At Tin Can Island, A Data-Driven Turnaround Is Reshaping Nigeria’s Trade Gateway with Compt. Joe Anani
_How Comptroller Joe Anani’s “Intelligence-First” Manning Is Turning Enforcement Into Revenue and Security_ By Lod Onyeji On the evening of August 5, 2026, the Nigeria Customs Service [NCS] paraded two 40-foot containers at Tin Can Island Port, Lagos. Inside: 8,720 pieces of Delta-8 cannabis cookies worth ₦308.8 million, 515.2kg of cannabis gummies valued at ₦40.7 million, and knocked-down components of JoJeff pump-action rifles concealed in a third container. It was not just another seizure. It was the latest data point in a larger story unfolding at Nigeria’s second-busiest port: the transformation of enforcement into economic strategy under Comptroller Joe Anani, Customs Area Controller, Tin Can Island Port Command. From Risk alerts to revenue; the Anani model is what we intend to look at and others. When Comptroller Anani assumed command of Tin Can Island Port Customs Command, he inherited a port long plagued by revenue leakages, congestion, and securit...
