Esther Komolafe

………..makes 572 seizures Q1 2024 ….NCS open to fact- based criticism through appropriate channels-CGC All things being equal, Nigeria Customs Service(NCS)  May surpass the revenue target apportioned to it bythe Federal Government purse as the service already collected N1.34trn that stood at 20% increase out of revenue target of N5.7 trillion Naira,of 2024. The Comptroller General Customs Bashir Adewale Adeniyi ,gave this indication on Wednesday the 3rd of April 2024, during a press briefing organized at the service Headquarters in Abuja. The CG  noted that In the first quarter of 2024, the NCS demonstrated remarkable performance in revenue collection. Total…

  The Executive Director, Operations and Technical Services, Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, Capt. Warredi Enisuoh, has lost his mother Mrs Theresa Enisuoh. Enisuoh, also a former Director of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), was part of the team putting so much to protect the nation’s oil sector. This feat helped Nigeria to regain its position as the biggest recipient of payments from Shell as production entitlement, royalties, taxes and fees to the government in 2023 amounted to $4.92 billion, the highest in four years. A family source in a statement on Monday, noted that Capt. Enisuoh's mother,…

In the year tagged with the theme ,  “The Year of the Stakeholders” which incidentally aligns with the theme for the International Customs Day “Customs Engaging Traditional and New Partners with Purpose”.  It’s also in tandem with the fundamental pillars of the Comptroller General of Customs,  *vision of Collaboration, Consolidation and Innovation.* The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Tincan Island Command has recorded a total collection of two hundred and thirty billion, three hundred and two million, seven hundred and forty-three thousand, twenty three naira, forty seven kobo (N240,302,743,023.47) for the period of January 2024 till date. The Customs Area Controller (CAC)…

...Visits Mamuda Group of Companies in Chalawa Still in the formation of  ‘New Custom’ the Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi has embarked on a significant visit to the Kano State Government House, a bid to rekindle the longstanding partnership between the Nigeria Customs Service and Kano  State. The meeting, which served as an avenue for CGC Adeniyi to highlight the Nigeria Customs Service's commitment to enhance trade and address food security challenges in Kano State took place on Sunday the 10th of March 2024. Similarly during the visit the CGC recounted his engagements with the Emir of Kano and…

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Nigerian Shippers Council, Trucks Transit Parks (TTP) and other notable associations in the nation's seaports have indicated interests to participate in a Breakfast Meeting on the Electronic Call-up System, otherwise known as Eto being put together by the Maritime Reporters Association of Nigeria (MARAN). Other participants are Barge Operators Association of Nigeria (BOAN), Lagos State Cargo and Transport Committee (LASTCOC) National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) Nexus Association of Maritime Transport Operators (NAMTOP) Association of Maritime Truck Owners (AMATO) among others. Apart from this, the event would equally host the operators of the various…

  While Nigerians are crying of Food Shortages some unscrupulous elements in humans skin are busy sabotaging the efforts of Federal Government to cushion the situation but ran out of lock as the officers of Nigeria Customs Service, Seme Area Command, seized a truckload of beans totaling 400 bags with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N61.4 million. The Customs Area Controller  of the Command(CAC) Comptroller Timinadi Bomodi revealed this during a press briefing at the Command on the 5th of March 2024 . Comptroller Bomodi stated that, “In light of our present economic realities and the reported massive food…

The Nigeria Customs Service, Western Marine Command has on Monday the 4th of March 2024 handed over a total of one hundred and twenty, 120, sacks containing 10,551 loaves of cannabis sativa, known in local parlance as wee-wee to the to Nigeria Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. During the press briefing at the Command headquarters Ibafon Lagos, the Customs Area Controller (CAC), Comptroller Salefu Odaudu, revealed that the 120 sacks contained 10,551 loaves of cannabis sativa with a total value of N704,518,000. The CAC explained that the seizures were made in 3 different operations at Jegemo Island opposite Iworo Ajido…

The  Private security outfit, Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited (TSSNL), has secured the judgement in Favour of Federal Government and  by so doing added another major win for the nation in collaboration with the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) in a landmark judgement, as the Federal High Court, Abuja, ordered the forfeiture of an illegal crude oil vessel, MT Kali and its content to the Federal Government. Similarly while Investigations into the arrest of MT Kali, were being intensified , Tantita yet on the 4th of February arrested another illegal bunkering ship MT HARBOR SPIRIT. Tantita  described the winning story that…

Again, Nigeria Customs Service Apapa Area command  has on a  single day garnered in a whooping sum of N16,021,660,412.00 (Sixteen billion, twenty-one million, six hundred and sixty thousand, four hundred and twelve naira) as revenue collection to the Federal Government Cover on the 23rd of February 2024 alone. The Customs Area Controller , (CAC) Comptroller Babajide Jaiyeoba announced loudly that the figures has become the highest daily revenue collection in the history of the command, surpassing N11.3bn collected on November 22, 2023, and  N10bn on August 3, 2023. The CAC described the feat as one of the expected fallouts of…

.,,..,,BM Jibo becomes  Ag. DCG EFT & I The Comptroller General  of Nigeria Customs  Service (NCS),Bashir Adewale Adeniyi in response to statutory retirements within the service has taken decisive steps to bolster the service's leadership with appointment of two management members in acting capacity and redeployment of four others to fortify strategic operations and optimize service delivery across various departments. The newly appointed management members are poised to steer the NCS towards enhanced efficiency and effectiveness of their diverse expertise and proven track records are expected to inject fresh momentum into critical areas such as revenue generation, anti-smuggling, and trade facilitation. A breakdown…