… We Want To Be Deliberate In Our Activities This Year – MARAN President President of the Badagry Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines & Agriculture, Retired Deputy Comptroller of Customs, DC Yahaya Idris, has hailed the consistency of the Maritime Reporters Association of Nigeria (MARAN) in objective reporting of the Maritime Industry. Idris who had […]
In a bid to ensure zero tolerance for cash flow disruptions, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has sanctioned Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) for failing to make Naira notes available through automated teller machines (ATMs), during the yuletide season. Each bank was fined ₦150 million for non-compliance, in line with the CBN’s cash distribution guidelines, […]
The Nigeria Customs Service generated a total sum of ₦6,105,315,543,489.50 (Six Trillion, One Hundred and Five Billion, Three Hundred and Fifteen Million, Five Hundred and Forty-Three Thousand, Four Hundred and Eighty-Nine Naira, Fifty Kobo), surpassing the target of ₦5,079,069,866,085.50 by ₦1,026,245,677,404.00, representing a 20.2% increase above the target in 2024. The Comptroller General of the […]
The President of Badagry Chamber of Commerce, Industry Mines and Agriculture, Mr. Yahaya Oladiran Idris has posited that the proposed deep seaport in Badagry will thrive because the town has a lot of economic potentials that can support it. Idris made this known while interacting with members of the Executives of the Maritime Reporters Association […]
The determination of the current leadership of the Commerce and Industry Correspondents Association of Nigeria, (CICAN), to expand its tentacle in the new year has yielded a positive result as a leading player in the public relations business landscape, Integrated Indigo Limited, expressed its desire to collaborate with the association towards building a symbiotic relationship […]
Thursday, 16th January, 2024 has been set aside by Nigerian Maritime Journalists (NMJ) to confer the award of “Iconic Maritime Personality of the Year 2024” on the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR. According to a press statement signed by Messrs Dele Aderibigbe and Innocent Orok, Chairman and Secretary, Award […]
Nigeria’s African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) coordination body has been flayed for failing to demonstrate the seriousness needed to maximize the benefits of the trade scheme. In a recent interview, The Vice President, Air and Logistics of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), Dr. Segun Musa, criticized the body for its […]
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have agreed to work together in the fight against drug abuse and trafficking within Nigeria’s Maritime domain. This came to being as NIMASA reaffirmed its commitment to supporting NDLEA in its fight against drug trafficking. According to a statement […]
The Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Shehu Gabam, has finally opened up about his recent meeting with former Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai and allies of ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar. The closed-door meeting, which took place at the SDP national secretariat, sparked speculations about a possible political merger ahead of the 2027 elections. According […]
For the available 3,927 job positions, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has received 573,519 applications for its 2024/2025 recruitment exercise, a week after opening the portal. Recall that Minister of Finance, Olawale Edun made it known that the Federal Government approved the recruitment of 3,927 officers into the Service. Giving an update on the process, […]
