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Economic diversification is a vital determinant of economic growth and development by which a country moves to a more diverse production and commercial structure for sustenance according to emerging

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and clearing agents, yesterday, failed to find a lasting solution to the ongoing industrial action against anomalies in the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) valuation system on imported vehicles, therefore, prolonging shutdown of the seaports.

LAHORE: With a desire to increase revenues immediately economic planners impose measures without bothering to evaluate their impact on overall economy, job losses, and eventual fall in revenues....

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda   About URA: The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) was established by the Uganda Revenue Authority Statute of 1991 and set up in September of the same year as a central body for assessment and collection of specified revenue, to administer and enforce the laws relating to such revenue and to provide for related matters. This statute incorporated all the laws that were in force then regarding tax collection. The new organization (URA) amalgamated the three tax admini...

POLSCOPE By Eddy Odivwri Those who are upbeat about the anti-corruption stance of the federal government may not have had any experience with the Nigerian Customs Service. Too often, we are carried away with the running belief in the public domain that the Nigeria Police Force is the headquarters of corruption. How wrong! Let such persons have a deal with the Nigerian Customs and he or she will understand that corruption comes in grades and degrees. Indeed, whoever has a deal with the Nigerian ...

Daily Monitor Friday March 12 2021 Advertisement With support from Trademark East Africa (TMEA) and in partnership with the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), the Federation of East African Freight Forwarders Associations (FEAFFA) has rolled out the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program for customs, agents and freight forwarders in Uganda on a pilot basis.  The programme implemented by FEAFFA across East Africa, will offer timely training that is in tune with changing technologies and...

Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe Cocaine worth N32bn has been recovered in a consignment at the Tincan Port in Lagos by operatives of the National Drug Law E...

Punch Newspapers Sections Segun Adewole The Nigeria Customs Service has reacted to a video circulating on social media with a narrative that the Service is destroying the properties of Clearing Agent at the Seme border. In a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer for the Comptroller-General of Customs, DC Joseph Attah, the Service described the video as false and capable of inciting members of the public against the Customs. Attah said the land in question belongs to the Customs and t...

Oba Darasimi The Nigeria Customs Service has denied destroying properties belonging to clearing agents at the Seme border. A video has been circulating on social media, with a narrative that the operatives of the service destroyed the properties belonging to some clearing agents who were occupying a land within that region. In a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer for the Comptroller-General of Customs, DC Joseph Attah, the Service described the video as false and capable of inciti...

How could Ghana government be so wrong on classification of agro processing machinery? N/B Disclaimer: 2020 Elections is over so you can trust that my analysis is not politically motivated nor biased towards any party for any reason. I am just publishing my recent experience in Ghana as of December 2020 for fellow entrepreneurs/importers / Investors to be informed on what is actually happening on the ground and thread with caution without being misled by the present government’s plenty sloga...