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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Zone B Customs Coordinator Forges Synergy With Stakeholders, Traditional Rulers

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…

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CGC Adeniyi Hosts NAGAFF, Commits To Enhancing Collaborative Opportunities

By Sylvanus OBASI The Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Adewale Adeniyi, received a delegation from the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) on Tuesday at the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Headquarters in Abuja, led by the association’s National President, High Chief Tochukwu Ezisi. In his address, CGC Adeniyi expressed enthusiasm about the visit and…

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Oyetola, Adeniyi, Awolowo, Others To Grace 2nd MARAN Annual Maritime Lecture

By Sylvanus OBASI The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, His Excellency Adegboyega Oyetola, alongside the Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, and Dr. Segun Awolowo, the Secretary of AfCFTA Nigeria, will be among the distinguished guests gracing the Maritime Reporters’ Association of Nigeria (MARAN) Annual Maritime Lecture known as MAMAL 2024.  The event is set…

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Customs To Investigate Viral Video Where Clearing Agents Taunt, Name-Shame Officer

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…

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NIMASA Insists On Mandatory Registration Of Dockworkers, Demand Strict Compliance From IOCs, Stevedoring Companies

Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos The management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has advised International Oil Companies, terminal and jetty operators, and all other companies involved in stevedoring in the country to refrain from engaging unregistered dockworkers. PLATFORM REPORTERS gathered that NIMASA has encouraged all stakeholders, including dock labor employers and stevedoring companies…

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Tantita Advocates Carbon Streaming To Generate Income For Oil-Producing Communities

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…

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APMT, Kachicares Suffer Image Dent As Customs Intercepts N1.1bn Illicit Drugs In Their Terminals

By Sylvanus OBASI, Lagos global shipping giant, AP Moller Group and an indigenous operator, Kachicares Bonded terminal are facing huge reputation damage as the Nigeria Customs Service, Apapa Port Command busted an attempt at smuggling  illicit drugs worth a total of N1,183,915,500 (one billion, one hundred and eighty three million, nine hundred and fifteen thousand,…

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Platforms Communications Holds Yet Another Successful M-CAMP For Cadets, Young Seafarers

It’s yet another successful 11th edition of Maritime Career Mentorship Programme (M-CAMP) held last Friday by Platforms Communications at the Nigerian Shippers Council for students of Shipping Management, Marine Engineering, Nautical Sciences, Maritime Security and Safety Management, Cadets as well as young Seafarers.  PLATFORM REPORTERS learnt the event was a huge success, thanks to the…

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