The Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has handed over $578,000 seized from a male passenger to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Handing over the foreign currency to the EFCC in Lagos on Friday according to the directive of the Comptroller General of Customs (CGC), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR, the Customs Area Controller of the Command, Comptroller Effiong Harrison said that the money was falsely declared by the passenger at the airport which contravains the provisions of Money Laundering Prohibition Act 2011. The commands' heldman said the passenger’s International Passport and other relevant documents were also handed over to the EFCC for necessary action. According to him, ‘The suspect (name withheld), a male passenger with Passport Number A13384205 arrived on board a South African Airways Flight SA60 from Johannesburg on Wednesday; he approached the Currency Declaration Desk and declare a...
L-R: Director General, Nigerian Maritime, Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Dayo Mobereola presenting a souvenir to the United States Coast Guard, USCG, Team Lead, Mr. Joe Price Larson at the NIMASA Headquarters in Lagos. The United States Coast Guard has commended Nigeria and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) for what the Coast Guard described as considerable progress in the implementation of the International Ships and Ports Facility Security (ISPS) Code. This commendation was made by Joe Prince Larson of the US Coast Guard who led a team from the International Port Security Programme on a Working Tour of some Terminals and Ports in Nigeria to ascertain the level of implementation of the ISPS Code across Nigerian ports facilities. The team, according to a statement from NIMASA had earlier conducted assessment visits to the Dangote Port and Lekki Free Trade Zones in Lekki, Lagos State, as well as private port facilities o...