Customs Debunks Allegation of Poisoned Rice Causing Deaths in Badagry

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Area Command, has firmly denied widespread reports alleging that multiple deaths, including that of a soldier, were linked to the consumption of allegedly poisoned rice purportedly released by the Command. In a statement signed by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Chief Superintendent of Customs Isah Sulaiman, the NCS described…

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Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce Kicks Against Planned Hike of Excise Duty

The Chamber has noted with concern, recent reports in the media of plans by the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and Financial Planning to effect a hike in the specific excise component of some products, including alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages and tobacco, a significant digression from its recently adopted 2022 Fiscal Policy Measures and Tariffs…

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