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…