Esther Komolafe

The incoming Controller, Comptroller Dera Nnadi  , who was redeployed  from Nigeria Customs  Service SEME command with an outstanding performance in the area of his revenue collection, has also  promised to ensure that the Command revenue figures that stands at 52% will be jacked up in totality by the remaining few days left in the year 2023 . Comptroller Nnadi gave this assurance today 14th day of September  2023, during the handing over ceremony that took place between him and the outgoing controller, Comptroller Kunle Oloyede  and it was witnessed by the entire management team of command , stakeholders and…

Following statics indications , the Nigeria Customs Service SEME Customs Command will exceed its given revenue target for the year 2023. Going by the figures already recorded in its first three quarters report that is yet  to end, Seme Command  has successfully garnered in N1.904, 459, 390.77 revenue  that stands at 97.2% out of N1,960,000,000 allotted target for the year 2023. The Customs Area Controller of Seme Command, Comptroller Dera Nnadi gave this information on Friday 8th September 2023 in a press briefing,at the command’s conference room and he similarly presented commendation letters to 18 officers for their gallantry performance…

In its bid to a significant development of ‘New Customs’ the Acting Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi has taken a decisive action in response to selected Authorized Dealer Banks failing to meet Service-Level Agreements (SLAs) related to Customs Duty and statutory charge remittances. The NCS primary objective is to ensure that accurate and timely remittance of Customs duties and other essential funds for national development are well captured. This was contained in a statement issued by the Service’s National Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Maiwada, on behalf of the Acting Comptroller General. The Comptroller General…

In the ongoing reformation of the ‘New Customs ‘ , the Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Bashir Adewake Adeniyi has approved key appointments and redeployment within the service to ensure operational efficiency. 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. Some of the Comptrollers redeployed to various Customs formations include Compt. Jaiyeoba Babajide 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…

        After the National tour by the newly appointed Acting Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi and his management team, the coordinator in charge of Zone A Assistant Comptroller  General (ACG )Bello Jibo has now resumed at his duty post,  in zonal office. ACG Jibo on resumption at office, has charged officers to remain very dedicated and committed to the vision and mission of the new Customs Management in Revenue Generation, Anti-Smuggling activities and Trade Facilitation, among others. The ACG was appointed as Ag. ACG in 2023 and was deployed as ACG Headquarters until…

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 .…