At the 2026 World Maritime Day celebration in Lagos, Minister of Marine and Blue Economy Adegboyega Oyetola set out plans to strengthen Nigeria’s maritime sector under the theme “From Policy to Practice: Powering Maritime...

When the British government puts £746 million into rehabilitating Apapa and Tin Can Island ports, someone has to ship the materials. Nigerian shipowners are asking why that someone shouldn’t be them. That was the...

The PTML Customs Command has banned the alteration of chassis numbers on imported vehicles and the cross-releasing of cargo at the port. The command warned customs agents and other port users that anyone who...

Deputy Comptroller Oladapo Olukayode Afeni has taken over as Acting Comptroller of the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘A’, Ikeja, following the retirement of Comptroller Gambo Aliyu. He is the unit’s 30th head. The...

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has started preparing for its 2026 basic training programme with a retreat for trainers in Lagos. The retreat held on Wednesday at the Customs Training College brought together trainers...

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Area Command, has begun full operation of its Simplified Declaration for Passenger Baggage Import — a digital system meant to speed up baggage clearance at Nigeria’s busiest land...

Nigeria’s maritime economy may be developing—but the bigger question is where, how fast, and for whose benefit? Across the country’s southern coastline, a striking pattern is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore. In Lagos, port...

A fire outbreak at the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Western Marine Command office in Ibafon, Apapa, Lagos, has destroyed property worth millions of naira. The fire started at about 10:20 a.m. in the command’s...

The Nigeria Customs Service has suspended transire processing for 103 bonded terminals, warehouses and free trade zones nationwide over transactions that have not been reconciled. The order is contained in a circular dated September...

President Bola Tinubu has announced an investment package of more than $7 billion for the Ogun State Blue Marine Special Economic Zone and the Gateway Deep Seaport, calling the projects a major step towards...

Nigerian indigenous shipowners have renewed their call for major cargo owners, especially the Dangote Group, to help build a domestic fleet through long-term Contracts of Affreightment (CoAs). The contracts would cover petroleum products, cement,...

Dr. Taiwo Afolabi, Chairman of SIFAX Group, has called for economic investment to be built more firmly into global efforts to prevent conflict. He said jobs, trade and economic opportunity can help fix some...

The Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, has commended British American Tobacco (BAT) for its regulatory compliance and its contribution to Nigeria’s economy, and he wants other investors to follow the company’s example. Adeniyi gave...

Staff at the Federal Ministry of Education blocked the entrance to the ministry’s headquarters on Wednesday morning, stopping the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, and the Acting Permanent Secretary, Dr Folake Olatunji-David, from...

The Presidency has joined the dispute between Peter Obi and the Anambra State Government over the debts and liabilities of the state. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy,...

Ahead of the Apapa Chapter election of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), the association’s founder, Dr Boniface Aniebonam, has donated N2 million to the two main contestants, Umeadi and Emeka,...

Adewale Adeniyi’s AEO framework has dragged average cargo clearance down to 43 hours — and one importer is now out in eight. But the real story is what happens after the cargo leaves. For...

The President of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), High Chief Tochukwu Ezisi, has been inaugurated as a Patron of the Maritime Reporters Association of Nigeria (MARAN). His investiture took place...

Stakeholders in Nigeria’s maritime sector say the country’s goal of becoming West and Central Africa’s leading maritime and trade gateway will not be met unless its ports are modernised end to end, covering infrastructure,...

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), led by the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Dr Adewale Adeniyi, and the Benin Customs Administration, led by the Director-General of the Benin Customs Administration, Col. Raouf Malehossou...

Nigeria has moved closer to expanding its maritime infrastructure after the Federal Government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with global terminal operator APM Terminals for the development of the proposed Badagry Deep Seaport....

Nigeria’s ports are seeing some serious growth, and the numbers back it up. The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) released its performance report for the second quarter of 2026, and almost every key figure is...

The Federal Government’s maritime sector reforms are showing real results, with Nigerian ports recording a strong 12.3% jump in cargo throughput in the second quarter of 2026 — alongside notable gains in vessel, container,...

The Customs Police Unit are the football champions of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Zone A Inter-Command Games. They beat the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Command 1-0 in the final. A goal in...

The Nigeria Customs Service Board has approved new top appointments following the retirement of several senior officers. Constantine Dim is now confirmed as Deputy Comptroller-General. Five new Assistant Comptrollers-General were also approved: Pascal Chibuoke,...

IThe Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, on Saturday, 29 August 2026, inspected the Customs Training College, Goron Dutse, Kano, to assess the institution’s preparedness for the 2026 Customs Basic Training Programme. The inspection formed...

The war against smuggling along the Nigeria–Benin border is taking a new turn. Under Deputy Comptroller Olukayode Oladapo Afeni, head of the Ogun I Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service in Idiroko, enforcement...

Troops of Operation Delta Safe destroyed 21 illegal refining sites and recovered 696,800 litres of stolen petroleum products in August. Maj.-Gen. Michael Onoja, Director of Defence Media Operations, shared the details at the monthly...

The Director-General of the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons, DIG Johnson Kokumo, has dismissed claims circulating in a viral video about links between arrested arms smugglers and the...

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced a physical screening and documentation exercise for shortlisted recruitment candidates. The exercise will take place at the Nigeria Customs Command and Staff College, Gwagwalada, Abuja. The screening...

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the Nigerian Navy are working more closely together in the fight against smuggling and criminal activity along the nation’s waterways. On August 27, 2026, officers from the Western...

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has moved to calm industry concerns that its functions may overlap with the newly created Nigerian Ports Economic Regulatory Agency (NPERA). Under the new ports economic regulatory framework, there...