AfCFTA: MWFAAN Stepping Up for Nigeria's Economic Future By Abdulhaleem Ishaq Ringim It's been an encouraging few weeks for the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) in Nigeria. The Nigeria Customs Service recently facilitated the country's first shipment under the AfCFTA to Kenya—a milestone that marks...

FG Needs to Cut Agencies at Borders to Facilitate trade, Generate Revenue, Says Okonjo-Iweala The World Trade Organisation (WTO) director-general, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, asked the federal government to cut down the number of agencies at the borders as part of key reforms needed by the Nigeria...

Customs Impounds 67,000 Litres of PMS Worth N84m   Amid the fuel hike in fuel price in Nigeria, Operation Whirlwind of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 67,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) otherwise known as petrol, valued at N84, 870,000,000 from smugglers. In a...

Nigeria Customs and Driving the AfCFTA Implementation By Abdulsalam Mahmud One laudable initiative aimed at boosting the growth of Africa's economy is the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement, AfCFTA. Signed by 54 African Union member states in 2018, AfCFTA seeks to create the largest free...

Cutoms Intercepts 8,850 litres of Petrol, Others in One Month The Nigeria Customs Service, Oyo/Osun Area Command, said it intercepted different contrabands including 8,850 litres of petrol and 168 sacks of fake medicament between August and September 2024. In a statement on Wednesday, the Customs Area...

Customs Raises Alarm over Arms Import as 114,929 Ammunition Seized in Six Years The Nigeria Customs Service, has raised alarm over increased arms import, revealing that since 2018 it intercepted 20 significant shipments, comprising 10,498 pieces of various arms and 114,929 pieces of ammunition, with...