LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have intercepted container consignments of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis and codeine-based syrup worth over N5 billion. The agency noted that the operatives at the Apapa, Tin Can Island and Onne seaports made the arrest, following months of intelligence and tracking the movement…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the incessant increase in Customs exchange rate for clearance of imported items at the Nigerian seaports and Airports, and instability of foreign exchange in the country, importers in the country have started dumping Nigerian seaports for Port of Tema, Ghana; Port of Lome, Togo and Port of Cotonou, Benin Republic, LEADERSHIP…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, has threatened to shut the nation’s ports from Tuesday, January 9, over the alleged continued refusal of the International Oil Companies, IOCs, and Stevedoring Contractors to comply with the Stevedoring extant laws. In a statement Wednesday night, the President-General of the union, Prince Adewale Adeyanju,…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Organised Labour in the Maritime industry has issued a 14-day strike notice to the Federal Government over the refusal of the International Oil Companies, IOCs, to obey Marine Notice 106 and extant Stevedoring regulations, among other grievances. Under the aegis of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, other grievances of organised…
LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Against the backdrop of rising exchange rate and other exogenous factors, importation into the nation’s seaports dropped by 40 per cent, even as importers are abandoning Nigerian ports for neigbouring countries over high cost of doing business Stakeholders who spoke with Daily Sun yesterday, said that incessant increases in Customs duty, falling of naira…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-There was a drop of about 40 per cent in the number of imported vehicles that came into the country between January and October this year through the Ports & Terminal Multipurpose Limited compared to the figure for the same period of the previous year. While a total of 192,287 units of…
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Members of the organised private sector (OPS) have advised the federal government to make deliberate efforts to remove impediments to the conduct of business in the country in 2022, especially with respect to clearing of goods at the ports, stressing that its war clearing goods at the country’s seaports. Also, following President…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives Committee on Customs has given the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) two weeks to reduce its 18 cargo clearing stages to four. The committee made the resolution on Tuesday, in Abuja, after an interactive session with stakeholders. It insisted that the Comptroller General of Customs should appear in person…
