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From all indications and judging by trending social indices of human communication, it would seem the Tin Can Island Port (TCIP) Customs Command roll call of recent promotion in the service was the most celebrated, and therefore, the centre point of both industry and public service perspective. Although the command got a total of 112 promotions across rank, from deputy comptroller downward to the assistant superintendent of customs 1 officer cadre, perhaps, what mattered most was the promotion of the Command Public Relations Officer, Uche Ejesieme to the rank of superintendent. Cerebral, articulate, savvy and by far the most accessible, communicative and an incredibly talented media fire fighter, Uche has cultivated the most robust and effective two way communication with maritime and crime reporters, and known for his ability to quench any media fire, almost for free. Beyond image building and protection of the service and his bosses within the command and beyond, Ejesieme has a...

King of the jungle, hard boiled anti-smuggling and revenue sheriff, Comptroller Mohammed Uba Garba has recovered the whooping sum of Two Billion, Six Hundred and Sixty Six Million, Three Hundred and Seventy One Thousand, Thirteen Naira as customs duty into the federal government coffers, from various import infractions April to 15th May, 2018. This was achieved through the re-enactment of his uncanny quirk in smelling crimes from long distances, following which dishonest and wrong classification of goods, transfer of value and underpayments for goods already released at various points of customs entry were cornered by his operatives of the Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘A’ Lagos. The seized items made from various locations were subjected to fresh valuation process, leading to the discovery of a cumulative discrepancy amounting to the above sum, in addition to seized various contraband items with a Duty Paid Value of One Billion, Four Hundred and Sixty One Million, Six Thousand, Eight...