As part of its oversight function of monitoring the performances of concessioned firms, the Senate Committee on Privatisation, led by Senator Sunday Marshall Katung, has expressed the committee’s readiness to facilitate a faster renewal of Ports and Cargo’s concession agreement. This assurance was given during the visit of the committee to Ports & Cargo terminal…
By Sylvanus OBASI Maritime experts and speakers at the just concluded second edition of the Maritime Reporters’ Association of Nigeria (MARAN) Annual Maritime Lecture (MAMAL) have highlighted factors critical to maximizing the benefits of African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) in Nigeria. The experts took turns to bear their minds during paper presentation and panel…
By Sylvanus OBASI The Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society (NMGS) has called for stronger collaboration with the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to address the rising threat of illegal smuggling of natural resources, which is causing significant revenue loss and depletion of critical raw materials. During a visit to the NCS Headquarters in Abuja on Thursday,…
By Sylvanus OBASI The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola has reaffirmed the commitment of the Federal Government to the African Continental Free Trade in order to ensure economic development in Nigeria and create new export opportunities for the Marine sector under the Guided Trade initiative. The Minister who was represented by the…
By Sylvanus OBASI The Maritime Reporters’ Association of Nigeria (MARAN) is pleased to remind maritime stakeholders, industry professionals, and the general public that the much-anticipated MARAN Annual Maritime Lecture is set to hold on Thursday, November 21, 2024, at the prestigious Providence Hotel, Ikeja GRA, Lagos. The event, themed “AfCFTA: Dismantling Trade Barriers, Navigating Regional…
By Sylvanus OBASI The Nigeria Customs Service, Onne Command says it has made yet another significant seizure of twenty 40-feet and one 20-feet containers laden with illicit drugs, which pose a severe threat to public health and safety, as well as another one 20-feet container laden with donkey skin. The Customs Area Controller, Area 2…
By Sylvanus OBASI The Customs Area Controller of Tincan Island Customs Command Apapa-Lagos, Compt Dera Nnadi has applauded stakeholders for supporting and abiding by the Command’s campaign of voluntary compliance to import regulations, guidelines and extant laws which according to him led to a historic over one trillion Naira revenue generation by the command. PLATFORM…
By Sylvanus OBASI The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has facilitated Nigeria’s first shipment to Kenya, with Lucky Fibres, a subsidiary of the Tolaram Group, becoming one of the first companies to ship goods to Kenya under the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA). During a visit to the Apapa Area Command on Wednesday, 30…
By Sylvanus OBASI The Oyo/Osun Command of the Nigeria Customs Service said it generated almost 24 billion Naira revenue between August to October 2024; even as the command revealed it also seized goods worth over 755 million Naira within the same period. PLATFORM REPORTERS gathered that the Customs Area Controller of the command, Compt Dr…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has launched B’Odogwu, a new Unified Customs Management System, starting with a pilot phase in Lagos at Port & Terminal Multi-Services Limited (PTML). While addressing newsmen at PTML Command on Wednesday, the Comptroller General of Customs (CGC), Adewale Adeniyi, stated that the innovative platform represents a…
