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  The Onne Port Area Command, (Area II), of the Nigeria Customs Service, has collected a total of N58,059,198,130:33 for the first quarter of 2022, showing a 49.3% increase against the sum of  N38,877,314,286:12 generated within the Sam period of 2021. In a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of the command, Ifeoma Onuigbo Ojekwu, the also made a total of 9 seizures with duty paid value of N59,490,705 Breakdown of the items seized includes shows 18,555 pairs of footwear worth N26,507,042; 270 pieces of machinery and parts worth N2,211,753; 3,825 pieces of used tyres worth N26,215,230 and 8 bags of rice worth N171,961. Other seizures made by the command includes, 555 cartons of soap and foreign detergent worth N2,709,254; 3 bales of textile fabrics worth N250,377 and 72 cartons of tomato paste worth N1,425,103. On export, the command processed 320,245.34 metric tonnes of cargo with a free onboard value of N109,486,146,056.48. List of exported items include ses...

The European Union (E.U),  has commended the Nigerian Government for providing leadership in the Gulf of Guinea in the war against criminality in the maritime sector which has yielded desired results.  The commendation came at the end of a working visit to the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA by the EU delegation which inspected assets under the Integrated National Security and Waterways Protection Infrastructure, otherwise known as the deep blue project.   Amb. Martinez noted that the EU remains a committed partner to the Gulf of Guinea region and would continue to provide extensive and targeted assistance to strengthen the critical features of the Yaoundé security architecture while consolidating on the long-standing relationship between ECOWAS member states, like Nigeria and the EU.   “We support Nigeria’s leadership in the regional quest to end piracy and other maritime crimes. You can count on the EU as we are fully supportive of the Ya...

The Nigeria Immigration Service  (NIS) at Lagos airport has in recent times identified and arrested some top facilitators of human traffickers at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA), Lagos. According to a report by Business Day a  top official at the NIS disclosed that following the continual record of syndicate trying to traffic young girls out of Nigeria illegally through the Lagos airport, the command has put modalities in place to tackle human trafficking at the airport and ensure the country’s border remains secured. “Some of the young girls we have caught at the verge of being trafficked are convinced by the syndicates that they would be given a better life but we do our best to educate them on the ills of such an act. “The command is working with the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) to ensure human trafficking through the Lagos airport remains unsuccessful,” the top official said. Speaking on current issues around obt...

  Apapa Customs Hits Over N246.5 Billion in First Quarter Of 2022  At the end of the first quarter of 2022, the flagship of the Nigeria Customs Service, the Apapa Area Command of has posted a whopping sum N264.5 billion as revenue generated within the period. The Customs Area Controller of the command, Compt. Yusuf  Malanta while reviewing the first quarter operations of the command said the amount collected represented a 65.7 per cent increase when compared to N159 billion generated in the same period in 2021. He attributed the increase in revenue to improved service through the information technology (IT) platforms, which he said helped to block revenue leakages, and sustain the level of compliance by importers and other stakeholders in the cargo clearance value chain. The command, within the same period also performed well in the area of exports as the command recorded export of agricultural goods, mineral resources, steel and more to the tune of over N34 billion, and ...

The Nigerian Ports Authority said it is willing and ready to partner the Government of Finland in her quest to develop the country’s seaports thereby  making them competitive globally. Managing Director of the authority, Mohammed Bello-Koko, said this when he played host to the Ambassador of Finland to Nigeria, Her Excellency, Ms. Leena Pylvanainen, who was on a working visit to the NPA headquarters in Lagos. The Ambassador had in her opening remarks, said she was in NPA to further seek the deepening of the already existing relationship between Nigeria and the Finlands. You may recall that the NPA MD, whose appointment was recently  confirmed by President Muhammadu Buhari, had assured that the management under his watch would pay specific attention to automating the port processes in order to make the Nigeria seaports more efficient and globally competitive.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Bauchi Zone has accused the Nigerian Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) under the Ministry of Communications, of sabotaging the Federal Government’s efforts in resolving the rift between the government and the union. The union said that the reactions of the agency as well as the ministry to the reports on the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) integrity test were unpatriotic and unethical. Academic Staff Union of Universities embarked on warning strike on February 15, 2022, to press home its demands from the Federal Government as regards the 2020 MoA signed by both parties. Abubakar, who expressed dissatisfaction on the role of Communications Ministry in the face-off during a briefing with journalists at the University of Jos, said: “As you are all aware, our great Union, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has been on strike since 15th February 2022. “One out of the seven demands the Un...

On Sunday 3rd April 2022, a video emerged on social media where a patrol vessel with the inscription NIMASA-Barugu on it and belonging to Messers Global West Specialist Vessels Limited sank in Lagos. The Boat was one of the Vessels owned by GWSVL and deployed for patrol during the implementation of a contractual agreement between the Company and the Agency, NIMASA.  The contract which was entered into in 2012 was for Global West to provide platforms and other equipment for NIMASA to patrol the Nigerian Maritime domain effectively in the quest to attain the status of an efficient Maritime Administration.  However, things went sour when in 2015 the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, started investigating the contract and instituted criminal cases against Global West Specialist Vessels Limited. GSVSL, and more importantly key NIMASA staff were charged to court for criminal related offences. NIMASA Senior Accountants Auditors and other senior staff who were not charged...

  The Nigeria Customs Board has approved the promotion of 3,466 Officers out of which 34 Deputy Comptrollers emerged as full Comptrollers. This latest promotion exercise was announced at the 54th regular meeting of the Board on March 29th, where it approved the elevation of 3, 466 General Duty and support staff officers The Honorable Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning and Chairman, NCS Board, Hajiya Zainab Ahmed who presided over the meeting highlighted the importance of discipline and engendering a work ethic based on transparency and an all-encompassing reward system. Among Deputy Comptrollers promoted to Comptrollers are: S.A Bomoi, A.A Anthony, B.O Olumo, C.K Niagwan, M.M Tilleygyado, M.C Ugbagu, C.D Wada, A Bako, A.M Adegbite, K.I Adesola (Mrs), N.P Umoh, O.O Orbih and R.C Nwankwo. A breakdown of the 3,466 Officers whose promotion to effect on 1st January 2021,  Deputy Comptroller to Comptroller of Customs (General Duty) – (31)  Deputy Comptroller to C...

The Ports Terminal MultiServices Limited (PTML) Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has within the first quarter (January -March) 2022 generated a total of N51,629,992,669 (Fifty one billion, six hundred and twenty nine million, nine hundred and nine two thousand naira six hundred and sixty nine kobo. According to the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Deputy Superintendent of Customs (DSC) Muhammad Yakubu, the sum generated in this first quarter of 2022 is 10.2 percent higher than the sum of N46,850,639,870 generated within the same period of 2021, showing an increase of N4,779,352,799. The Customs Area Controller (CAC) of the Command, Comptroller Festus Okun lauded the feat which he described as an evidence of productivity on the part of officers and men of the command who he said will always live up to it’s responsibilities of revenue collection, suppression of smuggling and trade facilitation. While urging importers and their agents to maximize the quick clearance potenti...

  As the quest for for who occupies the position of the president after President Muhammadu Buhari heats up, images of branded campaign vehicles of Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), have surfaced online. Emefiele, who is alleged to be interested in running for president under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) come 2023, has continued to attract attention with many support groups urging him to declare. Though the CBN governor is yet to admit that he has interest in the race, insisting that he is focused on his job and on helping President Muhammadu Buhari finish on a high, he has not dismissed same outright either. Meanwhile, his alleged ambition is said to be causing divisions between the Aso Rock cabal and some top leaders of the APC. This is because while spirited efforts are being made by some officials in the Presidency, to draft the CBN boss into the race, some leaders of the party are currently against the move and this is gener...