NCS restricts rice import in free trade zones

NCS restricts rice import in free trade zones

The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), has restricted rice import in trade free zones. Quoting the Customs Boss, Public Relations Officer of the service, Mr. Joseph Attah, explained that the restriction became necessary because some...
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Customs generates ₦14.39b at MMA command, gets three commendation letters

Customs generates ₦14.39b at MMA command, gets three commendation letters

By Moses Ebosele –  For the first quarter of 2017, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Murtala Mohammed Airport (MMA) command generated ₦14.39billion, representing an increase of ₦3.25billion when compared to the first quarter of 2016. The MMA Command ha...
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Customs impounds N250m contrabands in March, recovers N48.7m underpayments in Zone ‘C’

Customs impounds N250m contrabands in March, recovers N48.7m underpayments in Zone ‘C’

For the month of March 2017, the Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Zone ‘C’ Owerri impounded 17 items with duty paid value of N112,617,700. The unit during its anti-smuggling operations in March also intercepted and detained a.....
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Customs redeploys 337 Assistant Comptrollers, confirms Attah as substantive PRO

Customs redeploys 337 Assistant Comptrollers, confirms Attah as substantive PRO

As part of ongoing repositioning of the Service, the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd) has approved the redeployment of 337 Assistant Comptrollers of Customs to various Commands across the country with immediate effect. A statement ...
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Customs comes under scrutiny over alleged N4tri revenue leakage

Customs comes under scrutiny over alleged N4tri revenue leakage

Citing alleged revenue leakage in the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) between 2006 and 2016, the Senate Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff  has commenced an intense investigation. Speaking on Sunday in Abuja, the  Chairman of the committee, Hope Uzodinma,...
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Resign now, Senate tells Customs boss

Resign now, Senate tells Customs boss

The Senate has urged the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Hameed Ali  to resign, thereby compounding ongoing face-off . Deliberating on Wednesday, the lawmakers said the Customs boss was not fit to hold public office. The development ...
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Customs zone ‘A’ impounds N1.3b contrabands in two months

Customs zone ‘A’ impounds N1.3b contrabands in two months

Between January and February, 2017, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), zone A Ikeja, “intercepted various contrabands and other goods on detention with a duty paid value (DPV) of Seven Hundred and Thirteen Million, Eight Hundred and Thirty Eight Thousand, Ni...
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Customs gives deadline for payment of vehicle duties

Customs gives deadline for payment of vehicle duties

The Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd) has approved a grace period of one month, between Monday, 13th March to Wednesday 12th April 2017 for owners of all vehicles within the Country whose customs duty has not been...
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2017: Customs targets N1.1 tri revenue

2017: Customs targets N1.1 tri revenue

For the year 2017, the Nigeria Customs Service (NSC) has set a revenue target of N1.1 trillion.  At the end of a strategic management meeting, the  Comptroller-General of  Customs, Hameed Ali,in a statement issued by national Public Relations Officer (PRO),...
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Customs promotes 1,561 junior officers

Customs promotes 1,561 junior officers

The Comptroller General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd) has approved the promotion of 1,561 Junior Officers to various ranks. A statement explained that the promotion “which is based on the performances of the personnel at the 2016 promotion...
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FOU Zone ‘C’ impounds 17 items, recovers 21 underpayments in January

FOU Zone ‘C’ impounds 17 items, recovers 21 underpayments in January

For the month January, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘C’, Owerri confiscated seventeen (17) prohibited items and 21 underpayments recovered with a total sum of one hundred and ninety-four million, six hundred and fif...
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ACG Abueh task officers on vigilance, dedication

ACG Abueh task officers on vigilance, dedication

The Zonal Coordinator Zone “A” of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Assistant Comptroller General of Customs, ACG Abueh Monday (mni) has charged officers and men of the Service to be extra vigilant and dedicated to their duties. Addressing officers during....
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Importation of Rifles: Customs declares senior officials wanted

Importation of Rifles: Customs declares senior officials wanted

As part of its investigation into the importation of 661 rifles into the country, the Nigeria Customs Service has declared two of its senior officers wanted. The wanted officers are Abdulahi, I, an assistant superintendent of customs (ASC), with service...
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Customs intercepts 661 rifles in Lagos

Customs intercepts 661 rifles in Lagos

The Federal Operation Unit (FOU), Zone “A” Ikeja of  Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 661 pump action rifles in Lagos. According to Customs, the guns concealed in a 40-foot container with number PONU 825914(3)45G1, were seized on Mile 2...
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