The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS has announced the deployment of a Simplified Baggage Import Declaration System at the Seme Area Command. This marks a new phase in its drive for digital innovation, trade facilitation, and improved passenger clearance processes. The initiative is designed to streamline baggage declaration, reduce clearance time, and enhance transparency for legitimate […]

The Free Zone Command of the Nigeria Customs Service generated a record N557.02 billion in revenue between January and August 2026, underscoring the growing economic significance of the Free Zone corridor and the Command’s contribution to revenue mobilisation. Speaking at the handover ceremony held at the Zone yesterday, the retiring Area Controller of Customs, Hauwa […]

By Cynthia Alo & Kafayat Kokumo Stakeholders in the agriculture sector have called for a change in the way agriculture is described, saying a shift in language could help attract more young people and investors into the sector. Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Systems, Ms Abisola Olusanya, specifically proposed replacing the term ‘agricultural […]

By Yinka Kolawole As Nigeria marks its 66th independence anniversary, Nigeria’s organised private sector (OPS) has challenged the Federal Government to turn recent macroeconomic gains into measurable improvements in productivity, business competitiveness, jobs, household purchasing power, warning that stabilisation will have limited impact unless it lowers the cost of producing and living in Nigeria. In […]

The Commander of the Mining Marshals, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Assistant Commandant Attah John Onoja, has called for a new wave of resource nationalism and strategic exploitation of Nigeria’s vast solid mineral resources as a catalyst for economic growth, national security and sustainable development.