Tag: Customs
Customs have reduced smuggling on waterways – Comptroller
Compt. Sarkin Kebbi, the Comptroller of Western Marine Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Lagos, said smuggling activities…
Smuggling: Customs promises to intensify efforts in Katsina
The Nigerian Customs Service says it is making frantic efforts to stop the menace of smuggling of contraband into the…
Customs to distribute additional uniform for officers
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has approved additional set of uniform for its officers and men to give them options…
589 bags of smuggled rice concealed in petrol tanker intercepted in Kebbi
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has arrested four suspects in Sokoto who allegedly smuggled 589 bags of imported rice concealed…
Lawmakers to launch probe into unlawful seizure of goods by Customs
The House of Representatives on Thursday mandated its Committee on Customs and Excise to conduct an investigation into the activities…
10,000 bags of rice, other relief items to be distributed to Benin IDPs
Assistant Comptroller-General of Customs, Abdulkadir Azarema, said over 10,000 (50kg) bags of rice and other relief items are to be…
Chinese national nabbed with pangolin plates valued at N1.73bn
The Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone ‘A’ says it has apprehended a suspect, Chinese national with 329 sacks of Pangolin’s…
Ogun Customs Command seizes 88 packs of cannabis sativa
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun Command, has seized 88 packs of Cannabis sativa also known as weeds and 42 compressed…
Customs intercept 4 containers loaded with prohibited drug, Tramadol
Apapa Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted four containers loaded with prohibited Tramadol pharmaceutical products with Duty…
Customs distributes seized rice, maize to IDPs in Adamawa
The Nigeria Customs Services (NCS) has handed over seized rice, maize and soaps for distribution to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)…
Customs boss dissolves 2017 compliance team
Hameed Ali, the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has dissolved the 2017 compliance team and replaced it with…
Federal Govt. to increase salaries of customs officers – Minister
The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, has promised to ensure salary increase for officers and men of the Nigeria Customs…
Customs rolls out improved pre-arrival assessment report for optimum delivery
The Comptroller-General of Customs, retired Col. Hameed Ali, on Wednesday launched an improved Pre- Arrival Assessment Report (PAAR) to enhance…
Abule Egba boils as Customs officers kill rice smuggler
There was pandemonium in Abule Egba area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria on Wednesday morning following the killing of a rice…
Tin Can Customs generates N287.6bn in 2017
The Tin Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it collected N287.6 billion between January and December…
Customs Zone ‘A’ intercept contrabands goods worth N5.96bn in 2017
The Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘A’ Ikeja of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), intercepted contraband goods with Duty Paid Valued (DPV)…
Customs seize 497,279 bags of rice in 2 years
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it has seized 497,279 bags of imported rice between 2015 and August, 2017 with…
Arms shipment: Customs, Turkish envoy agree to halt export
The Comptroller-General of Customs, retired Col.Hameed Ali and Turkish Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Hakan Cakil, have agreed to cooperate to…
Customs intercepts another 2,671 rifles imported from Turkey
The Tin-Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Lagos, Southwest Nigeria has intercepted another 2,671 rifles illegally imported…
Customs uncovers 18 smuggled exotic vehicles — CGC
The Comptroller-General of Customs, retired Col. Hameed Ali, said the compliance team of the service discovered 18 suspected smuggled exotic…
Customs intercepts N1.4 billion contraband in 8 months
The Zone B of the Nigeria Customs Service, Kaduna, has intercepted smuggled items valued at over N1.4 billion from January…
Association chairman pledges good relationship with customs
Mr Omo Peter-Akintoye, the newly elected Chairman of Tin-Can Chapter of International Freight Forwarders of Nigeria (IFFN), has promised to…
Contraband: Customs in impounds goods worth N101.693m
The Federal Operation Unit (FOU) Zone ‘C’ of Nigeria Customs Service in Owerri on Wednesday said it confiscated contraband with…
Association to join customs in curbing rice smuggling
The Rice Millers Association of Nigeria (RIMAN), has promised to provide useful information to the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in…
Customs chief tasks personnel to end smuggling of illegal arms
The Assistant Comptroller General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Zone’ B’, Aminu Dahiru, has directed customs personnel in the zone to…
LCCI Commends Removal Of Customs Checkpoints
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) said on Monday that the removal of Customs check-points on highways was…
Customs Generates Over N49m On E-Auction
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it generated N49 million on e-auction platform and recorded 254 winners in four weeks…
Customs educates public on damaged vehicles importation
The Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, has begun the education of Nigerians on the need to have understanding on consignments, particularly…
Customs intercepts N209m worth of contraband
The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone “A” of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Ikeja said it intercepted contraband worth…
Customs generate N130bn in 6 months
The Nigeria Customs Service, Tin-Can Island Command, Lagos, has generated N130 billion between January and June 2017.