The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have announced firm collaboration aimed at halting transnational financial fraud emanating from Nigeria and to meet the compliance standards of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Their joint, efforts they said, seek to ensure Nigeria exit FATF grey list status through the […]
It has emerged that the cargo terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos has become major hub and gateway for drug trafficking in West Africa. Despite the efforts to significantly curtail the movement of illicit drugs through the airport, the cargo terminal has increasingly continued to record high number of consignments. Inside sources revealed that […]
Over the years there has been growing animosity between the Nigerian Customs Service and the Aviation Security of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria on issues concerning security and the management of facilities at the Lagos airport. The writer posits that security could be compromised if customs and other security operatives do not delineate their […]
Recently, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, hinted that the federal government has concluded plans to streamline the screening of passengers at the international airports and deploy security equipment to reduce human interface in order to end the allegation of the harassment of travellers by security operatives. It is also hoped that […]
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) Aviacargo Roadmap Committee and Lilypond Nigeria Customs Area Command are poised to work together to increase the volume of export from Nigeria. The possible collaboration may have been enhanced recently when Aviation Roadmap Committee paid a visit to the Command’s office at Apapa, Lagos to seek partnership and […]
