Customs and Reclaiming Nigeria's Missing Revenue with AI, by Abdulsalam Mahmud   In the long and often complicated story of public finance in Nigeria, revenue has always carried both hope and anxiety in equal measure. It is the lifeblood of governance, yet it is also where...

Nigeria Customs and Showing Empathy for Stampede Victims, by Abdulsalam Mahmud   In Lagos State this year, something tragic happened. It was a stampede that claimed some lives. The event that led to the ugly incident was the distribution of rice bags by the Nigeria Customs...

Nigeria Customs and the Good Omen of its E-Auction Platform, by Abdulsalam Mahmud   In recent years, one of the challenge bedeviling Nigerian ports is the issue of overtime cargoes. From Apapa to Tin-Can, and Onne Ports, sights of abandoned and overtime container boxes and vehicles,...

Tinubu's Food Security Emergency and Boosting Rice Production, by Abdulsalam Mahmud   About two weeks ago, the Federal Government took a bold step towards ensuring that hunger does not become the lot of citizens, anytime soon. In that regard, the FG declared a state of emergency...

The Idiroko Border Re-Opening 'Saga' and Desperation of Smugglers, by Abdulsalam Mahmud   Smuggling of goods into the country did not start this year, last year or the penultimate year. It has always been perpetrated by criminal elements and economic saboteurs. It is what the aforementioned...

BOOK REVIEW: Challenges and Rewards of Marrying a Military Officer, by Abdulsalam Mahmud   Recently, Barrister (Mrs.), Victoria Anwuli Irabor, President of the Defence and Police Officers' Wives Association (DEPOWA), authored a book that somewhat looks like a miniature autobiography. When I authored a book “Gen LEO...