Senior officers numbering Twenty-nine (29) have been fired from the Nigeria Customs Service for various acts of gross misconduct. The officers are among forty-four (44) who were punished for actions capable of compromising national economy. Ten (10) other officers were retired from Service, while the appointment...

The National Tax Policy Review Committee that was constituted by the Federal Government last month has recommended the merger of the Federal Inland Revenue Service and the Nigeria Customs Service. The committee, headed by Prof. Abiola Sanni, was set up on August 10 by the...

The Apapa and Tincan commands of the Nigeria Customs Service have generated a total of N130.7bn in the last seven months. While the Apapa Command generated N27.4bn in June, its highest revenue since the start of the year, the Tincan Command generated N130.7bn in the...

  Nigeria’s peak electricity generation increased from the 2,993 Mega Watts (MW) it recorded on July 17 to 3,213MW. This comes as Ikeja Electric Plc, introduced a debt discount initiative, which provides various percentage discount options to enable customers pay off their outstanding bills and meet...

The federal government’s plan to raise N4.2trillion ($14.3 billion) revenue set in the 2016 budget from its revenue agencies may not materialise, as the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has failed to meet the target set for it by the government. Just like most other government...

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said the failure of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to connect to the National Single Window, a cross-government website for trade facilitation, is hindering the effective operation at the seaports. Amaechi made this declaration in Lagos at the...