Court blocks Nigeria Customs from taxing beverage firms In a significant legal victory for members of the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA), Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja ruled on January 30 that the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) must immediately stop collecting excise duties on non-alcoholic, carbonated sweetened beverages. This ruling impacts major companies like Nigeria Bottling Company Limited (NBC) and Seven-Up Bottling Company Limited (SBC), which are part of NECA. The case, which began on October 28, 2022, saw Justice Egwuatu declare that the NCS had no...