Category: Custom

Nigeria Customs To Impound 29 Airplanes
October 12, 2021 No Responses

Nigeria Customs To Impound 29 Airplanes

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Tuesday, in Abuja, released its report on verification of privately-owned airplanes in the country and threatened to impound 29 jets over non-payment of statutory import duties.   Addressing Journalists,  Customs’ spokesman, Mr Joseph Attah, explained that...
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Customs Impounds Sacks Of Gunpowder, Indian Hemp
September 30, 2021 No Responses

Customs Impounds Sacks Of Gunpowder, Indian Hemp

Between August 26 and September 29, 2021, the Zone B unit of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) seized smuggled gunpowder, Indian Hemp, rice and other goods    Customs comptroller in the zone, Mr Al-Bashir Hamisu told Journalists in Kaduna on Thu...
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Customs Impound 707 Bags Of Rice, 231 Cartons Of Milk, Others In Kano
September 24, 2021 No Responses

Customs Impound 707 Bags Of Rice, 231 Cartons Of Milk, Others In Kano

Between July and this month, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Kano/Jigawa Command,  seized 707 bags of smuggled rice and other items with Duty Paid Value of N41.3 million.   The Command’s Comptroller, Mr Suleiman Umar, made the disclosure on Thursday i...
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Customs To Deploy Drones At Seme Border
September 21, 2021 No Responses

Customs To Deploy Drones At Seme Border

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it will soon deploy drones at Seme for effective patrol in checking smuggling activities in the border area. NCS Zone A Coordinator, Modupe Aremu, an Assistant Comptroller General (ACG) of Customs, disclosed this on...
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Tincan Island Customs Command Generates N320b
September 10, 2021 No Responses

Tincan Island Customs Command Generates N320b

The Area Controller, Tincan Island Command, Nigeria Customs Service, Comptroller Abdullahi Musa, on Thursday said that the command generated N320.96 billion from January to August, 2021.  Musa made this known at a media conference in Lagos.  He said that...
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Customs Impounds N643.73m Worth Of Donkey Hides, Skin, Charcoal
September 2, 2021 No Responses

Customs Impounds N643.73m Worth Of Donkey Hides, Skin, Charcoal

Operatives of the Comptroller General of Customs Strike Force, Zone A, have intercepted N643.73 million worth of poisonous Donkey hides and skin, charcoal and wood already positioned for export in Lagos. All the seizures were already stored in a warehouse...
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Reps Give Customs Two Weeks To Reduce 18 Cargo Clearing Stages
September 1, 2021 No Responses

Reps Give Customs Two Weeks To Reduce 18 Cargo Clearing Stages

The House of Representatives Committee on Customs has given the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) two weeks to reduce its 18 cargo clearing stages to four, so as to decongest the nation’s ports.  The committee, which made the resolution on Tuesday,...
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NCS Orders Removal Of Illegal Checkpoints Along Katsina-Jibia Road
August 17, 2021 No Responses

NCS Orders Removal Of Illegal Checkpoints Along Katsina-Jibia Road

The Comptroller-General (CG), Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Retired Col. Hameed Ali,  has ordered the immediate removal of all illegal checkpoints along Katsina-Jibia road.  Ali gave the order when he paid a condolence visit to the Emir of Kats...
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Customs Intercepts Six Containers Of Unprocessed Timber, Arrests Two In Rivers
August 2, 2021 No Responses

Customs Intercepts Six Containers Of Unprocessed Timber, Arrests Two In Rivers

The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘C’  has intercepted three trucks conveying six 6×20ft containers of logs of unprocessed timber.  The Zonal Coordinator for Zone ‘C’, Ag. ACG Olusemire Kayode while d...
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Customs Impounds Four Containers Of N373.5m Wood
July 8, 2021 No Responses

Customs Impounds Four Containers Of N373.5m Wood

The Controller General of Customs Strike Force,  Team A, on Wednesday disclosed that it intercepted four container loads of unprocessed woods valued at N373.5 million. The unprocessed woods were about being shipped out of the country to Asia when it...
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Customs Seeks Cooperation With Police
June 24, 2021 No Responses

Customs Seeks Cooperation With Police

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit, Zone B,  has solicited increased synergy with the police in tackling smuggling activities and general performance in Sokoto.  The Comptroller of the unit, Mr Ba...
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Customs Clears 4,438 Trucks At Seme Border
June 6, 2021 No Responses

Customs Clears 4,438 Trucks At Seme Border

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com  — The Nigeria Customs Service, Seme Border Area Command, cleared 4,438 trucks with various goods since the reopening of land borders by the Federal Government on December 16, 2020.  The Public Relations Offic...
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Customs Confirms Three Dead In Clash With Smugglers
May 15, 2021 No Responses

Customs Confirms Three Dead In Clash With Smugglers

The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, on Friday confirmed the death of three persons while repelling smugglers’ attempt to abduct an officer on duty  No fewer than four persons were hit on Thursday in Iseyin area...
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Customs Apapa Command Generates N65.4b In April
May 7, 2021 No Responses

Customs Apapa Command Generates N65.4b In April

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Apapa Area Command on Thursday said it generated N65, 463, 398, 355.85 in April.  The Area Controller of the command, Comptroller Ibrahim Yusuf, at a media briefing, noted that the record showed an increase of...
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