By Femi Anamelechi The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has agreed to collaborate with the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) on the implementation of the B’Odogwu Unified Customs Management System, a flagship initiative under the Service’s modernization programme in Abuja on August 18, 2025In a joint meeting between the Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR, and…
By Femi Anamelechi As part of strategic efforts to enhance trade facilitations Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intensified efforts to advance the Federal Government’s trade reform agenda through closer collaboration with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and the National Single Window (NSW) Secretariat.The Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi (MFR), on Tuesday 12th August…
By Cosmas Okereafor All things being equal, before the end of this year, 2025, Nigeria will be counted among the countries that successfully hosted an air show. This is if my crystabol is anything to reckon with. The airspace will be agog expectedly, and we cannot wait to witness this global event happening here by…
By Femi Anamelechi The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has issued a strong warning, registering its zero tolerance for illegal and substandard imports as the Agency seized 16 containers laden with prohibited goods valued at ₦10 billion. (CGC), Adewale Adeniyi. Bashir disclosed this at a press briefing in Lagos, at Apapa Area Command, on Monday, 11…
By Femi Anamelechi The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has officially blacklisted Fuji music legend Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, popularly known as K1 De Ultimate or Kwam 1, from flying within its regulatory space for the next six months.The Agency disclosed this on Thursday during a press briefing by Michael Achimugu, NCAA’s Director of Public Affairs…
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) wishes to formally address the incident that occurred on Monday, 5th August 2025, at the domestic terminal of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The incident involved a notable Nigerian musician, King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal (also known as K1 De Ultimate), and a pilot of ValueJet Airlines. Preliminary…
By Femi Anamelechi An Ajah based businessman, Johnson Uchenna and his wife Rosemary Uchenna were on Monday 4th August 2025 sentenced to a total of 22 and a half years imprisonment by Justice Deinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court 8 in Lagos for dealing in illicit drugs.The couple were first arrested on Friday 13th…
By Femi Anamelechi The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Lagos Industrial Area Command (LIAC), has engaged Stakeholders on transition excise operations into the newly deployed Unified Customs Management System (UCMS), codenamed B’Odogwu.This was disclosed in press statement issued by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Superintendent of Customs Juliana Tomo. The sensitization was held virtually at the…
By Cosmas Okereafor The vigilance of the officers of Nigeria Customs Service Murtala Mohammed Area Command, under the leadership of Comptroller Michael Toyin Awe, led to the discovery and interception of a large consignment of birds destined for illegal export to Kuwait, on the the 31st of July, 2025.This remarkable interception was achieved as a…
By Femi Anamelechi President Bolls Ahmed Tinubu has extended the tenure of NCS Comptroller Wale Bashir Adeniyi (MFR) by one year. According to the Presidency, the extension became necessary to enable him; “consolidate ongoing reforms and complete critical initiatives of this administration”, President Bola Tinubu on Thursday July 31, 2025 extended the tenure of the…
