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The presidency has denied reports that the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, had proposed a new minimum wage of N105,000 to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The special adviser to the president on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga,who described the report as false said in a terse statement, “The Honorable Minister of Finance and coordinating minister of the economy, Wale Edun has not proposed  N105,000 minimum wage. The contrary story being disseminated is false"  Earlier, there were reports that Edun had submitted a proposal to Tinubu to increase the minimum wage to N105,000 per month. The development comes after the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) called off their strike over the government’s refusal to increase the minimum wage to N494,000. The strike was suspended after the government agreed to negotiate a new minimum wage with the organised labour and the Finance minister was mandated by President Tinubu to provide a template for the new mi...

In an effort to enhance security and revenue generation in the country, the Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC) Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR  on 5 June 2024 at the Nigeria Customs Service headquarters in Abuja has promised to synergise with the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC)  While congratulating the newly appointed Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Shehu Mohammed, the CGC noted that NCS is thrilled to collaborate with agencies that provide good governance to the citizens through their different mandates. The CGC also noted that the safety and economic well-being of the general public is the fundamental role of government, and all agencies should align with these everyday purposes. According to the CGC, "In terms of vision, I see an alignment between NCS and the FRSC. It is key that we find a way to collaborate. I see this visit as an expression of your confidence in working jointly to put strength together to pursue common goals. " He said, "We did sign a...

Following the resolve of the Federal Operations Unit Zone 'B' Kaduna not to allow any illegal trading in endangered wildlife species and other smuggling activities to thrive in the Zone, the operatives has  intercepted 445.45kg of Pangolin scale and its derivatives. The international market value of this seizure is, Three Billion, Nine Hundred and Fifty-Five Million, Five Hundred and Ninety-Six Thousand Naira (#3,955,596,000.00) only. This was revealed by the Customs Area Controller of the Zone, Comptroller Ahmadu Bello Shuaibu yesterday, Wednesday, 5th June 2024 during a press briefing held at the Zone B headquarters in Kaduna. Giving account of the seizures, Comptroller Shuibu said, "acting on actionable intelligence the operatives storm a hideout known as (slaughter house) in the suburbs of Zuru Town in Kebbi State on Friday, May 24 2024 at about 1600hrs; The team discovered and evacuated sacks of pangolin scales which were transported to the HQ of FOU Zone 'B' ...

In his resolve to reduce smuggling through the Western waterways to the nearest minimum, Comptroller Paul Bamisaiye,  the Customs Area Controller of  Western Marine Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has directed his officers to ensure to apprehend suspects involved in any Smuggling activity within their area of jurisdiction. He stated this on Tuesday during a press briefing held at the command's headquarters in Ibafon Lagos where he also handed over 17 bags of seized cannabis popularly known as Indian Hemp to the representative of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The Area Controller however, instructed his patrol team to disable smugglers by shooting their legs in order to facilitate their arrests,  assuringb that any injured smugglers would receive medical treatment at the command’s fully equipped clinic. In his word, “I told my officers that we are not supposed to kill but to shoot the smugglers on their legs. Our officers are marine officer...

 … Information Sharing Key to Securing Nation’s Maritime Space - NIMASA DG The Honorable Minister of State for Defence, Dr. Bello Muhammed Matawalle, MON (left) listens with rapt attention as the Executive Director Operations, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Engr. Fatai Taiye Adeyemi (middle) and Executive Director, Maritime Labour & Cabotage Services, NIMASA, Jibril Abba (right) engaged him on the operations of the Command, Control, Communication, Computer and Intelligence (C4i) Centre while others look on during a visit by the honourable Minister to the C4i centre in Kirikiri, Lagos state. The Minister of State for Defence, Hon. Bello Matawalle has declared that the Federal Government is  committed  to integrating the operations of the Command Control Computer Communication Information System of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA and the surveillance facility of the Nigerian Navy known as the Falcon eye system ...

The Federal Government of Nigerian led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu appears to have being alarmed by the level of compliance and participation on the nationwide indefinite strike by the organised labour as it has called for a meeting of the tripartite committee through the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, (NSIWC) on the new national minimum wage for Tuesday, the 4th of June 2024. Recalls that the NSIWC had on May 31st met with organised labour but the negotiating team of the NLC and TUC walked out following government and organised private sector (OPS), refusal to go beyond the N60,000 they had earlier offered. The strike, which began at midnight on Sunday, June 2, 2024, is a response to the Federal Government’s refusal to increase the proposed minimum wage from N60,000. The labour unions have been negotiating with the government for a new national minimum wage, citing the expiration of the current wage award in April 2024. Despite the government’s offer of N60,000, t...

The Kirikiri Lighter Terminal command of the Nigeria Customs Service, said it has generated the sum of N36.6 billion between January and May this year. This was revealed by Comptroller Martina Tilley-Gyado while giving her valedictory speech yesterday, Friday, 31st May 2024 at the command. This, according to her represents 75 percent increase when compared with sum generated within the same period of last year. Comptroller Tilley-Gyado who handed over the mantle of leadership of the command to Comptroller Joy Edeldouk appreciated the officers as well as stakeholders for their support throughout her stay at the command.   She pointed out that the command relied on the stemming of cargoes to its terminals even though the cargo throughput was low. She  established and extended terminal availability adding that it also transformed from simple export processing terminal exporting 869 containers since it became Export processing Terminal (EPT). Tilley-Gyado said the achievement...

 ...AS ACG SAIDU YUSUF TAKES CHARGE OF ZONE ‘A’  The Nigeria Customs Zone ‘A’ Headquarters, on Wednesday, 29 May 2024, held a befitting retirement/handing over ceremony to commemorate the outstanding career of the Assistant Comptroller-General Zone ‘A’, Hammi Swomen. In her welcome speech, the Comptroller Revenue Zone ‘A’, Comptroller Oluremi Omisore extolled the virtues of the outgoing Zonal Coordinator, describing him as an excellent leader with many admirable characteristics. During the handing over ceremony at the Zonal Headquarters in Ikeja, Controllers present showered glowing encomiums on the Zonal Coordinator describing him as a man of few words and great wisdom; a thoroughbred professional with a firm grasp of the workings of the Nigeria Customs Service. He was also lauded for his gentlemanly qualities, noting that he comes across as a compassionate, fair-minded and compassionate leader. The retiring ACG, in his response, gave gratitude to God, the Comptroller- Genera...

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC)  has collaborated with the Ghana Shippers’ Authority ( GSA) on regulatory framework and port related costs and charges study in tha West African sub-region. This followed the visit to the Council on Tuesday by an official of the GSA, Helena Claudia Amanfu, for talks. Amanfu said  the visit was part of a regional study that her agency started in 2018,  which will  also cover Cote’divoire, Togo, Senegal and Nigeria. She disclosed that  the  idea  is to understudy how port charges impact on the clearing process,  and learn about Nigeria’s experience at a time NSC is reviewing its Act to fully become ports economic regulator, she added that among the team include a member of the Ghanaian Parliament, Hon. Emmanuel Akwasi Gyanfi. In her words, ” The purpose of the visit to the NSC was to discuss port structure, cost and fees in the sub region of West Africa; In 2018, we under take a similar study in Cote’dovoire ...

The New Nigeria People's Party (NNPP) on Thursday, 30th May said Nigeria was already bleeding before the emergence of President Bola Tinubu as president of the nation. Appraising Tinubu's administration in the last one year, Founder of the party, Dr Boniface Aniebonam said the President was aware of the crisis in the country before coming into power.  Aniebonam in a statement,  pointed out that it was in recognition of the challenges the nation have that made the President to come up with the Renewed Hope Agenda to tackle the challenges headlong.  "The belief of members of the NNPP stand to reason that a great leader is he or she  who can take a wrong decision than taking none in a matter of state affairs of urgent importance." "The President is human and may have taken some wrong decisions like removing the cankerworm of corruption infested oil subsidy without first planning on cushioning the effects but it will be good in the long run.  "Therefore,  this ...