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24 Aug

NIPR Delegates Visits Customs CG in Abuja

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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…

21 Aug

NGO, Applauds Customs CG pragmatic leadership style

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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…

19 Aug

NCS Gwagwalada Graduates 50 Officers of Junior Course 16

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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 .…

19 Aug

NIMASA Rebuts Acquisition Of UK Properties

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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…

18 Aug

Customs Sets to Recruit Border Indigenes as CSR Program

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......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…

17 Aug

MMA Command of Customs Rakes in 47billion in the first Seven Months of the year 2023

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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…

17 Aug

Majestic Rig Incident: NIMASA Dispatches Search And Rescue Team

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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…

17 Aug

Tinubu succumbs to Maritime Stakeholders plea, Removes Maritime from Transportation Ministry

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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…

17 Aug

Customs Intercepts Shipment of Illicit Drugs warns against the Danger.

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The working visit embarked upon by the Comptroller General of Customs Adewale Bashir Adeniyi and his management team in the last one month , which was to rebuild strategies, intense engagements with the officers has started yielding positive results as Federal Operation Unit Zone A made a massive seizures that cut across the entire South West. The CGC showcase the concealment of 299 cartons of codeine syrup intercepted along Lagos/Ibadan Expressway in a press briefing organized at FOU Zone A Ikeja on Wednesday 16th of August 2023. The CGC revealed how his officers has been on trail of the truck…

16 Aug

Activating The New Customs The CGC Visits Oyo-Osun Command After 15 years

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...... The command to wear new look before end of 2024 After 15years, In the spirit of complete fulfillment of oath taken while been sworn into the office and also being a well grounded grassroots officer , the acting Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service, CGC Adewale Bashir Adeniyi has taken his ongoing working visit to Oyo/Osun Command. The CGC and his management team was received by the Area Controler, Oyo-Osun Customs Command, Ibadan, Babajide Jaiyeoba, on Monday 14th August 2023 in Ibadan , Oyo State. Comptroller Jaiyeoba during his welcome address revealed that the Command has not being visited…