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  The eight months of Comptroller Dera Nnadi mni, at the Seme Customs Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service witnessed a remarkable and wonderful improvement in the areas of revenue generation, anti smuggling and trade facilitation. The command, in a statement signed by the CAC of the command and made available by the command’s Public Relations Officer CS Hussien said the command between 23rd January to 8th     September 2023 has generated the sum of One Billion Nine Hundred and Four Million, Four Hundred and Fifty-Nine Thousand, Three Hundred and Ninety Naira, Seventy Seven Kobo (N1,904,459, 390.77), representing 97.2% of the command’s year 2023 target of N1,960,000,000.   This is against the sum of Eight Hundred and Eighty Five Million, Five Hundred and Forty Three Thousand, Ninety Eight Naira Eleven Kobo (N885,543,098.11) generations in the corresponding period of 2022, this implies that the Commands revenue profile witnessed a tremendous increase of N1, 018,...

  The Ag. Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR, on Thursday, 7th August 2023, performed a groundbreaking ceremony for the massive construction of Customs Service Zone B Headquarters. The extraordinary edifice of 25 hectares of land situated in the Mando area of Kaduna State is part of CGC's unalloyed commitment to improve the welfare and efficiency of the Service. Speaking at the ceremony, the CGC described the initiative as a magnificent project that will pave way for the establishment of a solid and efficient infrastructure to drive the activities of the Service. According to him, redefining the Nigeria Customs Service has been his priority since he assumed duty as the Ag. Comptroller-General of the Service, “to continue from where my immediate predecessor stopped - to fast-track a more robust implementation of a good project for the Service”. The Customs Boss, who said the Zone B Headquarters is one of the ongoing projects that the Servi...

  The western Marine Command of the Nigeria Customs Service said it has arrested a wooden boat with yamaha on board engines loaded with 103 sacks of substances suspected to be cannabis sativa worth weighing 3,811 kg with a Duty Paid Value of N692,160,000 (Six Hundred and Ninety Two Million, One Hundred and Sixty Thousand Naira Only). The means of conveyance and the two yamaha outboard engines of 40 Horse power each stands at N7, 350,00 this brings the total DPV for the combined seizure to N699,510,000 (Six Hundred And Ninety Nine Million, Five Hundred and Ten Thousand Naira Only). This was stated by the Area Controller of the Command, Compt Salefu Adah in a statement and made available to newsmen on Thursday, 7th September 2023. He stated the command, on Thursday 3rd August 2023, at about 0400hrs the Command upon a follow-up on one of its numerous lead, received credible intelligence, that a crime was about to be committed, information reached the Command that an attempt will be ma...

    Following the recent reshufflement of the Nigeria Customs Service Management by the Ag. Comptroller General of Customs Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR, Assistant Comptroller General of Customs Bello Mohammed Jibo has assumed duty as Zonal Coordinator Zone 'A' Headquarters. This aims at repositioning the Zone for effective service delivery in line with the policy thrust of the Acting Comptroller General of Customs.  The ACG who hails from Birnin Kebbi Local Government Area of Kebbi State according to the press release by Zonal Public Relations Officer, SC Akaninyene Edeminam had his early education at the Federal Government College Ijanikin, Lagos. He then proceeded to the University of Sokoto, now Usman Dan Fodio University, Sokoto, where he bagged a Bachelor of Arts Degree. ACG Bello Jibo has attended several professional courses both locally and internationally, which include but are not limited to United States Patent Trade Mark on Global International Property Enforcem...

  The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, while on a tour of Apapa and TinCan Island Ports on Monday stated that there is need for immediate rehabilitation of the critical infrastructures of the two major ports.   The Minister, who was conducted on the tour by the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority NPA, Mohammed Bello-Koko stated this while speaking with newsmen shortly after the tour, he said there was urgent need to forestall total collapse of the ports’ infrastructure and therefore there must be immediate rehabilitation of the infrastructure. The Minister however, called on terminal operators in the ports to collaborate with the Federal Government to rehabilitate the collapsed quays and other areas that require urgent rehabilitation in order to forestall a total collapse. “To avoid the collapse of the port we need to rehabilitate the port as a matter of urgency and dredging must continue and we can put other things in place. I have gone r...

  Following     the statutory retirement of some management members and to ensure operational efficiency of the Nigeria Customs, the Acting Comptroller General, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR, has approved key appointments and redeployment within the service. Consequently, Comptrollers Florence Nanu Ogar-Modey and Queen Ogbudu have been appointed Acting Assistant Comptroller Generals Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) and Zonal Coordinator Zone B, respectively.  According to a press release by Chief Superintendent of Customs CSC, Abdullahi Maiwada the National Public Relations Officer on behalf of the Service, some of the Comptrollers redeployed to various Customs formations include Compt. Jaiyeoba Jide from Oyo/Osun Area Command to Apapa Area Command, Compt. Dera Nnadi from Seme to Tin-Can Island Port, Compt. Timi Bomodi from KLT    to Seme, Compt. Ahmed Abe from PCA Zone ‘C’ to Kaduna Area Command and Compt. Babandede Mohammad from Lilypond Export Command...

  The Ag. Comptroller-General of Customs Service, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR, says the Service, under his leadership, will continue to prioritize community relations in border areas to re-smoothen the discharge of the Service's constitutional mandates.   The CGC    made this known on Tuesday when he received members of the Senate ad-hoc Committee on Customs and Excise, led by Senator Francis Ade Fadahunsi MFR, on a courtesy visit at the Customs Headquarters in Abuja. The Senate had, on Wednesday, 19th July 2023, constituted an ad-hoc Committee to investigate the alleged incessant killings of people by Officers and Men of the Nigeria Customs Service.  The Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, set up a 7-man ad-hoc Committee during plenary after Abdulaziz Yar’adua (APC, Katsina Central) moved a motion to study Customs Community relationship in Katsina axis, which the Senate President, Akpabio assigned Francis Fadahunsi (PDP, Osun Central), a retired Assistan...

    The Honourable Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola CON, yesterday received briefings from heads of agencies and departments under his ministry, saying that rehabilitation and modernisation of the nation's ports would soon commence   This was disclosed in a statement from the Media Office of the Honourable Minister, Marine and Blue Economy    shortly after the newly inaugurated minister concluded his interactions with     the heads of the agencies and departments under his purview.  According to the statement, the minister    started his interaction with    Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA),    Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), National Inland WaterWays Authority (NIWA) and Nigeria Shippers' Council.  He rounded off the interactive secession on with the Maritime Academy of Nigeria, Oron and the Council for Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN). Aft...

  The Customs Area Controller of Ports Terminal Multiservices Limited (PTML) Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, Comptroller Saidu Abba Yusuf, has once again urged importers of vehicles and their agents to imbibe transparency while making declarations for their imported vehicles Comptroller Yusuf who said this at a stakeholders sensitization    meeting held on Wednesday August 29, 2023 on Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) valuation    dispelled the rumours that the VIN method has been cancelled.  According to a press release by the command’s image maker, CSC Yakubu Muhammad,, the Area Controller reiterated an earlier position on the matter issued by the Nigeria Customs Service headquarters that the VIN Valuation Process    remains fully operational and effective, he added that the trim numbers are critical in identifying distinct versions or tiers within a specific car model. They delineate varying configurations, features, and levels of equ...

In a bid to further enhance trade facilitation in Nigeria, the Ag. Comptroller-General of     Customs Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR, has expressed commitment to enhance the output of designated export processing terminals. The Customs Boss made this revelation on Monday 28th August, 2023, in his Office, when he received the Managing Director of Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), Muhammad Bello Koko, and his entourage on a courtesy visit.   The Ag. CGC, who spoke about some recent developments at Lilypond, told Mr. Koko that the two organizations need to synergize to streamline the operations of the nation's seaports. “We need to form a joint team that will engage other Government Agencies to refine the activities of exporting goods through the installation of trackers to avoid delays in the diversion of goods - and I want to assure you that the Management Team of the Nigeria Customs Service will work with you.” Ag. CGC said. While speaking earlier, the Managing Director of the N...