By Sylvanus OBASI The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced temporary suspension of the implementation of 4% Free-on-Board (FOB) value on imports as provided in Section 18(1)(a) of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCSA) 2023. In a press statement made available to Platform Reporters on Tuesday, customs hinted that the temporary suspension is as a result of an…
By Sylvanus OBASI Compelled by the exigency of bringing Nigerian Ports up to speed with those of its peers in terms of infrastructure and equipment, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has secured necessary approvals for an upward review in its tariffs which was last reviewed in the year 1993. The 15% upward increase which is…
Comptroller Frank Onyeka, the Customs Area Controller of Tin-Can Island Port Command, has introduced key reforms to address the issue of multiple alerts, streamline operations, and enhance trade facilitation. This was introduced during a critical stakeholders’ meeting held at the command’s conference hall on Tuesday. The engagement brought together government agencies, terminal operators, freight forwarders,…
— Believes Implementation Will Ensure Nigeria’s Admittance To IMO Category ‘C’ Managing Director of the Nigeria Port Authority (NPA), Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho has described the National Single Window as one of the most strategic port development initiatives since the port reform of 2003, saying that its implementation will promote Nigeria’s standing in the Committee of…
After over a decade of failed attempts to implement international trade, Single Window in Nigeria, the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi has identified hydra-headed factors that have undermined every effort on the project and suggested ways to make it work. According to the World Customs Organisation (WCO), a Single Window…
The integration of advanced technologies such as Blockchain, E – Customs platform and the artificial intelligence have all worked to enhance the speed of cargo clearance and have reinforced the Service’s commitment towards meeting global best practices in the pilot phase of B’Odogwu initiative at the PTML Command. This was the submission of the Customs…
SIFAX Group has debunked a viral video claiming that one of its subsidiaries, Ports and Cargo Handling Services Limited, has put up over 3,000 containers for sale. In a press statement made available to PLATFORM REPORTERS on Monday, and signed by the company’s image-maker, Mr Olumuyiwa Akande, the company clarified the container sale rumour by…
Year 2024 may have ended, but the programmes and activities of Platforms Communications last year continue to reverberate the entire maritime sector and beyond. As we begin our business activities for year 2025, it’s only necessary that we take a cursory look at the programs and activities of Platforms Communications and how they impacted the…
… Targets 1% Freight Stabilization Fee For Council’s 2025 Budget The Executive Secretary of Nigerian Shippers’ Council, NSC, Pius Akutah, has stated that the Council under the guardian of the Marine and Blue Economy Ministry, will commence implementation of the International Cargo Tracking Note, ICTN by the second quarter of the year. Akutah also disclosed…
…. Pledges To Repay CGC’s Trust The Customs Area Controller, (CAC) Tincan Island Port Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Comptroller Frank Onyeka has revealed how he plans to meet and surpass the revenue target set for it by the Service. This, he said will be made possible through trade facilitation, noting that the…
