By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos The Apapa Port Command of Nigeria Customs Service has collected N1,610,906,781,421.82k as at the end of the third quarter of 2024, which is higher than N1,172,414,793,960.32k that was collected as total revenue of the year 2023 Customs Area Controller for the Command, Comptroller Babatunde Olomu, fsi who described the feat…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos The Customs Area Controller of Tincan Island Port, Compt DA Nnadi mni on Monday addressed customs stakeholders at the Command, warning that cutting of corners would not be negotiated as those involved would have themselves to blame. Nnadi stated this while addressing stakeholders on new modalities of what is expected of…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos The Nigeria Customs Service, Area 2 Command, Onne Port Harcourt has yet again recorded another significant seizure of contraband items estimated at Eleven billion, Two million naira (₦11,200,000,000.); even as the Command in the first half of the year generated a total of Three Hundred and Twelve Billion, Ninety-Four Million, Three…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos The Tincan Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has recorded a revenue collection of Five Hundred and Seventy Five Billion, Five Hundred and Five Million, Six Hundred and Twelve Thousand, Eight Hundred and Four Naira and Fifty Nine Kobo only(=N= 575,505,612,804.59) between January and June 2024. PLATFORM REPORTERS learnt that…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has received a commendation from the World Customs Organisation (WCO) Regional Office for Capacity Building (ROCB) East and Southern Africa for its exceptional performance under the leadership of Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi. PLATFORM REPORTER gathered that in a letter of commendation penned by WCO…
The Customs Area Controller, Apapa Area 1 Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, Compt Babatunde Olomu, Ph.D has announced a revenue collection of over N1.023 trillion for the first half of 2024. PLATFORM REPORTERS gathered that this marks a 143% increase from the N421 billion collected during the same period in 2023. The announcement was…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos The Port Terminal Multi-services Limited Command of Nigeria Customs Service has collected a total of N152,648,517,532.05 between January and June 2024 which represents 49.7% increase above the N101,981,098,502.07 collected same period of 2023. Customs Area Controller of the command, Comptroller Tenny Daniyan disclosed that the 2024 half year collection is N50,667,419,029.98…
Introduction: The potential of Nigeria’s non-oil export sector to drive growth, economic diversification and job creation is well documented. Classified by the Central Bank to include agricultural produce, mineral resources, semi-manufactured goods, manufactured products and non-traditional exports, non-oil export trade is generating sustained interest from many Nigerians; especially in the light of extant macroeconomic realities….
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos The Oyo/Osun Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced a revenue of Thirty Billion, Six Hundred and Sixty-Four Million, Two Hundred and Forty-Seven Thousand, Nine Hundred and Thirty-Nine Naira; Fifteen Kobo (₦30,664,247,939.15k generated for the period of January to May 2024. The Customs Area Controller of the Command …
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos Despite Nigeria’s numerous economic challenges and and woes in 2024 which was occasioned by unstable exchange rate, the Lilypond Export Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has reported outstanding performance in the first quarter of 2024 through concerted efforts and strategic measures, the Command said it has facilitated the export of…
