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Smugglers now establish storage facilities at borders –CGC

The Nigeria Customs Service has said that smugglers now establish small, distributed storage facilities within border communities, serving as transit points for onward movement across the border. The Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, disclosed this on Monday while addressing journalists at the Customs Training College in Ikeja. He explained that operational data reveals several...
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TTP plans AI deployment to tackle operational delays

The Truck Transit Parks Limited has announced plans to integrate advanced predictive analytics and artificial intelligence into its platform to tackle operational delays. Disclosing this in a recent interview with The PUNCH, the co-founder of TTP, Mr. Jama Onwubuariri, said the company is focused on taking technological innovation to the next level in 2025. “This...
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NIWA Police arraigns two in Lokoja for negligence

The National Inland Waterways Authority’s Police Command has arraigned two suspects in a Magistrate Court in Lokoja, Kogi State Capital, for alleged conspiracy and negligence leading to a boat mishap in the town. The agency announced this in a statement over the weekend, which was obtained by The PUNCH. The statement explained that the defendants,...
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NPA vows to tackle poor port infrastructure

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Dr Abubakar Dantsoho, says six Nigerian ports are grappling with decrepit infrastructure. While determined to ensure that the Nigerian ports take advantage of the intra-African trade that is expected to increase with the coming into operation of the African Continental Free Trade Area, Dantsoho said the NPA...
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AfDB plans $230m trade finance package for Access Bank

THE African Development Bank has announced plans to provide a $230m trade finance package for Access Bank Plc to support trade finance activities and ease foreign exchange liquidity constraints for small and medium-sized enterprises in Nigeria.This was contained in a Project Summary Note seen by The PUNCH on Wednesday, detailing the facility’s structure and expected...
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Smugglers now establish storage facilities at borders – CGC

The Nigeria Customs Service has said that smugglers now establish small, distributed storage facilities within border communities, serving as transit points for onward movement across the border. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, disclosed this to journalists at the Customs Training College in Ikeja. He explained that operational data reveals several emerging trends in smuggling...
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FAAN grows revenue to 343bn

Despite infrastructural deficit across Nigerian airports, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has improved its revenue generation by over 100 per cent, raking in N343,870,721,789.31 between January and November 2024, against its N155,487,786,012.29 realised in the year before. Sources close to the authority in the aviation industry told our correspondent that the bulk of the...
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Firms collaborate to empower vulnerable children

Pinnah Foods Limited, the parent company of The Ice Cream Factory and Yin Yang Express, has announced a strategic partnership with The Destiny Trust Children Foundation to support the education, shelter, and empowerment of vulnerable children in Nigeria. At a formal signing of a Memorandum of Understanding ceremony held recently at Pinnah Foods’ head office...
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