Category: Custom

Customs Intercepts 98 Vehicles, 232 Wrap Of Cannabis, Others
April 1, 2021 No Responses

Customs Intercepts 98 Vehicles, 232 Wrap Of Cannabis, Others

The Nigeria Customs Service, Seme Border Area Command  intercepted contraband with duty paid value of N409,851,533 since the reopening of the border.  The Customs Area Controller (CAC) of the Command, Comptroller Bello Jibo, disclosed this at a news conference at ECOWAS...
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Most Vehicles Imported Into Nigeria Are Rickety, Says Customs Boss
March 31, 2021 No Responses

Most Vehicles Imported Into Nigeria Are Rickety, Says Customs Boss

The Comptroller General of Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Col Ahmed Ali (Rtd), has said that most vehicles imported into the country were rickety.  Ali disclosed this while appearing before the House of Representatives Committee on Customs, to defend the...
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Obaseki To Customs: Stop Intimidating People In Edo
March 30, 2021 No Responses

Obaseki To Customs: Stop Intimidating People In Edo

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki on Monday in Benin charged men of the Nigerian Customs Service to stop intimidating and extorting people in the state.  He gave the charge when the Customs Area Controller in Edo and Delta, Ahmed Usman,...
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Customs Impounds 17kg Gold Bars At Airport
February 23, 2021 No Responses

Customs Impounds 17kg Gold Bars At Airport

Customs officials on Monday said it seized 150 gold bars weighing 17.4 kg at Bangladesh’s Shah Amanat International Airport in seaport city Chattogram from a plane arriving from Abu Dhabi.  Nurunnahar Lily, a senior customs official, told journalists th...
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Customs Impounds 2,021 Bags Of Rice, 333 Packs of Cannabis, Others
February 18, 2021 No Responses

Customs Impounds 2,021 Bags Of Rice, 333 Packs of Cannabis, Others

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Kebbi Command, seized N320 million worth of contraband between January and December 2020. Briefing newsmen on Wednesday in Birnin Kebbi, the Customs Area Comptroller, Hafiz Kalla, said that the activities of the command in 20...
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Customs Boss Canvasses Mechanisms For AfCTA Success
February 14, 2021 No Responses

Customs Boss Canvasses Mechanisms For AfCTA Success

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is canvassing for mechanisms to check the inflow of products of non-participating countries into Africa through the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement.  The Comptroller-General of Customs, retired Col....
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Customs Hands Over 4,907 Cartons Of Expired Sweet, Chocolates To NAFDAC
February 6, 2021 No Responses

Customs Hands Over 4,907 Cartons Of Expired Sweet, Chocolates To NAFDAC

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has handed over 4,907 cartons of seized expired sweets and chocolates valued at N23.7 million to National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). The Commander of Comptroller-General of Customs’ Strike ...
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Customs Impounds N2.4b Contraband In Ogun
February 5, 2021 No Responses

Customs Impounds N2.4b Contraband In Ogun

Between January and December 2020, the Ogun State Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) made a total of 1,830 seizures, valued at N2.4 billion.  Briefing Journalists on Thursday, the Area Comptroller of the command, Mr Peter Kolo, explai...
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AfCFTA: Customs Awaits Report On List Of Duties, Charges For Waived Goods
January 20, 2021 No Responses

AfCFTA: Customs Awaits Report On List Of Duties, Charges For Waived Goods

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is waiting for National Action Committee (NAC) on the list of duties and charges waived for liberalised goods under African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The service made this known  in a statement issued by...
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Customs Intercept 1,215 Bags Of Rice, 5,200 Live Ammunition, Bullet Proof Vehicle
January 8, 2021 No Responses

Customs Intercept 1,215 Bags Of Rice, 5,200 Live Ammunition, Bullet Proof Vehicle

The Controller, Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘C’, Mr Yusuf Lawal, on Thursday in Owerri displayed 5,200 live ammunition, 1,215 bags of foreign rice and a bullet proof Toyota Landcruser intercepted during the 2020 Yuletide. The controller&nb...
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CBN Supports Customs With Four New Scanners
January 7, 2021 No Responses

CBN Supports Customs With Four New Scanners

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has made commitment to support Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) as part of measures to promote technology driven service and boost the nation’s economy.   Public Relations Officer of NCS, Joseph Attah, explained in a ...
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Customs Generates N1.5trn Revenue In 2020
January 7, 2021 No Responses

Customs Generates N1.5trn Revenue In 2020

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it generated the sum of N1.5 trillion for the year 2020. The Customs’ Public Relations Officer, Mr Joseph Attah, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. Attah said the amount realised...
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Customs Impounds 43 kg Of Gold
December 23, 2020 No Responses

Customs Impounds 43 kg Of Gold

Malian customs has seized 88 gold bars, weighing 143 kg, with an estimated value of over 4 billion CFA francs, PANA learned Tuesday from Customs sources in Bamako. The gold was found on a vehicle heading to the Mali-Guinea border. Two passengers...
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Customs Strike Force Generates N1.4b In Four
December 17, 2020 No Responses

Customs Strike Force Generates N1.4b In Four

The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Controller General of Customs (CGC) Strike Force Team Zone “A’’, generated N1.4 billion in four weeks. Deputy Comptroller Ahmadu Shuaibu, the Coordinator of the zone, made the disclosure on Wednesday  during a dis...
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