle Smuggling of Nuclear Materials 

By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos The Nigeria Customs Service has revealed plans to embark on a Radiological and Nuclear Detection Program aimed at fortifying the nation’s security against the smuggling of nuclear materials.  Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR, announced this strategic initiative during the inauguration of a 4-Day Capacity Building Workshop organized by the…

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APC, PDP Chairmen On Collision Course With Jigawa Govt Over Illegal Deductions As Danshatu Involves EFCC

By: Isa Saidu, Dutse. Ahead of  jigawa Council polls slated for early next year,  the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairmen may be gearing up for a show down with the state government over what has been described as illegal deductions and remittance of 27 local government councils fund…

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