Galaxy Backbone Visits NCS, Explores Strategic Partnership with NCBN
By Babatunde Aremu
As part of ongoing efforts to strengthen institutional partnerships and support government agencies with reliable digital infrastructure, Galaxy Backbone Limited on Thursday, 2 May 2025, paid a courtesy visit to the Nigeria Customs Broadcasting Network Service (NCBN) at the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Headquarters in Abuja.… More...
CGC Adeniyi Pledges More Structural Customs Presence at Snake Island Integrated Free Zone
By Babatunde Aremu
The Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, has pledged to establish a new Customs Area Command at the Snake Island Integrated Free Zone (SIIFZ), following an official visit to the facility on Wednesday 30 April 2025.… More...
CGC Adeniyi Pledges More Structural Customs Presence at Snake Island Integrated Free Zone
By Babatunde Aremu
The Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, has pledged to establish a new Customs Area Command at the Snake Island Integrated Free Zone (SIIFZ), following an official visit to the facility on Wednesday 30 April 2025.… More...
CUSTOMS DEPLOYS ELECTRONIC CURRENCY DECLARATION FORM (e-CDF) AT ABUJA AIRPORT
By Babatunde Aremu
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced the successful pilot deployment of the Electronic Currency Declaration Form (e-CDF) at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, as part of its ongoing digital transformation and modernisation initiatives aimed at strengthening border controls and enhancing transparency in financial disclosures.… More...
Customs CG, Adeniyi Unveils School, Healthcare Centre in Sagbokoji Under ‘Customs Cares’ Initiative
By Babatunde Aremu
The Comptroller General of Customs (CGC), Adewale Adeniyi, on Wednesday, 30 April 2025, commissioned a newly renovated Local Authority Primary School and a Primary Healthcare Centre in the Sagbokoji community, Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State, as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives.… More...
Customs Makes 11 seizures with DPV of N921bn in Q1
The Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Services, NCS CGC Adewale Adeniyi, said that importers are diversifying their contraband portfolios combining pharmaceuticals, food items and control technology in systematic shipments.
Meanwhile, Apapa Command of the NCS made a total of 11 seizures comprising five units of 40-foot containers, two units of 20-foot containers and four additional seizures of loosely concealed contraband items, with a duty paid values DPV of N921 billion between January and April 2025.… More...
Minister of Finance Heads 62nd NCS Board Meeting
… Pushes for More Success Stories Amid Q1 Achievements
By Babatunde Aremu
The 62nd regular meeting of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Board was held on Tuesday, April 29 2025, at the Service’s Headquarters in Maitama, Abuja.… More...
Olanrewaju, Farinto urge maritime stakeholders to maximise opportunities of Nigeria – China currency swap agreement
By Babatunde Aremu
Determined to relieve external funding pressures and ensure trade facilitation between Nigeria and China, both countries engaged in a series of negotiations for a bilateral currency swap framework.… More...
MARITIME LABOUR: NIGERIA ENDORSES AMENDMENTS TO EIGHT (8) 2006 MLC CODES
– Seafarers’ welfare is our priority- Mobereola.
By Babatunde Aremu
Nigeria has endorsed the amendments to eight (8) Codes of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006. The amendments include the codes related to the protection of seafarers against discrimination, identification of seafarers as key workers, enhanced access to shore based welfare for seafarers, and the code on shipboard violence, harassment and bullying, accommodation and recreational facilities onboard.… More...
CVFF- House of Reps committee Backs Marine and Blue Economy Ministry.
· WE WILL DISBURSE THIS YEAR- Mobereola
By Babatunde Aremu
The House of Representatives, through its Committee on Maritime Safety, Education and Administration, has pledged full support for the directive issued by the Honourable Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, CON, for the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to expedite the disbursement of the Cabotage Vessel Financing Fund (CVFF).… More...
