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The Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Adewale Adeniyi, has reiterated the Nigeria Customs Service’s (NCS) commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and pledged continued support for sister government agencies in carrying out their mandates. Adeniyi made this known on Thursday, 25 September 2025, while receiving the Chairman of the Civil Service Commission, Professor Tunji Olaopa, and his delegation at the Customs Headquarters in Abuja. He stressed the importance of institutional collaboration and sustaining bonds of friendship among agencies. “In our private discussions and what we have seen here, it is obvious that it is good to maintain good neighbourliness. For us, this visit represents the expression of continued friendship and cooperation that we have enjoyed over the years,” Adeniyi said. Highlighting the Service’s CSR strides, the CGC recalled that in the first quarter of 2025, Customs adopted a secondary school in Wuse, reaching more than 2,000 students with learn...

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) have ushered in a new era of cooperation, following a high-level strategic consultation in Lagos on Friday, 26 September 2025. The engagement focused on strengthening collaboration to drive industrial growth, enhance trade facilitation and boost Nigeria’s economic competitiveness. The meeting provided a critical platform for dialogue and constructive discussion between the two bodies, culminating in a joint communiqué signed by Adewale Adeniyi, Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC) and Francis Meshioye, President of MAN,  symbolising a "turning point" in the relationship between both organisations. Speaking during the engagement, ​the CGC reaffirmed the NCS’s commitment to balancing its crucial revenue mandate with  business-friendly reforms, noting that the manufacturing sector is "central to Nigeria’s industrialisation and job creation." ​A significant outcome of the consultation a...

T he Honourable Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of Nigerian Economy, Mr.Wale Edun will lead robust discussions on how to transform and grow the nation's  economy to one trillion dollars at the 2025 Finance and Business Online Publishers (FiBOP) national annual conference. The theme of the conference is "Achieving $1Trillion Economy: Leveraging Technology Innovations, Tax Reforms, and Opportunities in Renewable Energy, Agriculture  and Financial services" The FiBOP Conference according to a statement from the organisers of the conference is bringing together technocrats, leaders of thought, captains of industries, the academia, and key players from across all sectors of the economy to discuss the ways to put the country on the path of accelerated economic growth and development. The  FiBOP 2025 National Annual Conference which will hold on October 18th to 19th, 2025 at Orchid Hotels, Lekki, Lagos State has continued to garner support and sponsorship from s...

Chairman of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, has called on global leaders to make bold choices that could save millions of children’s lives and consign some of the world’s deadliest diseases to history by 2045. Speaking before an audience of more than 1,000 policymakers, philanthropists, private sector leaders, and community advocates at the 2025 Goalkeepers event, Gates warned that the world was “at a crossroads” as health aid faces historic cuts. “Humanity is at a crossroads. With millions of children’s lives on the line, global leaders have a once-in-a-generation chance to do something extraordinary,” Gates said. “The choices they make now—whether to go forward with proposed steep cuts to health aid or to give the world’s children the chance they deserve to live a healthy life—will determine what kind of future we leave the next generation.” According to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), global development assistance for health fell by 21 pe...

The Nigeria Customs Service has declared open its 2025 Public Relations Officers Workshop on Monday, 22 September 2025, with a call on officers to embrace professionalism, resilience, and innovation in safeguarding the institution’s image and building stakeholder trust. The Comptroller-General of Customs, CGC Adewale Adeniyi, MFR who was represented by the Ag. Deputy Comptroller-General by the Ag. Deputy Comptroller-General in charge of Enforcement, Inspection, and Investigation, Timi Bomodi, made the declaration at the Centre of Excellence, Twin Theatres, Bayero University, Kano. Ag. DCG Bomodi, delivering the CGC’s keynote address, said the Customs Service operates at the “confluence of revenue generation, trade facilitation, and national security,” where every decision impacts Nigerians, the business community, and international partners. He explained that in such a sensitive environment, communication must go beyond announcements and ceremonies, stressing that public relations offi...

The Customs Officers’ Wives Association (COWA), Ogun I Command Chapter, led by its Chairperson, Mrs. Fausat Otunla, yesterday, 23rd September 2025, carried out a remarkable Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative with visits to the General Hospital and Customs Medical Center both in Idiroko Ogun State. This was disclosed in an official statement endorsed by DSC Zakari Chado, Public Relations Officer Ogun 1 Area Command. At the General Hospital, the COWA team was warmly received by the Chief Medical Director, Dr. Kilanko Margaret, alongside the Chief Matron and other members of staff. The executives and members of the association were taken on a guided tour of the hospital wards, where patients and pregnant women attending antenatal clinics were presented with a large quantity of mosquito nets. In addition, the association donated 50 pieces of bed sheets to the hospital. Speaking on behalf of the hospital management, Dr. Kilanko expressed profound gratitude for the benevolence ...

N igeria’s fight against poverty received a renewed boost on Tuesday 23rd of September, 2025 as government leaders, development partners, academics and civil society actors converged at the Nextier Development Solutions Festival (DevFest2025) in Abuja to chart bold pathways for poverty eradication. Vice President Kashim Shettima, represented by the Special Adviser to the President on Power Infrastructure, Sadiq Wanka, said the Federal Government’s ongoing reforms and development initiatives could lift between 40 and 50 million Nigerians out of multidimensional poverty within the next decade. Unveiling the government’s “Poverty Exit Plan”, Shettima described the strategy as both a moral obligation and a strategic compact to ensure no Nigerian is left behind. The plan, he explained, rests on three pillars: investing in infrastructure, driving economic and financial inclusion, and transforming agriculture from subsistence to value-driven, mechanised production. “If we remain consistent...

The Customs Area Controller of Apapa Port Command, Comptroller Oluwadare Oshoba has urged port users and stakeholders to brace up for more seamless trade process following more giant strides being achieved by the Nigerian Customs Service modernisation project with the commencement of fixed scanners installation.  According to a press release issued by the Public Relations Officer of the command, SC Tunde Ayagbalo, the CAC disclosed this while speaking  after inspecting the location for the installation of three new scanners at the port, Comptroller Oshoba also stated that Apapa Port Command is ready to surpass expectations as the scanners would be examining 200 containers per hour.  While describing the quayside location for the scanners as an operational masterstroke, the CAC said no consignment will escape high-tech driven, non-intrusive inspection at Apapa port as the scanners would be strategically positioned close to the berthing area.  The CAC who commended CGC...

In the complex, often combustible theatre of Nigeria’s border enforcement and customs service operations, few figures have stood out more sharply in recent times than ACG Ahmadu Bello Shuaibu. Across a career defined by discipline, intelligence‐led enforcement, and a refusal to compromise, he has repeatedly demonstrated what the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) can achieve when integrity and action walk hand in hand. Early Career And Rise Through The Ranks While not all the biographical details are public, sufficient evidence from his recent appointments and performance shows that Shuaibu has served in several highly sensitive, frontline roles: He served in the Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zones A and C, where enforcement and anti‐smuggling are central mandates. He was Coordinator for the Customs Strike Force, Zone A, Lagos, a unit engaged in high profile interceptions of contraband and prohibited items. He was Deputy Comptroller and later Acting Controller at various posts before ...

 Key stakeholders from civil society, media, and security advocacy groups on Friday, September 19, 2025, converged at BWC Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, for the Lagos and Ogun Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (PCVE) Sensitization and Engagement Forum, organized by the Partnership Against Violent Extremism (PAVE) Network. The forum, which brought together representatives of Media Against Violent Extremism (MAVE), journalists, civil society organizations, and policy advocates, sought to deepen collaboration on addressing the root causes of violent extremism in Nigeria while promoting peace and security in the Southwest region. Senator Iroegbu, media consultant and coordinator for PAVE Network, underscored that violent extremism in Nigeria is largely a developmental issue driven by poverty, lack of education, unemployment, and governance gaps. According to him, violent extremism thrives where grievances remain unaddressed and where communities suffer from underdevelopment. ...

The Apapa customs Command  of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS),  yesterday Thursday, 18th September, at the command’s head office in Apapa Lagos, decorated 200 newly promoted officers with new ranks. Speaking at the ceremony, the Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Emmanuel Oshoba implored the newly promoted officers to ensure they uphold the highest ethical standards required by the Service. Oshoba noted that the promotions were a testament to hard work and dedication to duty, charging the newly promoted officers to demonstrate greater commitment to their responsibilities, as their new positions now require smart work and impactful results. In his words, “In your new positions, you must uphold higher standards to justify management confidence in you. You should see your promotion as a call to improve your performance and justify the management’s confidence in your capacity to deliver more.”  The CAC revealed that 200 officers of the command were promoted, including eig...

The Western Marine Command of the Nigeria Customs Service can rightly be said to be undergoing a quiet revolution in infrasctural development and operational excellence, as the command under the Leadership of Comptroller PN Ntadi recorded a seizures worth over ₦582 million, setting a new standard of preparedness in the fight against smuggling on the western waterways. Underscoring the Nigeria Customs Service leadership commitment to motivating its workforce, the command the command also decorated 36 newly promoted officers and men of the command . Since assuming office, Comptroller PN Ntadi has embarked on a mission to transform the Command into a model of discipline, efficiency and resilience. Speaking at a press briefing held at the command's headquarters in Ibafon Lagos, Ntadi unveiled a string of achievements that underscore the Command’s renewed momentum under his leadership. One of the first challenges the Command tackled was the evacuation of hoodlums who had occupied land o...

* Decorates 187 Promoted Officers The Tincan Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced a remarkable revenue as the command collected  ₦159 billion in August 2025. This  feat was disclosed by the Customs Area Controller (CAC), Tincan island Port command,  Comptroller Frank Okechukwu Onyeka, during the decoration ceremony of newly promoted officers of the command on Wednesday, 27th September 2025 at the headquarters of the command. In his brief remarks at the occasion,   Comptroller Onyeka credited the outstanding performance to the successful deployment of the B’Odogwu system and the ongoing trade modernisation initiatives. While emphasizing on the the transformative impact of the system, Onyeka stated that B’Odogwu which has come to stay is doing well and it will do better. He said the B’Odogwu system has integrated all key elements of ports and customs operations under one digital interface, enabling faster processing, accurate valu...

The Controller of the  Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone 'A' of the Nigeria Customs Service, Comptroller Mohammed Shuaibu, has charged newly promoted officers of the unit to wear their new ranks with humility and serve with integrity. Speaking at the decoration ceremony in Ikeja-Lagos on Wednesday, 17 September 2025, Shuaibu congratulated the 186 promoted officers of the unit describing the occasion as a celebration of loyalty, dedication and patriotism. Speaking at the occasion, Shuaibu said, “The promotions being celebrated here today are not just titles conferred; they are a reflection of your commitment to excellence, your patriotism and your steadfast service to the Nigeria Customs Service and to our great nation”. The unit helmsman Charged the promoted officers to lead by example, saying,  “Wear your new rank with humility, lead by example, and serve as mentors and role models to your colleagues. True leadership is not about titles or positions, it is about service, ...

As decoration of newly promoted officers of the Nigeria Customs Service continues in the various commands, The Lagos Free Trade Zone Command on Wednesday, 17th of August 2025 decorated the newly promoted officers with their various new ranks. The command, according to reports got a total of 29 promotions with 2 Deputy Comptroller (DC) to Comptroller (CC),  2 Assistant Comptroller (AC) to Deputy Comptroller (DC),  6 Chief Superintendent of Customs (CSC) to Assistant Comptroller (AC), 5 Superintendent of Customs (SC) to Chief Superintendent of Customs (CSC), Others are, 7 Deputy Superintendent of Customs (DSC) to Superintendent of Customs (SC),  2 Assistant Superintendent of Customs I (ASC I) to Deputy Superintendent of Customs (DSC), 2 Assistant Superintendent of Customs II (ASC II) to Assistant Superintendent of Customs I (ASC I), 2 Inspector of Customs (IC) to Assistant Superintendent of Customs II (ASC II) and 2 Assistant Inspector of Customs (AIC) to Inspector of Custo...