By Seun Ibiyemi The Tin Can Island command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has once again uncovered a pistol and its magazine inside a Toyota Camry car at the port complex in Lagos. Recall that the command had in…
By Seun Ibiyemi The House of Representatives’ Committee on Finance has rejected a revenue of N1.3 trillion being projected by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) for 2022 fiscal year, vowing to raise the target. The Comptroller-General of NCS, Col. Hameed…
By Seun Ibiyemi The Katsina State government said it may institute a legal action against the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) to serve as deterrent over the reckless killings of people by customs vehicles in the state. Governor Aminu Bello Masari…
By Seun Ibiyemi The Acting Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Muhammed Bello- Koko, has expressed concern over multiple Customs checkpoints, creating cargo clearance delays at the nation’s ports. Speaking to journalists on the sideline of a two- day retreat…
By Seun Ibiyemi The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted pangolin scales and elephant tusks worth N22.3 billion in Lagos. The Comptroller General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd.), said this while addressing journalists on Wednesday. He said the pangolin…
The Nigeria Customs Service, Area II Command, Onne Port, Rivers, generated N78.17 billion revenue between January and June 2021, an official said. Mr Auwal Mohammed, the command’s Comptroller, disclosed this in a statement by the command’s spokesperson, Mr Ifeoma Ojekwu,…
By Seun Ibiyemi The Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘C’ Owerri of the Nigeria Customs Service said it intercepted tramadol and other contraband goods with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N99.8million from April to June 2021. Public Relations Officer of…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘B’, has decried lack of cooperation of some Nigerians in border communities to efforts of the service to check smuggling. Mr Al-Bashir Hamisu, the Comptroller of the Unit, made the remark…
By Tobi Adetunji The Nigeria Customs Service, Apapa Area Command, on Monday intercepted a 40 feet container laden with 805 cartons of codeine, and 124 cartons of tramadol in Lagos. The container which was discovered at SIFAX Group terminal was…
By Tobi Adetunji Nigerian Customs Service says its command in Ogun has seized 38 trailers, carrying 19,000 bags of foreign parboiled rice in the border areas of Ogun State. The seizure, made in the first quarter of this year alone,…
