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 Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA will share details of her findings from the helicopter crash into the Atlantic Ocean near Bonny Finima, with the International Maritime Organization, IMO. This was just as the Flight Data Recorder FDR and Cockpit Voice Recorder CVR otherwise called the black box was recovered…
By Sylvanus OBASI The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS said it is aware and currently investigating two separate videos circulating on social media involving one of its officers and clearing agents at Car Park C Terminal under the Tincan Island Port Area Command. The first video captures an incident in which the officer was subjected to…
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…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos Executive Director, Technical and operations of Tantita Security Services Limited, Captain Warredi Enisuoh is advocating for the establishment and utilisation of carbon streaming to generate income for the Niger-Delta communities; even as he has reiterated the commitment of the company to combating crude oil theft , increasing oil production in the…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos The Director General of NIMASA, Dr Dayo Mobereola has set up an incident command center in the office of the Agency’s Executive Director Operations, to prepare an effective situation-based response plan against oil spillage or other incidents affecting the marine environment and safety of navigation. This decision was taken following a…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos In a bid to conquer the war against the smuggling of petroleum products in Nigeria, the Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC) Adewale Adeniyi has reassured his commitment to reinvigorate the existing collaboration between the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited to effectively combat the smuggling of…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos Barely two weeks after Nigeria Customs Service launched “Operation Whirlwind” – a decisive onslaught against illegal trade of petroleum products across Nigeria’s borders, the Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC) Adewale Adeniyi, says the Service has started recording massive turnout in curtailing the menace of PMS smuggling across the federation. Addressing newsmen on…
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA says it is closely monitoring the Crude oil spill incident which took place during loading operations in Egina on 15th November 2023 at about 6:30am. NIMASA is working closely with the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency NOSDRA, and Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, NUPRC from the…
