Category: Custom

Navy Hands Over Smuggled Rice, Vegetable Oil To Customs
November 23, 2019 No Responses

Navy Hands Over Smuggled Rice, Vegetable Oil To Customs

The Nigerian Navy on Friday in Lagos handed over 35 bags of rice and five gallons of vegetable oil smuggled into the country to the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). The Naval Commander, Forward Operating Base (FOB), Capt. Tamuno Senibo, handed...
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Customs Promotes 2,508 Officers
November 21, 2019 No Responses

Customs Promotes 2,508 Officers

The Nigeria Customs Service Board has promoted 2,508 officers to various ranks. The Customs’ Public Relations Officer, Mr Joseph Attah made this known in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. Attah explained that the board also approved the appointment of...
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Border Closure: Customs Dismisses January 2020 Terminal Date
November 4, 2019 No Responses

Border Closure: Customs Dismisses January 2020 Terminal Date

All Nigerian land borders will remain partially closed. No date has been set for reopening, the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) clarified on Sunday.  Reacting to reports in the media insinuating January 2020 terminal date, spokesman of the NCS, Mr. Joseph....
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Customs Impounds N304m Smuggled Goods
November 1, 2019 No Responses

Customs Impounds N304m Smuggled Goods

The Federal Operations Unit of Nigeria Customs Service, Zone B Kaduna in August 2019 seized smuggled goods valued at over N304.39 million. Speaking on Thursday, Comptroller of the command, Mustafa Sarkin-Kebbi  explained that the seizures were made from t...
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CGC At Onne Port, Explains Seizure Of 87 Containers, N89.7b Revenue Collection
October 30, 2019 No Responses

CGC At Onne Port, Explains Seizure Of 87 Containers, N89.7b Revenue Collection

  By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (CGC), Col Hameed Ibrahim Alli (rtd) on Wednesday visited Area 11 Command, Onne Port to get firsthand account of the clampdown on unauthorized import through the axis....
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NCS Impounds N3.5m Smuggled Rice
October 26, 2019 No Responses

NCS Impounds N3.5m Smuggled Rice

The Zone B of Nigeria Customs Service Federal Operations Unit Kaduna, on Friday, said it had seized 149 smuggled rice valued at over N3.5 million in Kaduna.In a statement on Friday, the command Public Relations officer, Abubakar Usman, explained that...
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Customs Arrest 15 Suspects For Re-Bagging Foreign Rice
October 22, 2019 No Responses

Customs Arrest 15 Suspects For Re-Bagging Foreign Rice

The Adamawa/Taraba Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has arrested 15 suspects for re-bagging foreign rice to sell as local rice. Briefing Journalists on Tuesday, the Controller in charge of Adamawa/Taraba Command, Mr Kamardeen Olumoh, explained that the...
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South Korea Donates Buses To Nigerian Customs
October 14, 2019 No Responses

South Korea Donates Buses To Nigerian Customs

The Embassy of South Korea in Nigeria has donated two Hyundai buses to the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), to boost its operations.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Lee In Tae, Ambassador of South Korea to Nigeria, handed...
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Nigeria Insists On Border Closure
October 14, 2019 No Responses

Nigeria Insists On Border Closure

The Nigerian Government  will not reverse closure of borders until neighbouring countries have shown enough commitment to check smuggling of banned commodities into Nigeria.The Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Dr Mohammed Umar,...
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Customs Port Harcourt Area II Command Generates ₦81.2b Revenue In Q3
October 11, 2019 No Responses

Customs Port Harcourt Area II Command Generates ₦81.2b Revenue In Q3

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Area II Command Onne Port generated a total revenue of eighty-one billion, one hundred and ninety-six million, six hundred and ninety-seven thousand, eight hundred and fifty- eight naira, and fifty-seven kobo (₦81,196,697,8...
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Customs Generates N4.99b At Murtala Mohammed Area Command In September
October 8, 2019 No Responses

Customs Generates N4.99b At Murtala Mohammed Area Command In September

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Murtala Mohammed Area Command generated the sum of ₦4,991,674,905.00 billion revenue in the month of September, 2019.A statement issued by the commands Public Relations Officer, Ephraim Joseph Haruna on Tuesday explained th...
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Senate Increases NCS 2020 Revenue Target By N557.4b
October 4, 2019 No Responses

Senate Increases NCS 2020 Revenue Target By N557.4b

The Nigerian Senate on Thursday  increased the 2020 revenue target of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) by N557.4billion, that is, from N942.6 billion to N1.5trillion.  Meanwhile, the NCS said it generated N115 billion in September, the highest so fa...
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Customs Boss Explains Nigeria’s Partial Border Closure
September 27, 2019 No Responses

Customs Boss Explains Nigeria’s Partial Border Closure

The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Hameed Ali, has explained that the closure of Nigeria’s borders was undertaken to strengthen the nation’s security and protect its economic interests.Speaking during a meeting with border stakeholde...
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Customs Discovers Another 1.5 Tons Of Cocaine On containership
August 9, 2019 No Responses

Customs Discovers Another 1.5 Tons Of Cocaine On containership

Following the recent record seizure of cocaine shipment at the Port of Hamburg, local customs officers have discovered a further 1.5 tons of cocaine on board a containership. The cocaine was found during a search of an unnamed boxship, Oliver...
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