NPA Renews Engagement With Customs On Deployment of Scanners At Seaports

NPA Renews Engagement With Customs On Deployment of Scanners At Seaports

       By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman has renewed clamour for the deployment of scanners at the nation’s seaport as part of measures to fast track cargo evacuation.  Speaking in an interview...
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Customs Intercept N1.2b Cannabis

Customs Intercept N1.2b Cannabis

The Nigeria Customs Service(NCS), Western Marine Command has intercepted drugs suspected to be Cannabis Sativa valued at N1,002,050,000.  In a statement on Thursday, the Controller of the command, Comptroller Olugboyega Peters, disclosed that the seizure ...
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Customs Generates N117.8b At Tin-Can Port

Customs Generates N117.8b At Tin-Can Port

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Tin-Can Island Port Command, Lagos, generated N117.8 billion between January and April 2020, by deploying Time Release Study (TRS) tool to aid trade facilitation and revenue generation. The Customs Area Controller (CAC), Comp...
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Customs Impounds Cocaine At Seaport

Customs Impounds Cocaine At Seaport

Customs officers have found around 500 kilograms of cocaine on board a bulker that  arrived in the Port of Hamburg. The large-scale operation, which lasted several days, ended with an arrest and confiscation of illicit drugs during. One of the...
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UNCTAD Unveils Ten-Point Road Map For Seaports, Customs, Transporters

UNCTAD Unveils Ten-Point Road Map For Seaports, Customs, Transporters

As countries adopt radical measures to bring the coronavirus pandemic under control, international trade and transport systems are under tremendous stress. Early evidence shows that international trade is collapsing, threatening access to goods and critical su...
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Customs Replies Oyo State On Quality Of  Rice

Customs Replies Oyo State On Quality Of Rice

The Nigeria Customs Service, Oyo and Osun Command, on Saturday said the 1,800 bags of rice released as palliative to the Oyo State government were good for human consumption. This was in response to the claim by Oyo State Government...
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Customs Impounds 1,000 Bags Of Smuggled Rice

Customs Impounds 1,000 Bags Of Smuggled Rice

The Nigeria Customs Services has seized no less than 1,000 bags of smuggled foreign rice stockpiled in a residential apartment in Gombi town in Adamawa.  Mr Kamardeen Olumoh, the Customs Controller in-charge of Adamawa and Taraba states, explained on Tues...
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Onne Customs Collects ₦22.9B Revenue In Q1

Onne Customs Collects ₦22.9B Revenue In Q1

For the 2020 First Quarter, the Nigeria Customs Service, Area II Command Onne Port, recorded total revenue collection of ₦22,950,780,163.43K, with seizures of seven containers worth total Duty Paid Value (DPV) of ₦215,387,201.18 On export, the Command reco...
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Customs Hands Over N.84m Hemp To NDLEA

Customs Hands Over N.84m Hemp To NDLEA

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), in Bauchi on Thursday handed over 40 bags of Indian hemp it confiscated from fleeing suspects  to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), for custody and investigation.Speaking at the hand over ceremony in Bauc...
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Customs Impounds 140 Smuggled Gas Cylinders

Customs Impounds 140 Smuggled Gas Cylinders

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit, Zone B, has seized two trucks with 140 gas cylinders and 678 bags  of NPK fertilisers being smuggled into the country from Niger Republic. Mr Mustapha Sarki-Kebbi, Zone B Controller who disclosed...
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Shippers’ Council, Customs To Strengthen Partnership

Shippers’ Council, Customs To Strengthen Partnership

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) are collaborating to provide a single-window platform that would ensure regulatory agencies at the ports.Executive Secretary of NSC, Mr Hassan Bello, explained that the platform would...
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Customs Intercepts 3,593 kg of Marijuana

Customs Intercepts 3,593 kg of Marijuana

The Kwara Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted and seized 3,593 kgs of cannabis sativa (marijiana) along Bukuro, Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara state. The Area Controller of Customs in the state, Husseini Ahmed, made the disclosure...
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Customs Impounds Two Chisco Buses Over Drug Smuggling

Customs Impounds Two Chisco Buses Over Drug Smuggling

The Seme Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 563,400ml of Amphetamine Syrup concealed inside two Chisco Buses.  The Acting Customs Area Controller, Deputy Comptroller Chedi Wada, made this known on Monday while briefing Journalist...
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Customs Impounds 5,040 Cartons Of Red Grape Drink

Customs Impounds 5,040 Cartons Of Red Grape Drink

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operating Unit (FOU), Zone C, Owerri has confiscated 5,040 cartons of red grape drink smuggled into the state.The NCS also seized 143 bales of fabrics with each bale containing 1,200 dozens of garments.Controller of.....
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