Tag: smugglers
Smugglers attack Customs officers, one killed in Ogun clash
However, as the officers were withdrawing from the area, they were ambushed by a large mob armed with weapons including…
₦1.72bn contraband busted: Customs crack down on smugglers in mega operation
The comptroller reaffirmed the unit’s commitment to enforcing the Nigeria Customs Service Act 2023 and ensuring strict compliance with import…
Navy hands over vehicles, motorcycles abandoned by smugglers to Police
According to Zoaka, the vehicles were seized between Feb. 24 to date. He added that the vehicles were intercepted while…
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…
Dubai, Turkey, Saudi-bound smugglers of 1,144 ATM cards jailed
The Kano State High Court presided over by Justice Tanimu Shehu has sentenced three ATM card smugglers to six months…
Smugglers balloon Nigeria’s daily petrol consumption: NNPC
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said smuggling across the borders increased the daily consumption of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS)…
Protest in Ogun as Customs shoot suspected smuggler dead
Smugglers in Ogun stormed the road leading to the governor's office in Abeokuta on Tuesday to protest the killing of…
Navy arrests 5 smugglers in Akwa Ibom
The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base (FOB), Ibaka, Mbo Local Government Area (LGA), of Akwa Ibom, has arrested five suspected…
Greece intercepts boat with migrants, 2 suspected smugglers arrested
The Greek coastguard on Friday said it has intercepted a boat with 77 migrants on board and detained two suspected…
Video: Nigerian Army uncovers arms smugglers using Okada
The Nigerian Army has uncovered tricks employed by arms smugglers to bring small arms into the country through the seat…
13 smugglers re-arraigned in court for kidnapping custom officer in Ogun
By Adejoke Adeleye Ogun State Police has re-arraigned in court 13 suspected smugglers who allegedly kidnapped an operative of the…
Smugglers lose N2.24bn to customs
The Federal Operations Units (FOU) Zone ‘A’ of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it has intercepted various smuggled items…
New Seme Customs Commander reads riot Act to smugglers
The newly re-deployed Customs Commander in Seme border, Comptroller Muhammed Uba on Friday advised smugglers to desist from illegal trade…
Smugglers in trouble as Customs Commander vows to seize second-hand clothes
Smugglers of second-hand clothes and other banned goods plying the Seme border route between Nigeria and the Republic of Benin…
New Ogun Customs controller promises smugglers hard time
The new Controller of Customs (CAC), Ogun Area Command, Michael Nwagbara has promised hard time for smugglers. Nwagbara said this…
Listeria: Travellers, smugglers warned against infected food items
The Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS) has warned travellers and smugglers to be wary of listeria-infected food items.
Rice: Smugglers make nonsense of Audu Ogbe’s chest-beating claim
Many imports are smuggled in from Benin, which despite a population of 11 million -- barely 5 percent of Nigeria’s…
Customs Controller tasks officers to re-strategise against smugglers
The Customs Area Controller, Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘C’ Owerri, Comptroller Mohammed Garba, has advised officers and men of…
4 Petrol smugglers caught in Badagry
Lagos State crime fighting outfit, “Operation MESA’’ on Wednesday, in Badagry, seized more than 200 gallons of petrol at the…
Smugglers, Customs clash, 2 feared dead
Jeff Ezemadu There was a bloody clash between the men of the Nigeria Customs Service, Seme Command, and smugglers over…
Journalist beaten by smugglers seeks police protection
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Appeal has gone to the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, to assist in protecting lives of journalists…
2 Killed As Customs, Smugglers In Bloody Clash
Yusuf Muhammed Men of the Nigeria Customs Service attached to Federal Operation Unit, FOU, on Monday clashed with rice smugglers…
Three petroleum smugglers burnt to death
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Three petrol smugglers were roasted alive Tuesday at Temitope axis of Idiroko border town of Ogun State, western…
Consolidating The Gains Of Lagos State Security Trust Fund
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Lagos, being the commercial nerve centre of Nigeria, and indeed West Africa, has massive security challenges. This…
Mob Kills Customs Officer At Seme
An angry mob this morning allegedly killed a yet to be identified Customs Superintendent who was on his way to…
Smugglers dig 700m tunnel, instal rail line
Slovakian police have discovered a 700-metre-long smuggling tunnel between Slovakia and Ukraine, the Slovakian interior and finance ministers said on…
Smugglers battle Nigeria Customsmen
Nigerian smugglers operating in the Owode- Idiroko border on Monday barricaded the ever busy Gwaji bridge cheeckpoint threatening to burn down…