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
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
•We’re tired of your excuses •Say govt lacks political will to fight corruption fueling insecurity BY CHIGOZIE EZEH AND ADOLPHUS DURU Nigeria is under siege of the terrorists. The nation’s highways are no longer safe for travellers as commuters are kidnapped, taken into the bush and ransom demanded before theirContinue Reading
BY JAMES AKINOLA The Super Eagles of Nigeria have defeated Angola to become the first team to book a place in the semi-final of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast. Ademola Lookman was once again the hero, connecting with a cross from Moses Simon to put theContinue Reading
The Terminal Manager, APM Terminals Apapa, Steen Knudsen has reiterated the need for collaboration across all stakeholders in the logistics value chain to improve port operations. He made this known recently when the Executive Secretary/CEO of Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Barr. Akutah Pius Ukeyima, and a delegation of the AssociationContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Senate has summoned service chiefs over the spate of insecurity in the country. This was a unanimous call by the lawmakers after an emergency session on the first legislative day of the year on Tuesday. The Senate had gone into the executive session after the leader,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Nigeria Customs Service has briefed the Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Commission (RMFC) on its various activities, procedures, and measures aimed at increasing revenue generation, fiscal efficiency, and blocking revenue leakages. Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC) Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR made this known during a presentation on Wednesday,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger announced Sunday their immediate withdrawal from the West African bloc ECOWAS, saying it has become a threat to member states. The leaders of the three Sahel nations issued a statement saying it was a “sovereign decision” to leaveContinue Reading
At least 30 people have been killed in renewed violence in the North-Central Plateau State, where clashes between Muslim herders and Christian farming communities have erupted for years. BY GODWIN OBI Worried by the recent killings in Plateau State, the House of Representatives will hold a security summit. At leastContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Abuja on Thursday vacated its earlier order of the court directing the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to arrest the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede for disobeying a ruling of the court which askedContinue Reading