{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_nnot2zt3uhnaxjnnwvka","title":"Customs Pledge Trade Facilitation, Anti-Smuggling In Owerri","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/customs-pledge-trade-facilitation-anti-smuggling-in-owerri-nnot2zt3uh","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_nnot2zt3uhnaxjnnwvka","seq":1291396,"kind":"article","title":"Customs Pledge Trade Facilitation, Anti-Smuggling In Owerri","url":"https://leadership.ng/customs-pledge-trade-facilitation-anti-smuggling-in-owerri","summary":"The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘C’, Owerri, has pledged to intensify its anti-smuggling operations while strengthening trade facilitation, revenue protection and compliance as Deputy Comptroller of Customs Farouk Nadaniya assumes office as Acting Comptroller of the unit. Nadaniya took over the leadership of FOU ‘C’ from retired Comptroller Bishir Abdullahi […]","published":"2026-10-02T06:50:09Z","seen":"2026-10-02T07:49:22Z","lang":"en","country":"NG","source":{"id":"kite-leadership-ng-7cf8fd","name":"leadership.ng","domain":"leadership.ng","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q6508643","name":"Leadership","type":"newspaper","designations":["newspaper"]}},"via":"kite-leadership-ng-7cf8fd","topics":["business"],"authors":["Yusuf Babalola"],"entities":[{"id":"Q583619","name":"Owerri","type":"place"}],"story":"st_nnot2zt3uhnaxjnnwvka","category":"economy-business","category_p":0.75,"sentiment":"positive","tone":0.6000000238418579,"political":0.46000000834465027}]}