BY FUNMI ALUKO For decades, the Idiroko border in Ogun State was synonymous with illicit trade. Its labyrinth of bush paths and porous creeks made it...
BY EGUONO ODJEGBA The politically manipulated leadership change in the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in 2004, aptly described by analysts as a “palace coup,” nearly brought...
BY FUNMI ALUKO The League of Maritime Editors has congratulated the Comptroller – General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, PhD, on the recent extension of his...
For many discerning minds, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s weekend announcement of a six‑month extension for the Comptroller General of Customs, Dr. Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, was not...
BY FUNMI ALUKO The Nigeria Customs Service has reaffirmed its pivotal role in national economic development, with Comptroller-General Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR declaring that reforms within...
BY FUNMI ALUKO Maritime journalists will today in Lagos unveil a new book that captures performance indices in customs operations and broader maritime development, nearly three...
BY FUNMI ALUKO The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command, has once again demonstrated its iron resolve to safeguard national security and public health, intercepting...
As World Bank Ranks Apapa, Tin Can Among Most Improved BY FUNMI ALUKO The World Bank has listed Nigeria’s Apapa and Tin Can Island Ports among...
BY FUNMI ALUKO The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone C, Owerri, has recorded a major breakthrough in its anti-smuggling drive, intercepting over...
…Impounds Elephant Tusks Worth Over ₦126m BY FUNMI ALUKO The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘A’ of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has recorded a landmark...