DEEP BLUE PROJECT: HOUSE COMMITTEE PROFFERS OTHER WINDOWS OF FUNDING, COMMENDS NIMASA …We are committed to sustainability- MOBEREOLA
Honorable Uduak Odudoh, the Acting Chairman of the House Committee on Maritime Safety, Education and Administration, Honourable Uduak Odudoh thas called for alternate sources of funding for the Federal Government Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure Project, also known as the Deep Blue Project, which is domiciled under the Federal Ministry of Marine and […]
JAPA: SIFAX Boss Advocates Review of Doctors’ Salary
Dr. Taiwo Afolabi, Chairman, SIFAX Group, has called on the government to improve the remuneration of health workers in the country in order to stem the tide of migration of doctors and other health workers out of Nigeria.While speaking at his investiture as the Chancellor of Gerar University of Medical Sciences, Imope-Ijebu, Ogun state, Afolabi […]
SHIPPERS’ COUNCIL PLACES NON-OIL EXPORT BUSINESS ON FRONT BURNER IN LINE WITH RENEWED HOPE AGENDA
The management of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council has reiterated unalloyed commitment in diversifying the economy through non-oil export business in accordance with the Federal Government Renewed Hope Agenda. Executive Secretary/ CEO, NSC, Barr. Pius Akutah, MON, declared this when he led the agency’s management team on a two- day working visit to Port Harcourt and […]
CURBING SMUGGLING OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS ACROSS BORDERS: CGC, ADENIYI INAUGURATES SPECIAL SQUAD CODE-NAMED OPERATION WHIRLWIND
The Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC) Adewale Adeniyi, recently in Abuja, inaugurated a workshop for a newly formed tactical team, Operation Whirlwind, aimed at combating the smuggling of Petroleum Products to the neighbouring countries. In his opening remarks, CGC Adeniyi emphasised the crucial role the team would play in protecting the nation’s economy from the adverse […]
MARINE AND BLUE ECONOMY INTEGRITY GROUP APPLAUDS NASS’ QUEST TO AMEND NIGERIAN SHIPPERS’ COUNCIL ACT
Worried by the myriads of atrocities being perpetrated by a good number of stakeholders in the maritime industry, which have resulted to the loss of billions of Naira every year, the National Assembly has decided to empower the national maritime economic regulator with a new Act to checkmate these irregularities. Having commenced the process of […]
CUSTOMS CG SEEKS COLLABORATION WITH FAAC ON ENHANCING REVENUE GENERATION, TRADE FACILITATION
The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi, is set to collaborate with the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) Post-Mortem Sub-Committee to develop strategies aimed at boosting revenue generation and enhancing trade facilitation. This joint effort seeks to identify innovative solutions to optimise revenue collection and streamline trade processes, ultimately promoting economic growth […]
WAR AGAINST SMUGGLERS: KADUNA CUSTOMS SEIZES DRIED DONKEY BONES, OTHERS WORTH N3 BILLION
The Controller of the Federal Operations Unit, Zone B, Nigeria Customs Service, Kaduna, Comptroller Ahmadu Bello Shuaibu, has announced seizures of contraband, including donkey meat with duty paid value of over N3billion.Comptroller Shuaibu who disclosed this during a press briefing in Kaduna, added that four suspects were arrested in connection with the seizures. Among the […]
FG DELEGATION VISITS BENIN REPUBLIC TO FAST-TRACK REOPENING OF TSAMIYA BORDER IN KEBBI …As CGC Adeniyi strengthens ties with Benin Customs to enhance trade facilitation
In a bid to enhance regional integration and boost economic activities, a high-level delegation from the Federal Government of Nigeria engaged in an inter-ministerial meeting with counterparts from the Benin Republic to discuss the reopening of the Segbana-Tsamiya border post in Kebbi State. The meeting, held on May 21, 2024, aimed to fast-track the operationalisation […]
PRESIDENT, CUSTOMS OFFICERS’ WIVES ASSOCIATION DISTRIBUTES BP MONITORS TO FAMILIES
The National President of the Customs Officers’ Wives Association (COWA), Mrs. Kikelomo Adeniyi, has distributed over 200 upper arm blood pressure monitors to officers of the Nigeria Customs Service and COWA members. Speaking at the Nigeria Customs Service Headquarters in Abuja at the weekend during the commemoration of World Hypertension Day 2024, Mrs Adeniyi said, […]
POSITIVE APPLICATION OF PR RUDIMENTS: AFRICAN PUBLIC RELATIONS ASSOCIATION HONOURS CGC ADENIYI
The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi, has received a certificate of excellence for his first 100 days of impactful public relations at the just concluded 2024 SABRE African Public Relations Association (APRA) Award and annual conference held at Côte d’Ivoire. According to Chief Superintendent of Customs Abdullahi Maiwada, the spokesman of […]