Category: Custom

Customs intercepts 440 pump action riffles imported from Turkey
May 24, 2017 No Responses

Customs intercepts 440 pump action riffles imported from Turkey

The Tin-Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a 20 footer container laden with 440 pump action riffles imported from Turkey.   The Customs Area Controller, BASHAR YUSUF explained on Tuesday  that the seizure was perfected...
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Nigeria host maiden African Customs Directors General meeting
May 23, 2017 No Responses

Nigeria host maiden African Customs Directors General meeting

Nigeria is set to play host to First Extra Ordinary Meeting of African Union Sub Committee of Directors General of Customs from 23rd to 25th of May 2017 in Abuja. The meeting, which will be attended by  fifty African countries...
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Customs Comptroller, two others get transparency awards
April 12, 2017 No Responses

Customs Comptroller, two others get transparency awards

The Customs Area Controller for Oyo/Osun Area Command, Comptroller Ogunkua Tolutope has been conferred with the prestigious Transparency Medal Award by  continental media organization,  MSC Africa Magazine. Similarly, two other officers of the Command, CSC H...
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NCS restricts rice import in free trade zones
April 10, 2017 No Responses

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 necessar...
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Customs generates ₦14.39b at MMA command, gets three commendation letters
April 8, 2017 No Responses

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’
April 6, 2017 No Responses

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
March 30, 2017 No Responses

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
March 27, 2017 No Responses

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
March 22, 2017 No Responses

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
March 8, 2017 No Responses

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
March 3, 2017 No Responses

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
February 25, 2017 No Responses

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
February 11, 2017 No Responses

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
February 9, 2017 No Responses

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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