Esther Komolafe

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Tin Can Island Command has arrested an importer Boniface Ike, for offering $54,330 (N50m) bribe to officers of the Tin-Can Island Command of the Service over the seizure of two 40ft containers laden with illicit  drugs that was  imported into the country from India. The Customs Area Controller of the Command, Comptroller  Adekunle Oloyede addressing the Media on Monday at the command’s conference room on Monday 28th August 2023 in Lagos ,  stated that the unregistered pharmaceutical products, which were intercepted at the port, were worth N550million. According to the CAC , the products didn’t have…

The Nigeria Customs Service in its bid for the reformation of “New Customs” has taken a decision of  Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) during the 6th management meeting of the service on 23rd of August 2023. According to the National Public Relations Officer of Customs, Abdullahi Maiwada, the Advance Ruling is a concept wherein the Customs Administration provides a written decision upon request from the importer concerning valuation, tariff classification, or origin of goods before they are imported. The basis for this SOP lies in Section 24 sub-sections 1-9 of the new NCS Act, 2023, and Article 3 of the World…

  The President/Chairman Governing Council of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, Mal Mukhtar Sirajo, Members of the Governing Council, Fellows, Chair of State Chapters and other members of the Institute paid a courtesy visit to the Comptroller General of Customs Bashir Adewale Adeniyi at the Nigeria Customs Service Headquarters, Abuja. The visit, according to Mukhtar Sirajo, was to congratulate the Ag. CGC on his appointment by President Bola Ahmad Tinubu GCFR and also to discuss the Institute’s level of preparedness to hold its Annual General Meeting and elections slated for Thursday, 23rd August 2023. He said, “As this meeting…

The Media Anti-Corruption Initiative (MACI), a Non-governmental organization has  sent a congratulatory message to the Acting Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, on his appointment as the boss of Nigeria Customs Service. MACI , a media coalition against corruption in government institutions, said it has confidence in the new Customs boss  as a career officer who rose through the ranks, saying he will without doubt pursue excellence and set a new benchmark for the Service. In a press statement signed by the chairman, Board of Directors (BOT) of the group, Captain Adamu Mshelia and Funso Olojo, the Secretary General…

Towards work efficiency of the Officers and Men of the Nigeria Customs Service through training and re-training, the Service has attained yet another limestone achievement by graduating 50 Officers of Junior Course 16. According to Nigeria Customs Service operation guide, the  Junior Course is one of the Service's tenets,  aimed at acquainting the organisation's operatives with productive policies and ethics of Customs work for three months in the College. The graduation ceremony took place on the 18th of August 2023, at Nigeria Customs Command and Staff College, inside the  College's famous Conference Theater, Ahmed Makarfi Hall ,Gwagwalada in Abuja .…

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has debunked allegations leveled against it by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, that the agency acquired properties in the UK. NIMASA in a swift response has  said that there was no truth in the allegation.              “Our attention has been drawn to the allegation by Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), leveled against the management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), bordering on acquiring three properties in England under this regime. “This allegation was made by Senior Advocate Femi Falana, Friday…

......Resuscitates Community  Consultative Forum Aiming at  New Customs and a bid to fulfill Community Social Responsibility (CSR ),The Ag. Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi  has put  a deliberate recruitment plan for the indigenes of border communities into the Nigeria Customs Service. In same vein, bring back to life Community Consultative Forum , CCF an important tool considered   for resolving issues causing crises, especially within border areas. The CG revealed this , when he presented a paper titled "The Nigeria Customs Service and the Public Relations Challenges" at the 17th International Public Relations Congress on Wednesday, 16th August…

The Nigerian Customs Service, Murtala Mohammed Airport Command has generated a total sum of N47,249,785,020.44 revenue within the first seven years of the year, 2023. Similarly the command  also nabbed a Chinese national over an attempt to export dried donkey genitals worth over N1 billion. The Controller of the Command, Comptroller Mohammed Sanmi Yusuf made this known to the members of the media  during a press briefing organized by him at the command’s conference room on Thursday 17th August 2023 in Ikeja Lagos. The CAC said that an attempt by a Chinese national to export dried donkey genitals worth One…

In line with the mandate of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, which includes safe shipping and cleaner oceans, a team comprising Search and Rescue and marine accident investigation officers have been dispatched to the scene of the incident involving the Majestic Rig belonging to Depthwize Nigeria Limited, which capsized at Ovhor in Warri, Delta State. Initial findings have confirmed that the ill-fated Rig is Panama Flagged and has been operating on Nigerian waters since 2016 without requisite approvals from the Agency. The ABS Classed inland Water Drilling 232 feet-long Barge, with a rated drilling depth of 30,000…

President Bola  Ahmed Tinubu The  President of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in agreement to the suggestion made by the core maritime practitioners has successfully removed the maritime sector from the Ministry of Transportation. This information was obtained in the  list of portfolios assigned to newly appointed ministers, the President has now created a new ministry called Marine and Blue Economy, to be headed by  Bunmi Tunji as Minister in charge. In same manner , The president has  also appointed former Governor of Osun State, Adegboyega Oyetola as the Minister of Transportation. Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Olubunmi Tunji…