Posts N870.4b revenue, over 5mMT export worth $641m, 103 seizures at N31.22 in 2021 By Anthony Nwachukwu The Apapa Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it will leverage the agency’s digital transformation and improved stakeholder-compliance to help achieve and possibly surpass the N4.1 trillion target handed it […]

Ejibunu assures tougher anti-smuggling campaign in 2022 Ejibunu By Anthony Nwachukwu A total of 82,171 bags of foreign parboiled rice (about 135 trailers) with an approximate Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N7.8 billion was seized last year by the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘A’ of the Nigeria Customs Service […]

Group Executive Vice Chairman, SIFAX Group, Dr. Taiwo Afolabi (left), and the Managing Director, China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC) Nigeria Limited, John Jiang, during the SIFAX ICT pavement construction contract signing ceremony in Lagos…recently By Anthony Nwachukwu Boosted by a growing customer-base and increasing demand less than two years […]

By Anthony Nwachukwu Basic training for candidates recently enlisted and documented into the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on grade levels 03, 04, 06 and 08 will commence next Monday, the agency has announced. In a statement, the Public Relations Officer, Compt. Joseph Attah, explained that the six-month training programme, taking […]

Posts 8.1m cargo TEUs in 15yrs By Anthony Nwachukwu Factors beyond the terminal operators, including disharmony in cargo clearance and release processes among the regulatory agencies, and the rising exchange rate of the naira to the United States (U.S.) dollar, are responsible for a longer container dwell time at the […]

By Anthony Nwachukwu A 40ft container loaded with cartons of arms and ammunition but declared as plasma television has been intercepted by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) at the Tin Can Island Container Terminal (TCIT). Confirming the development Saturday following the interception yesterday, the Public Relations Officer of the Tin […]

NIMASA Director-General, Dr. Bashir Jamoh (right), and Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Mahmood Abubakar, during an agreement in Abuja between NIMASA and the ministry against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activities in Nigerian waters By Anthony Nwachukwu The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture […]

STOAN Chairman, Princess Vicky Haastrup By Anthony Nwachukwu Claims by a former Lagos State Commissioner for Transport, Kayode Opeifa, that the poor utilisation of rail line at the Lagos Port Complex, Apapa is caused by terminal operators is a “baseless, libelous and highly misleading allegation” since the terminal operators are […]

Terminal Manager of APM Terminals Apapa, Steen Knudsen By Anthony Nwachukwu In its quest to give the Nigerian economy sustainable benefits, APM Terminals Apapa has ploughed $438 million (about N180 billion) into areas covering modern equipment for cargo handling, facility upgrade and digitalised products for seamless services since the port […]

Ag. Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Mohammed Bello-Koko (left), presenting the agency’s plague to the Director of Administration, FMC Jalingo, Adamu Ardo, who represented the Managing Director, Dr. Aisha Adamu, during the courtesy visit at NPA Corporate Headquarters at Marina, Lagos Pensioners using the Jalingo Federal Medical Centre […]