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There are reports emanating from the ports that the Nigeria Customs Service has in addition to the Comprehensive Import Supervision Scheme (CISS) introduced a “4% Customs Operation Finance” according to its Section 18 of the Nigeria Customs Service Act 2023.

Clearing Agents Spoil for War As Customs Introduces 4% Collection on Imported Cargoes

Meanwhile, the development has incured the wrought of clearing and forwarding agents.

Some of them who spoke with DAILY TREND on Tuesday, gave conflicting reports, while some believed that the service renamed the 1% CISS to a nomenclature; Customs Operation Finance.

DAILY TREND reports that the 1% CISS is a regulatory fee charged on all imported goods into Nigeria. The fee is 1% of the FOB (Free on Board) value of the shipment.

However, former Sole Administrator of Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) Babatunde Mukaila claimed the customs introduced 4% Customs Operation Finance. According to him, this new introduction is different because the 1% CISS still stands.


He claimed the new 4% is being collected by customs as “Payment for doing their job. Its like they want us to start paying them for doing their jobs and for coming to office.

This is why we are spoiling for war.


“We have also been calling for a percentage of the collection in our revenue we generated but they didn’t approve, now they want us to pay them 4%” Mukaila stated

Also confirming the increment to our correspondent the Vice President of Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) Prince Segun Oduntan complained that the management of Customs did not consult or sensitised the stakeholders before making the introduction.

According to him, the new 4% levy would further impoverish Nigerians, as the cost doing business at the ports is bound to skyrocket.

We noticed the NCS has introduced 4% and renamed it Customs Operation Finance as appeared on this assessment.

The Customs CG needs to call for an emergency meeting within 48-hours to address this development because it is already causing uproar in the freight forwarding system.


“All the freight forwarding associations would have to come together on this matter” he fumed


Also confirming the development, a freight forwarder, John Uwemediomo, said the freight forwarders would call for a total shutdown of the port system if the 4% is not rescinded.


According to him “Up till yesterday evening, we were still at the port, only to wake up this morning to see the increment in the CISS without any consultation.


“This is an additional cost to the cost of goods clearance. We cannot continue to do things with impunity in the port system. Here we are, talking about single window and from nowhere, they are bringing this in.

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The whole association are coming together to fight this” he said

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I never stopped believing - Nigerian artist Yemi Alade says on her Grammy nomination

Iconic Nigerian musician Yemi Alade is celebrating her recent Grammy outing which she credits to her sheer resilience.

After over a decade in the Nigerian music industry, Yemi Alade earned a nomination for the67th Grammys, where he was shortlisted alongside other Nigerian superstars for the Best African Music Performance prize.


"I'm A Winner


I'm here because I didn't stop believing, and even when doubt and nay-sayers counted me out, I always COUNTED MYSELF IN and surrounded myself with uplifters and truth tellers(not yes men)

"Na who stop, e go stop for" don't stop dreaming, NOBODY KNOWS TOMORROW

Thank you to my Grammy Glam Team," the post reads.

Yemi Alade's nomination which came as a surprise for many is no doubt a testament to her talent and desire to keep making music that reflects the rich traditional African sounds.

The singer, who first burst onto the scene with her hit record 'Johnny' in 2013, has made a name for herself as one of Nigeria's most impressive performers and a notable force in the advancing collaborations between African stars.

Her work has earned her many accolades including Best Female Artist at the 2014 and 2015 MAMA awards.

After a decade since releasing her debut album, she would get a Grammy nomination for her single 'Tomorrow'.

The award was won by international sensation Tems who continues to break boundaries with her music.

At the Grammy ceremony, the singer wore a beaded dress that pays tribute to rich Edo culture.

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Her fashion choice earned her praise from observers who described it as an admirable representation of the Nigerian culture on the global stage.

A young man has passed away in agony after the price of his inhaler suddenly rose from $66 to $540.




Cole Schmidtknecht, 22, who had battled chronic asthma since childhood, was denied his life-saving inhaler when he went to collect his prescription at a Walgreens pharmacy in Appleton, Wisconsin.




Young man dies in agony after price of his inhaler rose from $66 to $540

The pharmacist had informed him that his medication would now cost $539.19 - a shocking increase from his usual cost of $66.86

Walgreens had suddenly refused to cover his usual prescription under insurance after OptumRX changed its policy in the fall of 2023.

Unable to afford the astronomical price, Cole left the store without his inhaler.

For five agonizing days, Cole struggled to breathe, using only an emergency inhaler.




This comes just months after Ivy League graduate Luigi Mangione was charged with murder for allegedly gunning down Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare on a Manhattan sidewalk on December

Earlier this month, a damning new report revealed that UnitedHealth Group has been overcharging some cancer patients by over 1,000 percent for life-changing drugs.




The Federal Trade Commission findings, which also names and shames CVS and Signa, comes as UHG reported huge profits.




UHG's net income rose slightly to $5.54billion in the last quarter of 2024, despite the slaying of Thompson.




The assassination shocked the country and temporarily rocked the insurance firm's stocks - but parent group UHG appears to have resurfaced strongly.




The FTC's report revealed the biggest pharmacy benefit managers, which are companies that manage prescription drug benefits for health insurance providers, pocketed an extra $7.3billion over five years up to 2022 thanks to price gouging.




This included UHG's pharmacy benefit manager, OptumRx, along with Cigna's Express Scripts and CVS Caremark Rx.

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'The Big 3 PBMs marked up numerous specialty generic drugs dispensed at their affiliated pharmacies by thousands of percent, and many others by hundreds of percent,' the report concluded.

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Auburn Hills, MI-A dispute between two young children at the Great Lakes Mall escalated into a shocking incident on Tuesday, leaving a 5-year-old girl hospitalized and her grandmother at the center of community outrage.

82 Year Old Grandmother Arrested For Spraying A 5 Year Old Black Girl In The Face With Mace

Kristen, 5, was playing in the mall's children's area when she snatched a toy unicorn from Bianca Robinson, also 5.

After Bianca tried to retrieve the toy, Kristen pushed her away, leading to a tug-of-war. During the struggle, Kristen fell and skinned her knee on the play area floor, crying as she ran to her grandmother, 82-year-old Gertrude Witherspoon.

Witherspoon, upset by her granddaughter's injury, called the police and reported that Kristen had been assaulted.

When officers informed her that the incident did not warrant police intervention, Witherspoon took matters into her own hands.

Minutes later, she retrieved a bottle of mace from her purse, walked over to Bianca, and sprayed the child directly in the face while she played with another child. Bianca, who has asthma, began screaming and gasping for air.

Her mother, 25-year-old Lashonda Robinson, rushed to her aid, but chaos ensued as a bystander restrained her when she attempted to confront Witherspoon. Emergency responders were called, and Bianca was rushed to the hospital, where she is still recovering. Meanwhile, Witherspoon was briefly detained but released without charges, as police cited Kristen's skinned knee as potential evidence of an earlier assault by Bianca.




The decision not to charge Witherspoon has sparked outrage, particularly in the Black community, with many alleging racial bias.

"This woman maced a child, and she walked away with no consequences," said local activist Sharice Williams. "If Lashonda had maced Kristen, we all know she'd be in jail right now." Protests and social media campaigns have emerged, calling for justice for Bianca and accountability for Witherspoon's actions.

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Community leaders are demanding an independent investigation, with many pointing to the incident as another example of systemic inequities in how Black families are treated in the justice system. Bianca's family has expressed deep frustration, stating they are focused on her recovery while pursuing legal action against Witherspoon.

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In a heart-wrenching story that has shocked the Detroit community, 25-year-old Kellie Harris's search for financial security through the dating app Tinder ended in a horrific tragedy.

Detroit man kills wife with a hammer and feed her to the community to hide his act

Harris, who had hoped to find an older man to help pay her bills, matched with 45-year-old Ronald Gordon.

Gordon, a former military man, owned Ronny's Meats, a well-known butcher shop in Detroit.

With his VA benefits, he enjoyed a comfortable lifestyle, including a nice home on the east side of Detroit and two new vehicles.

The pair's first date was at Baker's Jazz Lounge, which seemed to go well, leaving Harris hopeful.

However, the situation took a dark turn after Harris went out with friends the following night.

Dressed in a short leather skirt and leather top, she posted pictures of herself on social media, receiving over 100 likes and comments from men and women.

The next day, Gordon called her, furious about the provocative photos and the attention she received. "I thought we had something real! Why are you out here posting pics like that?" he demanded.

Harris tried to explain that the people commenting were just friends and that he needed to calm down, but Gordon abruptly hung up on her.

Realizing he was too controlling, Harris decided she no longer wanted to be involved with him.

A day later, Gordon called again, but Harris sent him to voicemail. She went out with friends once more and posted additional pictures of their fun night.

When she returned home, she discovered she had 8,000 missed calls from Gordon and a single ominous text message that read, "Alright then, bet ;-)".

Over the next few days, she heard nothing from him, although she shared the disturbing number of missed calls with her friends.

Unbeknownst to her, Gordon had applied to move into her apartment building and managed to secure a one-bedroom apartment directly across from hers.

On a fateful night, as Harris came home, Gordon seized the opportunity to ambush her. He swung his door open, pulled her into his apartment, and covered her mouth.

Wrestling her to the floor, he beat her to death with a hammer and then dismembered her body.

The following morning, Gordon arrived early at his butcher shop and gruesomely ground her body parts in the meat grinder.

The horror came to light when a customer found a human tooth in their hamburger patty, prompting them to call the police.




The investigation led authorities back to Ronny's Meats, where Gordon confessed to the gruesome crime.

When confronted about the tooth, Gordon put his head down and said, "Damn, I thought I knocked all that bitch's teeth out." Dental records confirmed the remains belonged to Kellie Harris.

Latasha Moore, a close friend of Harris who had been informed about the missed calls, was devastated. "Kellie told me about all the missed calls from Ronny.

We thought it was just over-the-top jealousy. I never imagined it would end like this. She didn't deserve this," Moore recounted.

The community is left reeling from the senseless loss of a young woman whose only mistake was seeking companionship and security.

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Gordon's shocking confession has left a permanent scar on the city, as friends and family mourn the tragic end of Kellie Harris's




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The naira appreciated to an eighth-month high of 1474.78/$ at the official foreign exchange (FX) market on Friday as dollar demand eases on a raft of fiscal and monetary policies of the government.

The naira traded at 1,485.99/$ on June 3, 2024 at Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM). However, the currency is now stronger eight months after due to a slew of factors, including a rising local petrol refining capacity, higher dollar inflows and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s swift policy actions in the last 17 months.

The 650,000-barrels-per-day Dangote Petroleum Refinery began refining petrol in September 2024, providing premium motor spirit (PMS) to a nation battling an acute fuel crisis

A PwC document says petrol imports constitute 22 percent-25 percent of Nigeria’s forex demand.

“There is less pressure on the market now because fuel importers are no more seeking dollars to import petrol the way they earlier. More so, the CBN has cleared forex backlog and we saw inflows from Eurobond and dollar bond last year,” Ike Ibeabuchi, emerging markets analyst.

Dollar demand by various sectors of the Nigerian economy, also referred to as foreign exchange (FX) utilisation, fell by 11 percent to $5.7 billion in the third quarter (Q3) of 2024 from $6.4 billion in the second quarter (Q2) of the same year, primarily driven by a reduction in invisible transactions.

Uche Uwaleke, director of the Institute of Capital Market Studies at Nasarawa State University, forecasts a positive trajectory for the naira in 2025, attributing this outlook to lower petrol and food importation as well as increased fuel exports next year.

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