Tag: Nigerian Customs Service
Customs intercepts 651,505 euros, $800,575 from Austrian at Lagos Airport
Customs clarified that carrying foreign currency above 10,000 dollars was not an offence, but failure to declare, false declaration or…
Why new, serving Customs officers must undergo mandatory drug test: C-G
Customs boss said the decision was conceived due to reports of incidents where erratic behaviour or poor decision-making in some…
Nigeria Customs intercept container with donkey genitals
The Customs boss said the service had recorded several seizures of taxidermy specimens, including life-sized lions, zebra hides, gorilla parts,…
Customs intercepts rifles worth N270m at Lagos airport
He added that the analysis of this with similar recent seizures indicated that some unscrupulous Nigerians based in Turkey were…
Top Customs officer Essien Andrew slumps, dies during grilling by Reps Committee
Akin Rotimi, the spokesperson of the House confirmed the demise of the top Customs officers during his appearance before the…
Nigerian Customs suspend sales of food items after Lagos stampede
The NCS added that unforeseen challenges arose when it ran out of stock and announced the continuation of the exercise…
FG to establish petrol stations in border towns – Customs CG Adeniyi
The Controller General of Nigeria Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, revealed this during his visit to Customs Area 1 Command in Abeokuta,…
Customs men, smugglers clash in Iseyin; 4 killed
Personnel of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) on Thursday in Iseyin, Oyo state, engaged suspected smugglers in a shootout during…
Apapa Customs hits N414bn revenue
The Nigeria Customs Service, Apapa Area Command has generated over N414 billion into the coffer of the Federal Government purse…
What closure of Seme Border by FG will do to Nigeria – BMO
The recent closure of the Nigeria-Benin border has been described as a desirable measure taken by the Federal Government to…
Gunmen storm Customs warehouse, loot rice-laden bus
Gunmen in the early hours of Sunday invaded the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) premises in Calabar with the intention to…
Photos: Customs seizes N5b worth of banned tramadol in Lagos
The Nigerian Customs Service has intercepted truck-loads of the banned drug, tramadol and others illicit drugs worth N5 billion in…
Shocking! The gas cylinder in your kitchen could explode
It has been revealed that Nigerian homes may start experiencing `bomb-like’ explosions in their kitchens soon.
Customs seizes N1.05bn smuggled goods in Kaduna
The Zone B of Nigeria Customs Service Federal Operations Unit Kaduna, on Wednesday, said it had seized smuggled goods valued…
Customs Service intercepts contrabands worth N1.2bn
The Minister of Environment, Alhaji Ibrahim Jibril, says the Nigerian Customs Service has intercepted elephant tusks and pangolin, worth about…
Customs seizes 1150 bags of foreign rice in Kano, Jigawa
The Comptroller Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘B’ of the Nigerian Customs Service, Alhaji Usman Dakingari said his command has intercepted…
Nigerian customs service to celebrate global community Day on Jan. 26
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) will be joining the global Customs community in the celebration of the International Customs Day…
NBMA, Customs to send back imported genetically modified maize
Director-General of National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr Rufus Egbegba says the agency in conjunction with the Nigerian Customs Service,…
Reps to probe Customs failure to auction confiscated goods
The House of Representatives on Thursday in Abuja mandated its Committee on Customs and Excise to investigate the failure of…
Lagos journalist’s assault suit against Customs fixed for Sept. 29
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday fixed Sept. 29 to hear the application to re-list a suit by…
Customs impounds rice worth N23.9m
The Seme Command of the Nigeria Customs Service in Lagos State said on Friday it had seized 2,131 bags of…
Boost revenue from N13bn to N35bn, New Customs boss says
The acting Comptroller-General of Customs, Dr. John Atte, on Thursday directed Area Controllers to increase their weekly average revenue from…
3 Women Killed As Customs Knocks Bus Off Highway
Jeff Ezemadu Three ladies aged between 25 and 30 years died Thursday afternoon after the hummer bus in which they…
Customs handover smuggler of military uniforms, boots
The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) says the suspect who was caught attempting to smuggle military camouflage and boots among other…
Oduah’s BMW cars: Can of worms as Coscharis faces Reps panel
The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) on Wednesday said that the Federal Ministry of Finance granted a waiver of N10.1 million…
Police Arraign Fake Customs Officer
A man, Umar Muhammed, 46, who claimed to be the officer in charge of auctioning of impounded cars with the…
Customs FOU Zone A Battles Smugglers
The Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, Lagos led by Dimka Victor, a Deputy Controller of Customs,…
N4m Worth Of Goods Intercepted
The Nigerian Customs Service, Federal Operation Unit Zone A, Ikeja, intercepted a boat loaded with 400 bags of rice on…
Nigerian Customs Impounds Smuggled Drugs, Textiles
Luck has run out for a group of smugglers, when the Nigerian Customs Service intercepted a large cache of banned…