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The Comptroller- General of Nigeria Customs Service, Adewale Adeniyi, has decried the proliferation of associations in the freight forwarding industry as well as the maritime media which he said is giving confusing signals to policy makers. Specifically, he disclosed that discordant tunes from the freight forwarders make it difficult for policy makers to consult them […]
The suspension of the implementation of the 4% Free on Board (FOB) levy on imports not withstanding, majority of Nigerian freight forwarding professionals want outright cancellation of the levy. Already, an activist group, Save Nigeria Freight Forwarders, Importers and Exporters Coalition (SNFFIEC) has condemned the introduction of the levy, describing it as ‘wicked’ at this […]
A topnotch maritime practitioner and former National President of Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Prince Olayiwola Shittu, will lead maritime industry stakeholders as the Chairman to the much-anticipated award dinner being organised by Nigerian Maritime Journalists to honour the excellent performance of the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, MFR, on […]
Following the controversies that have trailed the planned introduction of the International Cargo Tracking Note, ICTN, the Maritime Association of Nigeria, MARAN has disclosed that it is time to put the controversies to rest once and for all. To this effect, the association, the leading maritime beat association in the industry, is set to organise […]
As part of his continuous effort and renewed drive to carry stakeholders along on some of the emerging policies of the Nigeria Customs Service, the Customs Area Controller, Tin Can Island Port Command, Comptroller Frank Onyeka, has engaged a broad spectrum of stakeholders, including importers, Customs brokers, shipping agents, and other key players in the […]
The much awaited award dinner being organised by Nigerian Maritime Journalists to honour the excellent and superlative performance of the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR, comes up next week, Thursday, February 13, 2025. The epoch-making event, which is the first of its kind in the Nigerian maritime industry, will hold at […]
In his concerted efforts to ensure trade facilitation and efficient Customs operations, the Controller of the Tin Can Island Customs Command, Comptroller Frank Onyeka has enjoined stakeholders to always declare their goods accurately through the proper channels of collection. Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting with the Executive members of the Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs […]
Goaded by the need to bring Nigerian Ports to international standard so that they could compete with their peers in terms of infrastructure and equipment, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has secured necessary approvals for an upward review in its tariffs which were last reviewed in the year 1993. The 15% upward increase which is […]
A foremost freight forwarder and Chairman/CEO, of Widescope Logistics Group, Dr. Segun Musa, has stated emphatically that the International Cargo Tracking Note (ICTN) is a fraud. Speaking during an interaction with the leadership of the Maritime Reporters Association of Nigeria (MARAN) who visited him at the headquarters of his company at Ogba, Ikeja, Lagos, he […]
The appointment of Dr. Charles Okaga as Technical Adviser to the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Engr. Adegboyega Oyetola, has been described by the Maritime Reporters Association of Nigeria (MARAN) as the beginning of good things for the maritime sector. The President of MARAN, Mr. Godfrey Bivbere, while congratulating Okaga, described the appointment as […]
