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In the recent reorganization of leadership style going on in  the Nigeria Customs Service by the management team , the Western Marine Command of the Service,  on the 16th day of April 2024 welcomed its own new Customs Area Controller (CAC), Comptroller  Paul K Bamisaiye. The Command witnessed a brief handing over ceremony, which occurred between the outgoing CAC Compt. OA Salefu and the incoming CAC Compt. PK Bamisaiye, inside the command’s headquarters at Ibafon Apapa In Lagos The outgoing CAC , Comptroller  Salefu at the handover event appreciated Officers and men of the Command for the Cooperation during his…

The Non Intrusive Inspection Technology Unit (NIITU)  of Nigeria Customs Service,(NCS),Apapa Area Command has been commended by their Area Controller, Comptroller Babajide Jaiyeoba for their invaluable contributions to the overall success of the command . The CAC during an unscheduled visit to the scanner site appreciated and reminded the officers of the importance of team work as basis to a sustainable gains in  compliance as the benchmark for the recently recorded revenue collection by the command. Comptroller Jaiyeoba thanked Deputy Comptroller Salamatu Atuluku, the Officer in charge of scanning site and encouraged the unit not to be deterred by complaints…

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS),  Murtala Muhammed Airport Ikeja, has recorded an increase of 117%  in its revenue figures for the first quarter of 2024 when compared to the corresponding year of  2023. The command has collected Forty-Five Billion, Two Hundred and Thirty-Two Million, Four Hundred and Eighty-Three Thousand, Five Hundred and Twenty-Eight Naira N45,232,483,528  while the  Command recorded Twenty-One Billion, Three Hundred and Sixty-Two Million, Seven Hundred and Fifty-Two Thousand, Six Hundred and Seventy-Six Naira, Forty-Four Kobo (N21,362,752,676.44K) while in the corresponding period of 2023. The Customs Area Controller (CAC) Comptroller Mohammed Yusuf gave out the information during a…

………..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…