THE Comptroller – General of Customs, Dikko Inde Abdullahi CFR has described as insensitive the circumstances that led to the unfortunate conflict between soldiers and Customs officers in Katsina, Katsina State.

May & Baker Nigeria Plc would consider raising additional capital to support its business expansion and steady the healthcare company against competition, the board of the company has said.

As part of its move to ensure sustainable value creation for businesses across Nigeria, Stransact Partners, a professional services firm, said it plans to commence training of chief executives of companies in select programmes.

THE European Commission has launched the new version of the Export Helpdesk, a free one-stop-shop online service to businesses in developing countries on how to export to the European Union.

THE Oyo/Osun command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, said it has destroyed a load of frozen turkey worth N11.5 million.

The Oyo/Osun Area Command of Nigeria Customs Service has impounded a vehicle loaded with 56,750 rounds of ammunition at Saki in Oke Ogun area of Oyo State.

THE Nigeria Customs Service,(NCS), said it has trained about 5, 000 of its officers on different aspects of Destination Inspection of cargo clearance.

Minister of Trade and Investment, Olusegun Aganga has said that government’s refusal to issue any import licence for cement in 2012 had saved the nation about N300 billion.

Africa’s cocoa producing countries stand to loose billions of euros in exports as the European Union tightens laws on the importation of cocoa beans. Last month, Cameroon had its exports totally rejected.

MURTALA Muhammad Airport Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted $2.7m (about N432m) from five suspected money launderers while attempting to travel abroad.

Nigeria stands to generate about N100 billion yearly from cocoa production therefore, both the states and federal government should rely less on statutory monthly allocation and concentrate more on the production of cocoa and other cash and tree crops.

Retailing giant Carrefour is teaming up with CFAO to expand into eight central and west African states and to open stores in shopping centres to be built by the Africa-centred distributor.

By Godwin Oritse FREIGTH  Forwarders, importers and dockworkers have lamented inefficiency of the scanning machines installed by GlobalScans Systems at the Seme border saying that the development may lead to loss of revenue to the government. Speaking to newsmen at Atlas park in   Seme recently, Mr. Ignatius Ezeukwu said that the level of deterioration of […]

THE Seme Customs Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has said that the command, on a daily  basis seizes at least two hundred bags of rice from trucks and traders who patronize that route. Speaking to newsmen at the destruction of contaminated rice and expired medicament, the Customs Area Comptroller, Controller  Othman Abdul Saleh […]

By Chris Ochayi The Federal Government assured Nigerians that the contractor handling the construction of Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge double rail track would soon commence actions on the projects. Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar who disclosed in Abuja while inauguration the Board of Directors of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC, said the government is equally […]