The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reduced the number of Bureau de Change dealers in the country to 2,991. The apex bank on Monday published a list of approved in a documents titled ‘Approved BDCs’. The document showed that the licences of 2,698 BDCs have been revoked. A similar list was published by the […]
The British government, through its export credit agency, UK Export Finance (UKEF), says it will now accept naira payments from Nigerian business owners who make procurement in the UK. The UK department of international trade made this known in a statement sent to TheCable. It said the local currency financing structure follows the same format […]
The Kanwan Katsina District Head of Ketare and a retired Controller of Nigeria Customs Service, Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara, popularly called UK Bello in his heyday at Customs could not hide his excitement on the appointment of Mr. Bashir Adewale Adeniyi as the Acting Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service by President Bola Ahmed […]
In its renewed fight against smuggling of arms and ammunition into the country in order to abate insecurity, the Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted 31 rifles and a lot of ammunition in the first two weeks of July. The seizures underscore the premium placed by Acting Comptroller General Wale Adeniyi led management on the security […]
The suspended CBN Central Bank Of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele has been caught in possession of gun and ammunition illegally and has been charged to court accordingly. In a two-count charge marked: FHC/L/437/2023, filed on July 13 at the Federal High Court in Lagos, by the DSS, Emefiele is to be subjected to trial for […]
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, Ph.D., has disclosed readiness to ensure that the Green Chamber gives traditional rulers constitutional roles. Speaker Abbas noted that this has become necessary due to the critical roles traditional rulers play in society. The Speaker made this known at the palace of the Emir […]
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Haruna Gololo, has urged President Bola Tinubu to create jobs instead of giving out cash to citizens to cushion the impact of the petrol subsidy removal. The APC leader said Tinubu should not make the same mistakes former President Muhammadu Buhari made. The President just got the […]
No amount of campaign of calumny will stop the 100 Per Cent Compliance Team of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), its National Coordinator, Alhaji Ibrahim Tanko, has stated. Reiterating the unbending resolve and determination of the team to pursue the war against illicit trade practices among the service providers and freight […]
…Loses an officer in line of duty The Kebbi Area Command of Nigeria Customs Service has organized a parade for the first time in three years to invigorate the moral of the officers and men of the command on Monday the 10th of July 2023. In his address, Dr. Ben Oramalugo FCIA FNIM said the […]
The Acting Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service, Mr. Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, has said that it should be a thing of joy for maritime journalists if he runs the affairs of the Service very well and succeed. He also told them that it will be a collective failure if he fails, stressing that the failure […]
