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The Nigeria Customs Service, marshalled by Comptroller-General Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, engaged stakeholders from across the import-export ecosystem aimed at addressing operational challenges and fostering a more efficient trade environment. The meeting, which was held in Kano on Sunday,10 March 2024, with stakeholders ranging from the leadership of Customs License Agents, Bonded Terminal Operators, and Importers seized the opportunity to voice their concerns over the bottlenecks in clearing their consignments from Lagos and Onne Ports. The stakeholders highlighted the challenges associated with the change of procedure code and compounded by a cumbersome process for clearance consignments on transire from coastal ports…

Executive Assistant on Communications to Delta State Governor, Dr Latimore Oghenesivbe has assured Deltans that the independent status of Delta State Independent Electoral Commission, DSIEC, remained sacrosanct, and described governor Sheriff Oborevwori will not interfere in the forthcoming local government councils election. He gave the assurance in Asaba while speaking as a guest of the State Television public affairs program – The Faculty, saying that DSIEC is saddled with the entire responsibility of conducting a free, fair and credible local government councils elections in the state. Oghenesivbe pointed out that the only responsibility of the state government is to ensure…

The Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government Owned Companies (SSASCGOC) approached the leadership of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) to help fight against government’s proposed deduction of 50 percent of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) annual earnings. Recall that the group in conjunction with the junior staff cadre, Maritime Workers’ Union of Nigeria (MWUN) had taken a stand against the plan at a joint press conference in Lagos, recently. The two unions argued that if the revenue of the agency is slashed by half, it would not be able to meet up with its statutory mandates in the…

Enugu State Internal Revenue Service (ESIRS) has sealed the Enugu outlets of ShopRite, Spar and other supermarkets over alleged failure to remit purchase tax in their malls to the government after being served several warning notices. According to the ESIRS officials who embarked on the enforcement drive on Tuesday other malls including Roban, Mama Onyinye restaurant among others have also been warned. The ESIRS Head of Department of eateries, bars, hotels and shopping malls, Egwuonwu Perpetual said the agency visited the sealed malls on several occasions to request for evidence of payment of the purchase tax but they failed to…

The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, on Thursday, 7, 2024, made a stop-over at the construction site of Customs Cantonment in Mando Kaduna to ascertain the project’s progress. Speaking to newsmen shortly after inspecting the site, the CGC described the magnificent project as a means to establish a solid and efficient infrastructure to drive the activities of the Service. “I am here this afternoon to inspect the progress of this vital project, the construction of the Customs Cantonment in Mando, Kaduna. This initiative underscores our commitment to establishing a robust and efficient infrastructure to support the…

Labour Party leader Peter Obi has clarified his stand on Egypt and import of Ukraine grains, saying that Egypt received grains not as a result of hunger. To illustrate further, on the Global Hunger Index Obi said, Egypt ranks 57th, while our dear nation ranks 109th, out of 125 countries measured.So, while Egypt has a hunger level considered moderate, Nigeria is in the league of 20 hungriest countries in the world, with a hunger level considered serious. Egypt, without facing severe hunger, and not in the list of hungriest nations, exported over $9 billion of agricultural products in 2023. May…

Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori has dentified entrepreneurship and skill acquisition as key to wealth creation in a nation plagued with unemployment and economic challenges. Governor Oborevwori made the remark when he received the State Coordinator of the National Youths Service Corps, NYSC, Mr Alao Olusegun, and his delegation at Government House, Asaba. While thanking the NYSC for its contribution to the State’s development, Governor Oborevwori said the State Government will look into all the requests made by the State Coordinator and see how the State Government could assist. He commended the Delta NYSC for its entrepreneurship drive saying: “the…

The Area Controller of Seme Customs Command, Comptroller Timi Bomodi, revealed this at media briefing on Tuesday, even as he warned smugglers to desist from such inhumane acts. Bomodi, however, disclosed that despite the decline in imports occasioned by the high exchange rate, the Command has collected N1.16 billion in two months – representing 88% of the revenue target for January and February 2024. Bomodi, showcasing some premium motor spirit (PMS) seized by the Command’s officers, said “The Command was given a target of N7.875 billion to collect in the current year. This represents an increase of over 400% in…

Inter Party Advisory Council, (IPAC), Delta State chapter, has passed a vote of confidence on Governor Sheriff Oborevwori in recognition of his outstanding accomplishments in the governance of the state. Chairman of IPAC in the state, Prince Henry Eze, hage the vote of confidence when he led members of the State Council on a courtesy visit to Governor Sheriff Oborevwori at Government House, Asaba on Tuesday. According to Eze, “as critical stakeholders in the Delta State political space, we make bold to say, we are satisfied with the implementation of your M.O.R.E agenda which has brought profound infrastructural and human…