Customs’ Kirikiri Terminal Generates N89.2bn in Six Months, Records 63% Revenue Growth

The Kirikiri Lighter Terminal (KLT) of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) generated N89.2 billion revenue in the first half of 2025, marking a significant increase from the N54.8 billion recorded in the same period in 2024.

Area Controller Eghosa Edelduok disclosed this during the presentation of the command’s half-year operational report, attributing the 63% revenue growth to improved efficiency, stricter compliance, and strategic enforcement measures.

Edelduok stated that reforms, targeted anti-smuggling operations, and enhanced compliance strategies contributed to the remarkable performance.

“The N89.2 billion collected between January and June 2025 reflects a N34.4 billion increase compared to last year’s N54.81 billion, demonstrating our heightened operational effectiveness,” she said.

On anti-smuggling efforts, the command intercepted two forty-foot containers (HLBU 1067338 and HLBU 2239792) carrying expired pharmaceuticals with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N130 million.

The seized items, which violated the Nigeria Customs Service Act 2023, were handed over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for further action.

Edelduok reaffirmed the command’s commitment to enforcing trade laws, safeguarding public health, and maintaining professionalism. She also pledged continued collaboration with stakeholders and partner agencies to enhance trade facilitation and economic growth.

Appreciating stakeholders for their support, she emphasized the command’s dedication to national security, economic development, and service excellence in line with the NCS’s broader objectives.

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Dele Fashomi

Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.

Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.

He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.

Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).

He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.

He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.

Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.

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