Africa’s Maritime Sector Requires Innovative Financing – NIMASA DG

By Sylvanus OBASI The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA), Dr. Dayo Mobereola, has declared that innovative financing models will serve as a catalyst for achieving sustainable development in the African Maritime industry.  Mobereola, who stated this while speaking at the 7th Association of African Maritime Administrations (AAMA) conference in…

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Nigeria Customs Exceeds 5 Trillion Naira Revenue Target For 2024

…As CGC Adeniyi Pledges Stronger Partnerships To Enhance Trade Facilitation By Sylvanus OBASI The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has achieved its 2024 revenue target, collecting N5.07 trillion with over a month left in the fiscal year. This milestone reflects the Service’s ongoing dedication to trade facilitation and economic growth. Speaking at the 2024 Comptroller-General of…

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Nnadi Commends Stakeholders For Voluntary Compliance As Tin-can Customs Declares N1.04T Revenue

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…

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Apapa Customs Rakes N1.87t In 10 Months, Impounds Containers Of Expired Pharmaceuticals

By Sylvanus OBASI The Apapa Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has reported an impressive revenue collection figures by generating N1.87 trillion from January to October 2024; even as the command has impounded and handed over six containers of expired and unapproved pharmaceuticals to the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration And Control…

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Oyo/Osun Customs Command Rakes N23.9b Revenue In 3 Months, Seizes Goods Worth N755m

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…

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Nigeria Customs Launches B’Odogwu, Unified Management System To Boost Trade Efficiency

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…

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PTML Customs Command Generates N239B, Uncovers Concealed Weapons, Ammunition In Imported Vehicle

By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos The Port Terminal Multiservices Limited (PTML) Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has Collected a total of N239,233,530,265.48(Two hundred and thirty nine billion, two hundred and thirty three million, five hundred and thirty thousand, two hundred and sixty five naira, forty-eighty kobo) as revenue for the months of January to September…

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Q3: Apapa Command Collects N1.6tr As Compt Olomu Steps Up Trade Facilitation Activities

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…

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Onne Customs Records Significant Seizures Worth #11.2b, Generates Over #300b In 6 Months

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…

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