By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos The Western Marine Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has revealed that it intercepted One Hundred and Seventy Seven (177) Sacks and Sixty One (61) Kegs of 25 Litres Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) containing Twelve Thousand Five Hundred (12,500) Liters with a total Duty Paid Value (DPV) of Eight Million Seven…
….Commiserate With Family By Sylvanus OBASI, Katsina The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, MFR, has vowed to arrest and prosecute the killers of the late Customs Assistant II, Auwal Haruna in Katsina State. The CGC while on condolence visit to the family of the deceased in Kayawa a community…
By precisely May 24, 2024, it will be exactly 10 years that Platforms Communications was birthed through its flagship programme, MARITIME PLATFORM, a 30 minutes audience-participatory Radio Program that broadcasts maritime news and discusses topical maritime issues on a weekly basis. Since then, Platforms Communications has been on a steady growth pedestal, diversifying into online…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos It was indeed a moment for encomiums and good wishes on Monday at the ultra modern Conference Hall of the Nigeria Customs Service, Apapa Command where the outgoing Comptroller Babajide Jaiyeoba handed over the mantle of leadership of the command to the incoming Dr. Babatunde Olomu as new Customs Area Controller…
Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adeniyi, on Monday 29 April 2024, in Abuja, collaborates with the Abdulsamad Rabiu Initiative Africa (ASR Africa) to actualise humanitarian intervention projects in Africa. During a meeting with the ASR Africa team at the Nigeria Customs Service Headquarters, CGC Adeniyi commended the organisation for…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has, in conjunction with the Nigerian Energy Support Programme (NESP), launched an auspicious scheme aimed at enhancing trade facilitation and creating a more transparent business environment for the Service’s stakeholders in trade space, named Advance Ruling. PLATFORM REPORTERS gathered that Comptroller-General of Customs Bashir Adewale Adeniyi hinted this while launching…
The Secretary-General, Merchant Seafarers Association of Nigeria (MESAN), Capt Alfred Oniye has yet again reminded the Nigerian Merchant Navy Officers and Water Transporters Senior Staff Association (NMNOWTSSA) to be wary of the legal implications of making unsubstantiated claims that mislead the public as well as labeling people with dissenting views as ‘mere attention seekers and…
The Merchant Seafarers Association of Nigeria (MESAN) has yet again countered a claim made by a sister association, the Nigeria Merchant Navy Officers and Water Transport Senior Staff Association (NMNOWTSSA), that it has secured about 20 Collective Bargaining Agreements with Shipping companies and manning agents as well as increased membership from three to about ten…
The Customs Area Controller of Kebbi Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, Compt Ernest Iheanacho today handed over a total of 6,240 pieces of cap sensitive dynamite explosives to the Department of State Security Service (DSS). PLATFORM REPORTERS gathered that on Wednesday, the 6th day of July 2022 at about 071Shrs, a team of Joint…
By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos The Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, on Wednesday paid a courtesy visit to the Voice of Nigeria (VON) Corporate Headquarters. PLATFORM REPORTERS gathered that the CGC, who was warmly welcomed by the Director General of Voice of Nigeria, Malam Jibrin Baba Ndache, acknowledged his achievements, stating, “The comments about…
