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BY CHIKA OKEKE, Abuja L-R:  Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi presenting a plaque to the Comptroller General of Quarantine, Vincent Isegbe during a visit by NAQS to the Customs headquarters in Abuja.   Committed to tightening border security, the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS has joined forces with Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service, NAQS, on intelligence sharing, trade facilitation and national security, aimed at protecting the economy. Reaffirming its leadership role in safeguarding Nigeria's borders, the Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi announced the partnership during a visit by NAQS Comptroller General of Quarantine, Vincent Isegbe, to the Customs headquarters in Abuja. Adeniyi noted that the Service was moving to harmonise inspection procedures across the country's ports and border stations, describing the ambition as critical to promoting consistency, transparency and efficiency in cargo clearance nationwide. He also revealed...

BY CHIKA OKEKE, Abuja L-R: Comptroller-General of Customs, CGC, Adewale Adeniyi presenting a plaque to the Vice President of Production, Renaissance Africa Energy Limited, when the management of Renaissance paid a courtesy visit to the NCS Headquarters in Abuja.   The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has pledged its determination to end legitimate trade bottlenecks and provide all lawful support required for businesses that meet regulatory obligations. This was even as the Service hinted that ongoing reforms under the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council, PEBEC, are improving the ease of doing business in Nigeria. Comptroller-General of Customs ,CGC, Adewale Adeniyi disclosed this when the management of Renaissance Africa Energy Limited, led by its Vice President, Production, Meshack Maichibi, paid a courtesy visit to the NCS Headquarters in Abuja.  Congratulating Renaissance on the successful completion of its corporate transition, Adeniyi said tha...

BY CHIKA OKEKE, Abuja Chief Executive Officer of IBDL, Dr. Khaled Khallaf and Managing Director of Human Resources, Afreximbank, Mr. Stephen Kauma during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, at the Afreximbank’s headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.  The African Export-Import Bank, Afreximbank, has sealed a deal with IBDL Learning Group, IBDL, to facilitate regional trade and equip African professionals with the advanced skills needed to perform effectively and compete in the global trade landscape. Sealed at the Afreximbank’s headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, the Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, brings the expertise of the two institutions to jointly design and implement programmes and initiatives aimed at building the human and business capabilities required to drive regional trade in Africa. The agreement will also provide the needed platform to strengthen Global Africa’s human capital for trade and equip professionals, entrepreneurs, businesses and public institu...

BY CHIKA OKEKE, Abuja The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, and its Benin Republic counterpart have united to bolster geospatial technology by solidifying economic security and surveillance along their shared border corridor. Geospatial Technology is the application of remote sensing, geographic information systems and, global positioning systems to gather and analyse spatial data for managing agricultural practices and landscapes, as well as informed decision-making on land use and resource management. Through the partnership, Nigeria and the Benin Republic will engage in seamless activities, aimed at consolidating the existing synergy to curb trans-border crime and facilitate legitimate trade. This formed the crux of discussion during a strategic engagement between the two countries’ Customs at the ECOWAS Conference Hall, Seme-Krake, Joint Border Post. The Customs Area Controller of Seme Area Command, Comptroller Abdullahi Kaila described the initiative as a major step toward...

BY CHIKA OKEKE, Abuja Determined to improve Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, Nigeria has attained the quota set by the Organisation and Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, as production soared to104 percent of the 1.5mbpd crude oil benchmark. This implied that the country’s crude oil and condensate production increased to an average of 1,735,398 barrels per day in the month of June 2026, representing positive growth for a 4th consecutive month. In the month under review, crude oil production hit 1.56mbpd while 0.18mbpd of condensates was produced. But in strict crude oil terms (excluding condensates), the 1.56 million daily average production Nigeria witnessed in June is the highest that Africa’s biggest oil producer has recorded since April 2020, representing a 74-month high. In June, the peak combined crude oil and condensate production was 1.89mbpd, reflecting Nigeria’s potential to reach 2mbpd in the near term. However, the lowest production was 1.57mbpd for the per...

BY CHIKA OKEKE, Abuja R-L: President and Chairman of NIPR, Dr Ike Neliaku; Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, presenting a certificate of induction to a newly inducted officer of Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, during the Special induction ceremony of 70 NCS PR Officers in Abuja. Determined to empower professionals with the relevant skills, the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has dominated the strategic communication space, as the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, NIPR, inducted 70 Public Relations Officers, PRO, of the Service, marking the first mass induction into the Institute since 2013. The ceremony, which was held at the Service Headquarters in Abuja, reflected the Service's commitment to building a corps of certified communication professionals equipped to effectively project its reforms, operations and institutional achievements. Addressing the newly inducted officers, the Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi described the induc...