Expert: Customs Modernization Key to Nigeria's Economic Growth There are many benefits that will accrue to Nigeria, as a nation, by the time the Customs Modernisation Project, CMP, is fully implemented, Mr. Ahmed Ogunshola, has said. Ogunshola, General Manager of the Trade Modernisation Project Limited, disclosed...

Credible Data: Solution for Border Porosity, Trade Crisis By Abdulsalam Mahmud, As part of efforts to modernize its operations, the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, recently organized a three-day workshop focused on data generation, analytics and storage. Held at the Nigeria Customs Command and Staff College (NCCSC) in...

Ogun Customs Confiscates N380.37m Contraband The Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun 1 Area Command has confiscated 103 contraband with a duty paid value of N380.37m in 23 days. The Area Controller of Ogun 1 Command, Comptroller James Ojo, disclosed this during his maiden briefing in Abeokuta on...

NCS Increases FX Rate for Import Duties to N1,441/$ The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has increased the foreign exchange (FX) rate for import duties to N1,441.58 per dollar. The increase represents a 4.94 percent as against the N1,373.64/$ adopted on May 1. The rate adopted by customs...

NCC Seizes N300m Worth of Counterfeit Books at Onne Port The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has made a significant stride in combating intellectual property piracy by seizing three shipping containers of pirated books with a conservative market value of over N300 million. In a press statement...

NIPR, NCS Emerge Finalists for 2024 SABRE Africa PR Awards on Issue Management and Public Sector Leadership   The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have been selected as finalists for the 2024 SABRE Africa PR Awards in Crisis/Issue Management...