The Comptroller-General (CG) of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, has advocated for the strategic application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Nigeria’s public governance system, stating that the technology holds immense potential to combat corruption, enhance transparency, and drive efficiency in service delivery. Adeniyi made this call on Monday during a public lecture delivered at the 7th convocation …

Stakeholders’ in the maritime business have lauded the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, for prevailing on government to suspend the four per cent Free-on-Board (FOB) value on imports into the country. FoB value is an instrument used by Customs Administrations to assess import duties and taxes in which freight and insurance costs are excluded. …

After years of failed attempts to implement the international trade’s Single Window in Nigeria, the Comptroller-General General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi has identified factors that undermine every effort put into the project, while suggesting preferred ways to make it work. According to the World Customs Organisation (WCO), a Single Window is a trade facilitation concept …

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has dissolved the Joint Border Patrol Team (JBPT) after due consultation with the Office of the National Security Adviser. This operation, which commenced in 2019 with a code name ‘Ex-Swift Response’ and later evolved into the JBPT, was initially designed to enforce the partial border closure policy. In a statement on Tuesday, NCS’ National Public …

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced that it collected N5.7 trillion in revenue as of Tuesday, 12 November 2024. At the ongoing 2024 Comptroller-General of Customs Conference in Abuja, Comptroller-General, Adewale Adeniyi expressed optimism about the service’s capacity to achieve more for the economy. “Our strategic engagements and collaborative approaches have yielded remarkable results across our core statutory responsibilities. …

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it generated N1.3 trillion during the first quarter of this year, an increase of 20 per-cent of its annual projection. At a press briefing on Wednesday, Comptroller-General Bashir Adewale Adeniyi said the feat was achieved in spite of declining Nigerian cargo throughput estimated to have dwindled by 4.89 per cent during the period. The …

President Bola Tinubu has ordered the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to return all seized food items to their owners. The food items, which were confiscated by men of the NCS for contravening import and export rules, are currently stockpiled at the various Customs warehouses. The Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, who disclosed this in Katsina at the weekend during …

The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi, on Saturday, said consultations are ongoing on the reopening of borders. This is as he noted that only President Bola Tinubu has the prerogative to reopen borders in the country. He stated this at an interaction session with members of the Kongolam border community in Mai’adua Local Government Area of Katsina …

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it is expediting the implementation of its Electronic Cargo Tracking System (ECTS) to enhance its operations. Its Comptroller-General, Mr Adewale Adeniyi, made this known via a statement by Abdullahi Maiwada, NCS National Public Relations Officer, on Saturday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the ECTS is a web-based solution used to …

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) now has two more Assistant Comptroller General of Customs (ACGs), while 2,209 other senior officers have been promoted. The promotion was approved by the Board of Nigeria Customs Service, chaired by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Chief Olawale Edun, According to a statement on Friday bÿ the National Public Relations …