By Femi Anamelechi The Nigeria Custom Ports Terminal Multiservices Limited (PTML) Command has achieved a total collection of N204,725,634,459.55 for the first half of 2025 which is N52,077,116,927.50 higher than the N152,648,517,532.05 collected at the same period last year. This shows a remarkable 34.1% increase in this half year’s collection above the 2024 figures. Comptroller…
By Femi Anamelechi There was a brief scare at the Port Harcourt International Airport as Air Peace flight from Lagos to Port Harcourt encountered a runway incident upon landing on Sunday morning, resulting in what the airline described as a “runway excursion.” Air Peace spokesperson Osifo-Whiskey Efe confirmed that the aircraft operating Flight P47190 veered…
By Femi Anamelechi NDLEA officers acting on credible intelligence have intercepted parcels of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis concealed in microwaves imported from Thailand, the cargo was subjected to thorough search during which 23 parcels of loud weighing 11.3kg concealed in new microwaves were recovered. A suspect Ezenwegbu Chike was arrested in connection with…
By Femi Anamelechi The Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Adewale Adeniyi, said Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is committed to fostering and safeguarding public health through robust enforcement actions. He disclosed this on Friday, 11 July 2025, during the formal handover of 25 containers of seized unregistered and prohibited pharmaceutical products to the National Agency for Food…
By C. Don Adinuba On Tuesday, July 1, while travelling with him from Enugu to Aba, his phone kept on ringing endlessly. Typical of him, Bart Nnaji took every call and addressed each caller patiently, carefully, and politely. One call struck me in particular. It was a widow from his rural community who reported that…
By Femi Anamelechi Aba Power, Nigeria’s 12th electricity distribution company (DisCo), has attributed the success of its ongoing free meter campaign to the cooperation of its customers. In an interview with journalists today, the Aba Power Managing Director, Ugo Opiegbe, said without the “enthusiastic cooperation of our teeming customers, we would not have recorded the…
By Cosmas Okereafor and Femi Anamelechi The Nigeria Customs Service, Murtala Muhammed Area Command, has announced a significant leap in revenue generation and enforcement achievements for the first half of 2025, under the leadership of Customs Area Comptroller, Michael Toyin Awe. Speaking to journalists at a media briefing in Lagos on Wednesday 9th July 2025,…
By Chidi Anthony Opara, RFF, FIIM, CDOA In his response to a Lagos federal high court pronouncement of 26th May, 2025 to the effect that it is illegal for the Council For The Regulation Of Freight Forwarding In Nigeria (CRFFN) to collect Practitioners Operating Fees(POF) from Customs Licensed Agents, the CRFFN Registrar, Mr. Kingsley Igwe,…
By Femi Anamelechi The APC led government of President Bola’ Ahmed Tinubu has rejected a report published by the International Monetary Fund ( IMF) on July 7 2025The report titled: “How Nigeria Can Unleash Its Economic Potential,” had warned that the impact of government’s policies had been slow in reducing inflation, tackling poverty, or strengthening…
By Femi Anamelechi The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) continue to achieve landmark performance as Kano/Jigawa Area Command recorded a major breakthrough in the fight against illicit financial flows with the interception of over N653 million worth of undeclared foreign currencies at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA). The seizure was announced on Monday, 8…
