By Sylvanus OBASI In an efforts to promote professionalism and recognise exceptional service, the Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Adewale Adeniyi, on Friday, hosted the CGC Excellence Awards Night in Abuja. The annual event celebrated Customs officers who excelled in their duties, ranging from revenue generation and trade facilitation to anti-smuggling operations. The ceremony, held in…
By Sylvanus OBASI The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has set up an investigation panel to ascertain the real cause of the accident, the total number of passengers onboard, and the owner of the craft, this is even as the top management team of NIWA led and coordinated the rescue operations as well as making …
By Sylvanus OBASI The Onne Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has received an Award and Certificate of Excellence for being the Best in Anti-Smuggling by saving a lot of lives from destruction through the interception of arms, ammunition and drugs. The award was presented to the command during the just concluded CGC’s Award Night…
By Sylvanus OBASI Following the recent seizure of petroleum products by operatives of Operation Whirlwind in the Adamawa-Taraba region, Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, has authorised the sale of the seized PMS to Yola residents in Adamawa State at a subsidised rate, with proceeds remitted to the Federation Account. Speaking to journalists on Wednesday in…
By Sylvanus OABSI Dr. Taiwo Afolabi, Chairman of SIFAX Group, has donated a fully equipped building to his alma mater, Baptist Grammar School, Idi-Ishin, Ibadan, Oyo State. The building features a mini-conference room, staff toilets, a Home Economics laboratory, as well as an accommodation facility for corps members deployed to the school. The commissioning ceremony,…
*** Deploys Monitoring Team To Ensure Accident-Free Yuletide By Sylvanus OBASI In preparation for increased traffic on Lagos waterways, few weeks into the yuletide season, the National Inland Waterways Authority ( NIWA) Lagos office has flagged off massive clearance of water hyacinth from Lagos water channels in order to ease transportation activities and aid safety of…
By Sylvanus OBASI The Zonal Coordinator, Zone B of the Nigeria Customs Service, Assistant Comptroller General of Customs (ACG) Sambo Kaliel Dangaladima paid official visit to Kebbi Area Command on his continuous tour of Zone B axis on Friday. While addressing Officers and men during parade, he commended the efforts of the Customs Area Controller…
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 Few months into the ongoing operations WHIRLWIND, appreciable results have been recorded, particularly in the areas of illegal smuggling of petroleum motor spirit (PMS). It will be recalled that the exercise, which commenced in May, 2024 involves the collaboration of Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) being coordinated by the Office of the National…
By Sylvanus OBASI The Ogun 1 Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has made vital clarifications over a trending video alleging reckless demolition of a mosque at the Nigeria Customs Secondary School, Idiroko. Customs made the clarifications in a press statement it issued on Monday, a copy of which was made available to PLATFORM…
