PEBEC Ranks Nigeria Customs Service Top Performer in Trade Facilitation By Bashir Rabe Mani in Sokoto The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has been named one of Nigeria’s top-performing government agencies in trade facilitation, according to the 2025 Business Facilitation Act (BFA) Compliance Assessment released by the Presidential Enabling Business EnvironmentContinue Reading

Defence Minister commissions N27.7bn armoured vehicles, motorcycles in Sokoto From Bashir Rabe Mani in Sokoto The Minister of Defence, retired Gen. Christopher Gwabin Musa, on Wednesday commissioned 62 armoured vehicles and 320 motorcycles purchased by the Sokoto State Government for the security agencies. Our Correspondent in Sokoto reports that theContinue Reading

Nigeria Customs Builds Future Leaders Through Strategic Capacity Building Initiative By Bashir Rabe Mani in Sokoto The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has reinforced its commitment to developing future-ready leaders with the graduation of senior officers from the Advanced Senior Executive Course on Strategic and Trade Foresight, organised in collaboration withContinue Reading

Interview with Col. Ahmed Usman (Rtd.), Special Adviser to Governor Ahmed Aliyu on Security 1. Reports suggest that bandit leader Bello Turji has acquired sophisticated weapons and recruited mercenaries. What specific intelligence does the state government have regarding these claims? Col. Usman: The activities of Bello Turji and similar criminalContinue Reading

Customs, Afreximbank Deepen Trade Facilitation Partnership By Bashir Rabe Mani in Sokoto …Target One-Stop Border Posts, Regional Transit Systems to Boost Intra-African Trade The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has again reaffirmed its commitment to advancing intra-African trade by deepening its partnership with the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) to strengthen tradeContinue Reading