Tag: Nigeria Customs Service
Lai Mohammed asks Customs to patronise his firm for lobbying jobs
Mohammed, who is the Managing Partner of the firm was in company of former Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment,…
Appeal Court insists Customs must pay N100m for killing of Kebbi farmer
The family had gone to court after the killing of Abdulrahman on Nov. 10, 2020.
Customs intercepts cannabis sativa, others worth N2.2bn
By Chiazo Ogbolu The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Western Marine Command (WMC) has intercepted Cannabis Sativa (Marijuana), foreign parboiled rice…
Gun-battle with smugglers: Customs officer killed, 3 injured
The smugglers laid ambush for the patrol team and rained gunshots on their vehicle as they were taking the impounded…
Customs busts Pangolin scales traffickers, 3 Vietnamese, 5 others arrested
Bomodi said three of the arrested suspects were identified as Vietnamese.
Customs intercepts contraband worth N31.5m in Katsina
The Katsina Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service intercepted contraband whose Duty Paid Value was put at N31.4 from…
Nigeria Customs Service generates N2.241trn in 2021
This amount generated is over the target of N1,678,715,016,014.00 set for the year. It is also over the sum of…
Customs strike force seizes contraband worth N854m in Kano, Jigawa
Items seized included two vehicles, 413 bags of foreign rice and 382 bales of second-hand clothes.
Only items imported by President free of taxes: NCS warns MDAs
Only items imported by the President, Commander in Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, are exempted from the payment…
Why it is difficult for us to stop rice smugglers – Customs
The Nigeria Customs Service explains why it has been difficult for its officers to completely stop the smuggling of rice…
FEC approves 1800 laptops for Nigeria Customs Service
The Federal Government has approved the purchase of 1,800 units of laptop computers for computer-based test examinations at three Nigeria…
Nigeria approves $3b automation of Nigeria Customs Service, to be handled by private firm
Nigeria's Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved $3.1 billion for the automation of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS).
Nigeria Customs, Port Authority tangle over Buhari’s order
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Command, has made a clarification on an alleged attempt to ‘smuggle’ from the Apapa…
Customs intercepts 3,593 kg of Marijuana in Kwara
The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Customs Service says it has intercepted and seized 3,593 kgs of cannabis sativa…
Senate okays N238.15bn budget for Customs
The Senate on Tuesday approved the sum of N238,149,325,832.70 for the Nigeria Customs Service for the 2020 financial year.
Customs seizes $8m at Lagos airport
Men of the Nigerian Customs Service have seized $8,065,615 in cash at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.
Nigeria Customs Service rejects 665,934 job applicants
Job applicants totalling 665,934 have been rejected by the Nigeria Customs Service. They were the unlucky ones out of the…
Customs seizes N43m smuggled goods
The Zone B of Nigeria Customs Service Federal Operations Unit Kaduna, on Thursday said it seized smuggled goods valued at…
Senate to investigate Idiroko/Ipokia killings by Nigeria Customs Service
The Senate has directed its Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff to investigate the recent extra-judicial killings of some residents…
Nigerian Customs Service: “Coconut is not contraband” traders chant
Coconut traders in Badagry on Monday staged a peaceful protest against the seizure of 1,450 bags of locally sourced coconut…
Automobile Dealers threaten to sue Customs
A group of Automobile dealers in Lagos State has threatened to drag the Nigerian Customs Service, NIS, to court over…
How Nigeria Customs can avoid killing border residents – Abiodun
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has called on the Nigeria Customs Service to find a better way of managing…
Customs seize 1,072 vehicles from smugglers
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), says it has seized no fewer than 1,072 vehicles from suspected smugglers since the closure…
Why Nigeria’s border closure became necessary
The Nigeria Customs Service has given more details on the closure of Nigeria borders during a meeting with rice farmers in…
Customs donates over 30,000 bags of rice, other materials in Ogun
Nigeria Customs Service has donated 32,576 bags of rice, 1,794 kegs of Vegetable oil, 329 bales of used clothes and…
Video: Customs officer kills passenger over N5,000 bribe
Many Nigerians have condemned the alleged killing of a bus passenger by an officer of the Nigeria Customs Service over…
Customs confiscates 12 exotic cars
The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘C’ of Nigeria Customs Service in Owerri says it confiscated 12 illegally imported cars…
Customs seizes N105m contraband in Benin
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it seized contraband comprising rice and other items valued at N105.3 million in Benin,…
Seme Customs generates over N1b in 2 months
The Nigeria Customs Service, Seme Area Command, Lagos State, said on Monday that it generated over N1billion revenue between August…
Customs boss solicits support of Ebonyi Govt. to end smuggling
The Nigeria Customs Service is soliciting the collaboration of the Ebonyi government in ending the smuggling of rice in the…