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Buhari Ensuring “Rule of Law” Falls Apart

Buhari Orders CTN Take Off

Shipping Lines hijack Osinbajo FG,UNDP to Launch new port operating standards   The planned take off of the re-introduced Advanced Cargo Declaration System(ACD) called Cargo Tracking Note(CTN) may have divided President Mohammed Buhari and his Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. With …

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Customs Embarks On Intense Restructuring

CG Appeals To Shippers’ Council On Accuracy In Trade Facilitation

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has expressed concern over inaccuracy and lack of detail in the records of manifest documents of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) with the view of strengthening its working relations with the Council. According to the …

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CAFFA Express Mixed Feelings At CG’s Visit 

CAFFA Express Mixed Feelings At CG’s Visit 

The Concerned Accredited Freight Forwarding Association (CAFFA) has expressed dissatisfaction over the speech of the Controller General of Customs (CGC), Rtd. Col. Hameed Ali during his familiarization tour and working visit which, according to them, did not give direction and character on the best way …

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Travellers, Customs at loggerheads over seized vehicles at checkpoints

Senate Summons Comptroller-General Over Reversal On Imported Rice

The Senate ad hoc Committee on Rice Waivers has summoned the Comptroller General of Customs, Col. Ahmed Ali (rtd), to explain why he lifted the ban on the importation of rice through the land borders. The resolution yesterday followed a …

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We Don’t Have Divers For Under Water Inspection- NIMASA

NIMASA DG Denies Defending Tompolo’s Maritime Security Contract

Reports have been making the rounds that the Acting Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Mr. Haruna Baba Jauro had defended Tompolo’s maritime security contract with the Agency, since his working visit of to the …

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MENA Frowns At NIMASA Maritime Projects In Delta State

MENA Frowns At NIMASA Maritime Projects In Delta State

The Marine Engineering and Naval Architecture (MENA) Division of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) has expressed disapproval at the establishment of a dockyard and maritime university in Delta State by the Nigerian Maritime And safety Agency (NIMASA) without any …

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VIN Valuation: Customs Make U-turn, Gives One Month Grace Period

‘In Fighting Corruption We Cannot Reduce Tariff’, CG Tells Stakeholders

The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has affirmed its handicap in the fight against corruption and smuggling activities in cargo clearance practices when it in asserted that it has no powers to reduce tariff, during a stakeholders’ meeting. The Controller General …

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Travellers, Customs at loggerheads over seized vehicles at checkpoints

CGC Ali Declares Open Door Policy

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has declared its willingness to work with stakeholders  to make progress  by having an understanding that in the course of doing business, strict adherence to the rule is key. The Controller General of Customs Col. …

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CTN: How Foreign Firms Short- Change FG

CTN: How Foreign Firms Short- Change FG

Why SAN Fights NIMASA, NPA Officials in Collusion Facts have emerged on why the foreign shipping lines operating in Nigeria under the auspices of Shipping Association of Nigeria (SAN) are bent on fighting the re-introduction of the Advanced Cargo Declaration …

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Buratai, Army Chief Seeks NIMASA’s Co-operation

Buratai, Army Chief Seeks NIMASA’s Co-operation

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai has commended the management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) for its efforts in combating piracy and other criminal activities on Nigeria’s water ways. General Buratai who said …

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MAN Oron Rector Dies Calls For 15% Funding

Okpo, MAN ORON, Rector Calls For 15% Funding

Smarting from his reappointment to a second four years term, the Rector of the premier Maritime Academy of Nigeria (MAN) Oron, Amb (Dr) Joshua Okpo has vowed to leave no stone unturned in his effort to structurally develop and academically …

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ITF, Auto Council Unveil Plans To Produce Vehicle Parts

Gains Of Modern Airports Through Public/Private Partnership

Airports have come a long way from the time that they were mere landing or take-off nodes for aircraft and entry or exit points for passengers. Today it is the airports that have become the gateway of every country in …

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Customs Lift Ban On Rice Import

Customs Lift Ban On Rice Import

The Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (retd.), has ordered the immediate removal of rice from import restriction list and the re-introduction of import duty payment at land borders. The Public Relations Officer of the customs, Mr. Wale Adeniyi, made …

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NPA Advocates Improve Port Infrastructure To Facilitate Export

NPA Advocates Improve Port Infrastructure To Facilitate Export

Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has a dvocated for the provision of adequate port infrastructure by the Federal Government and the private sector to facilitate export activities through the nation’s seaports. The Managing Director of NPA, Malam Habib Abdullahi pointed out …

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FG  Renews  Bello’s Appointment  

Nigeria’s Frontiers Of Trade Must Be Extended – Hassan Bello

The Executive Secretary of Nigeria Shippers’ Council (NSC), Barr. Hassan Bello has lamented the low turn of Nigeria’s export trade and charged the government to step up policies aimed at revamping theexport industries in Nigeria. Speaking as a guest at …

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Customs Seize Fake Drugs, Furniture Worth N226m In Owerri

Customs Seize Fake Drugs, Furniture Worth N226m In Owerri

Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit, Zone “C”, Owerri, Imo State says it has seized two trucks carrying 843 cartons of fake drugs and another containing furniture and furniture components with a Duty Paid Value of N226,830,000. It was …

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Arms Proliferation: Over 6 Million Ammunition in Circulation - Abdulsalami

Nigeria Should Be A Trade Gateway For Africa – Gen. Abubakar

As the International Sea Trade Investment Convention (ISTIC 2015) berths in Lagos, former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar, has thrown his weight behind the call by maritime stakeholders for Nigeria’s export trade policies to be strengthened, asserting that if …

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Sea Trade Convention Disrupted Due To Lack Of Fund

There was drama this morning as the International Sea Trade and Investment Convention (ISTIC), which is presently ongoing in Lagos, was disrupted by the owners of the facility, Landmark Event Centre, over the organizer’s failure to pay up for use …

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FG Appoints Dikko  APR To IMO

TSA: Nigeria Can’t Contest IMO Council Election

  NIMASA, Now Families’ Company Plc Akpobolokemi Employs 14 Relations Nigeria, again will not be of the 43 countries that will be contesting election in the fort coming International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Council election in November, 2015 in London. The …

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AU Tasks ASA, AFFF To Drive AIM-Strategy

African Union Sets 50 Years Pan African Agenda

The African Union has initiated a drastic programme developmental for the continent, tagged: Agenda 2063, The African We Want, with the aims of fostering closer bond among the diverse tongues and people of Africa both at home and in Diaspora, and also …

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