August 16, 2025
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Customs Reinvigorates Enforcement Strategy With Advanced Technologies, Geospatial Tools As It Dissolves JBPT

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By Sylvanus OBASI As part of efforts to strengthen border management, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has reinvigorated its 2025 Enforcement Strategy. This strategy is aimed at removing bottlenecks associated with trade, strengthening border security, combating smuggling, and facilitating legitimate trade.  Consequently, the Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, MFR, has approved the reduction…

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AFCFTA: Nigeria Risks Becoming Dumping Ground – Segun Musa

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By Sylvanus OBASI The Vice President, Air and Logistics of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Segun Musa, has raised concerns about Nigeria’s preparedness for effective participation in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).  In a recent interview, Musa highlighted the country’s infrastructural deficiencies and lack of production capacity, warning that…

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Customs Loses Appeal To Seize Rice From Open Markets, Highways

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..As Court Awards Over N200m Compensation To Businessman. By Sylvanus OBASI The Court of Appeal in Kaduna has ruled that the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) cannot confiscate foreign rice from buyers in open markets or on highways, restricting its enforcement authority to land borders. Delivering the judgment on Wednesday, Justice Ntong Ntong, speaking for the…

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Merry Christmas For Personnel As Nigeria Customs Promotes 1,419 Junior Officers

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It is indeed a merry Christmas for its personnel as the Management of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has approved the promotion of 1,419 junior officers across various ranks. This significant decision was ratified during the 10th Management meeting, chaired by the Comptroller General of Customs (CGC), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR, on November 29, 2024. …

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Oyo/Osun Customs Command Recounts 2024 Success Stories, Commends CGC For Support

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The Customs Area Controller, Oyo/Osun Customs Command, Compt Ben Oramalugo has recounted the achievements of the command in the year 2024, thanking the Comptroller-General, Bashir Adewale for supporting and providing enabling environment for the command to succeed. The CAC disclosed this during the End-Of -The-Year press briefing held at the command on Friday. According to…

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CGC Adeniyi, Hon. Abejide Charge Customs Officers To Uphold Professionalism

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… As NCCSC Graduates 100 Officers from Senior, Junior Courses The Nigeria Customs Command and Staff College (NCCSC), Gwagwalada, on Monday held a graduation ceremony for 100 officers who completed Senior Course 11 and Junior Course 20. The event was attended by the Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Adewale Adeniyi, and the Chairman of the House…

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Hybrid Editor, Hyacinth Wins Second Prize At 2024 Nestlé Nigeria Media Awards

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Hyacinth Nwafor, the editor of Hybrid News, has been recognized for his outstanding contribution to journalism by clinching the second prize in the category of Best Story on Youth Empowerment at the prestigious 2024 Nestlé Nigeria Media Awards.   The award, presented during a grand ceremony, celebrates journalists and media professionals who have demonstrated exceptional storytelling…

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TICT Trains 250 Staff on Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt

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By Sylvanus Obasi To sustain operational excellence and boost the human capital development of its workforce, Tincan Island Container Terminal, Apapa has trained 250 team members on Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt continuous improvement methodology. Lean Six Sigma certification, a globally recognized standard, is a powerful approach to process and quality improvement across industries. It…

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NQC, BSI Builds Stakeholders’ Capacity Development Towards Implementing National Quality Policy

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By Sylvanus OBASI The National Quality Council (NQC) in collaboration with the British Standards Institute (BSI) recently organized a Train the Trainers workshop for Stakeholders in Nigeria aimed at administration and completion of a matrix to gather critical data for the effective implementation of the Nigeria National Quality Policy (NNQP). In his opening remarks, Chairman/Chief Executive…

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