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NPA BLAMES ports congestion on extortion, checkpoints by the Police

Ayomide Oyewole 01/09/2021

…Says seized cargoes at port terminals contain explosives – NPA …As Reps issue 2-week ultimatum to NCS Comptroller General to appear By Tordue Salem Authorities of Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) have blamed the congestion at Nigerian ports on extortion checkpoints mounted by officers of the Nigeria Police and Nigerian Navy. NPA Managing Director/CEO, Mr. Yusuf […]Read More

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FG Commences Payment Of New Pension To Retirees

Ayomide Oyewole 10/06/2021

The Federal Government through the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate, PTAD, has begun the payment of the consequential adjustment to pensioners under the Defined Benefit Scheme, DBS. The Executive Secretary of PTAD, Chioma Ejikeme, disclosed this development through a statement by the Directorate’s Head of Corporate Communications, Mr Gbenga Ajayi, informing that the payment was in […]Read More

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Customs Seizes Contraband Items worth N28m in Two Months

Ayomide Oyewole 04/06/2021

The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) of the joint border patrol team, sector 3, in-charge North-central zone of the country seized 35 prohibited and smuggled goods worth over N28 million between April and May this year. The coordinator of the sector, Comptroller Oougboyega Peters made the disclosure in Ilorin, on Wednesday while speaking with journalists on […]Read More

Reps Propose Age Barrier Removal For FG Job Seekers.

Ayomide Oyewole 16/05/2019

The House of Representatives has passed a bill seeking to remove the cap on the entry age for Nigerians who want to join the federal civil service. The bill titled, ‘Bill for an act to eradicate the age discrimination against job seekers in Federal Government agencies’ passed the third reading at the plenary on Wednesday, […]Read More

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Customs Distribute Seized Rice, Others To Orphanages.

Ayomide Oyewole 04/03/2019

The Nigeria Customs Service has said that it distributed about 32,576 bags of 50kg rice; 1,790 kegs of 25 litre vegetable oil; 32,329 bales of used clothes; 47 bags of 50kg sugar and about 2,675 pairs of shoes to registered orphanages in the six South-West states. The Chairman of the Sub-committee on the Distribution of […]Read More

Smuggling: Seme Customs Resort To Dialogue With Boarder Communities

Ayomide Oyewole 30/01/2019

Customs Area Controller, CAC, of Seme Border Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Garba Uba Mohammed, has resorted to a dialogue with the border communities close to Owode, a renowned smuggling route, over open display of smuggled foreign parboiled rice for sale. The Customs Area Controller , CAC, of Murtala Mohammed Area Command of […]Read More

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FIRS’s Cost Of Revenue Collection Hit N300bn In 2018

Ayomide Oyewole 22/01/2019

The law setting up the FIRS allows the agency to deduct four per cent as the cost of revenue collection from non-oil taxes before remitting same into the federation account. The FIRS is one of the agencies of the government that generates revenue for sharing by the three tiers of government. Others are the Nigeria […]Read More

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Customs Commences E-cargo Tracking.

Ayomide Oyewole 21/11/2018

After the conclusion of the evaluation on scientific proposals, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has decided to introduce Electronic Cargo Tracking System in 2019. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd) said the e-cargo tracking would enhance operations at various border posts in the country. He told a joint press conference with his counterpart […]Read More

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Customs Seizes N207m Smuggled Goods in One Month

Ayomide Oyewole 22/10/2018

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), the Strike Force team announced last week that it made a number of seizures amounting to over N207 million between September 19 and October 18, 2018. The Deputy Comptroller and National Coordinator, Comptroller General Strike Force of the Nigerian Customs Service, Mr. Abdullahi Kirawa disclosed this while conducting journalists round […]Read More