Author: Vera

The Tin Can Island Customs Command under Comptroller Dera Nnadi has made yet another history, as the Command hits its first ever N1Trillion revenue collection in history. The Command also intercepted 18 containers of banned illicit drugs worth over N7bn . Addressing the media and other stakeholders among them sister security agencies comprising of NDLEA, NAFDAC, NPF and others , he said the NCS with the mandate of the CGC , Adewale Adeniyi is ever determined to carry out its functions in collaboration with sister security agencies to tame the activities of economic saboteurs from bringing in dangerous imports into…

The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) is liaising with the Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy to replace the wooden boats nationwide as they constitute over 90% of boats in the waterways therefore account for the majority of accidents on waterways. The Area Manager of NIWA Port Harcourt Area Office Surv. Bernard Ekawu MNIS made this assertion while speaking as a guest at the Marine Enlightenment Campaign for operators along Amadi creek at Hotel Presidential, Port-Harcourt, Rivers State. The event themed, “Keeping the waterways safe for all users” was organized by River State Ministry of Chieftaincy and Community Affairs in…

A workshop attended by AthIetics Stakeholders converged for solutions to funding and unlimited growth of Sports in Nigeria The gathering featured personalities and ex-internationals such as Edo State Sports Commission Chairman Yusuf Ali, Falilat Ogunkoya, Rotimi Obajimi, representatives from National Sports Commission, National Institute of Sports (NIS) and many more. AthIetics/Sports funding in the era of National Sports Commission was the theme for the workshop. Speaking to a capacity audience at the Sharaton hotel venue of the workshop Yusuf Ali who delivered the keynote address said in sports administration funding is key and without it, nothing can be done. “Sports…

It was a glorious and jubilation day for Gombe State Athletics Academy AthIetes following the marking of it’s one year of existence on Thursday in Gombe as excited AthIetes got cash awards and other lollies to celebrate the event. The Academy was established on November 7th, 2023 by sports entrepreneur Hon. Ahmed Shuaibu Gara-Gombe to mitigate the dearth to youth sports talents in Gombe and entire North East zone. It was landmark development as athIetes took the stage by storm when for the first time they won three medals at the Asaba 7th National Youth Games in 2023. To commemorate…

Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, Tuesday, said his administration would leverage on the game changing potentials of the Special Agricultural Economic Zones to create over 50,000 jobs for the well being and economic prosperity of the people. Governor Oborevwori said the programme would enhance food security, agro-processing, employment creation, export earnings, infrastructural development with its overall effect on the state’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). He disclosed this when he received officials of the African Development Bank, (ADB), Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), National Cereal Research Institute (NCRI) led by Dr…

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has facilitated Nigeria’s first shipment to Kenya, with Lucky Fibres, a subsidiary of the Tolaram Group, becoming one of the first companies to ship goods to Kenya under the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA). During a visit to the Apapa Area Command on Wednesday, 30 October 2024, to ensure proper documentation and verification of the shipment, Olusegun Olutayo, Senior Trade Expert and Lead of Trade Enablement at the Nigeria AfCFTA Coordination Office, noted that the shipment from Nigeria to Kenya, specifically to the port of Mombasa, demonstrates the collaborative spirit of AfCFTA. “It…

Sequel to a display of absolute honesty, Mr. Oluleye Olusegun Emmanuel, a Nigerian attending a capacity-building workshop in Morocco, returned over 400 Moroccan Dirham that was mistakenly overpaid to him. Posting in his Facebook account, Hon. Ahmed Shuaibu Gara-Gombe, team leader, primed, Mr. Emmanuel, as an employee of Nigeria’s Corporate Affairs Commission, was in Morocco with his team and colleagues for the event, organized by North East Consultancy Limited. According to Mr. Emmanuel, the incident occurred when he and his colleagues went to exchange dollars for Moroccan Dirham. During the transaction, the shop owner inadvertently overpaid him with 430 Dirham.…

The Kano/Jigawa Command of Nigeria Customs Service has on Friday November 1, 2024 stepped up stakeholders engagement with various market associations with a view to enhancing their level of compliance Controller of the Command, Dauda Ibrahim Chana with the support of Comptroller Ahmed Tijjani Abe, Controller of Federal Operation Unit, Zone B, jointly assured that the NCS would always make the processs of trade seamless by removing all forms of identified impediments. The Controllers also used the opportunity of the session to educate traders from various markets including Singa, Kantin Kwari, Sabon Gari, Kano shop owners, online marketers, and Blouse…

The Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government- Owned Companies (SSASCGOC) and Maritime Workers’ Union off Nigeria (MWUN) have said there are over 150 unmanned jetties in Nigeria. The two unions in at a joint press conference on Thursday, blamed the revenue leakages through the unmanned jetties on the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) for not having any personnel at the jetties. President of SSASCGOC, Comrade Akinola Bodunde and the President General of MWUN, Comrade Adewale Adeyanju, raised alarm over the danger posed by the absence of the two maritime agencies…

The Financial, Banks Online Publishers urged government to work assiduously to formulate plans to attract over N36 trillion in the informal sector into the banking system. This was the resolutions reached at the end of FiBOP’s Workshop held October 18 -20, 2024 at the Orchid Hotel Lekki in Lagos. The event was held under the Theme: Digital Innovations, Deepening infrastructure for Efficient financial Ecosystem. In a Communique issued after the workshop, Stakeholders agreed that government should address and empower access to credit of the informal sector by reducing cost of credit as it seeks ways to grow the internally generated…