BY CHIGOZIE EZE Five pregnant girls have been rescued following a raid of a baby factory by security operatives at Umunya in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State. The rescue efforts followed a collaboration of the Anambra State Ministry of Health and security agencies in the South-Eastern state.Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI A maritime expert and CEO of Ships & Ports, Dr. Bolaji Akinola has charged the Federal Government to be intentional and purposeful in its quest to harness the nation’s marine and blue economy. Speaking on TVC News on Monday, the maritime expert said Nigeria loses a lotContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBICustoms Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone A in Ikeja, Lagos, has announced an interception of rice and other prohibited cargo valued at N854.2mn for January 2024. Controller of the Zone, Hussain Ejibunu, said that the zone made 60 seizures including foreign parboiled rice, (equivalent to 6.5 trailer loads),Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Chairman, Senate Committee on Customs, Isah Jibrin during a crucial meeting with the Comptroller-General of Customs Wale Adeniyi, and top management staff of the agency on Monday, stated the committee expected the service to play a major role in reducing the country’s debt burden hence their revenueContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Chief Executive Officer, Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE), Muda Yusuf said the astronomical increase of the exchange rate for the computation of import duty is a double jeopardy for investors across all sectors especially those in the real sector because it will furtherContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Speaking while defending the NCS 2024 budget before the Senate Committee on Customs at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja on Monday, Adeniyi said the service will focus attention on consolidating projects carried over from last year, increasing staff welfare by improving and motivating officers’ performance, and integratingContinue Reading
BY ADOLPHUS DURU The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), has intercepted large consignments of Ghanaian Loud, a strong strain of cannabis sativa, smuggled into Lagos from Ghana loaded in two trucks and a J5 bus with a total weight of 14, 524.8 kilograms. The three vehicles conveying jumbo bagsContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Latest data from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited showed that no fewer than 36 oil blocks are under concession to international oil companies operating in Nigeria and their indigenous counterparts in the country. An analysis of NNPCL’s latest Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements for theContinue Reading
President of the League of Maritime Editors (LOME), High Chief Timothy Paul Okorocha BY GODWIN OBI Senior Maritime Journalists operating under the aegis of The League of Maritime Editors (LOME) at the weekend condemned the new rate of exchange used in calculating duties on imports by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS).TheContinue Reading
BY EFE MODESTUS Minister of Steel Development Prince Abubaker Audu has lamented that Nigeria spend not less than four billion dollars annually for steel importation. The minister made this know at an interactive session with journalists covering the beat in Abuja, yesterday. Prince Audu stressed that Nigeria have more thanContinue Reading