Border Control Archives — Page 5 of 6

September 27, 2021 No Responses

Customs Intercept Live Cartridges Concealed In Cassava Flour

The Special Assignment Team of Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, Nigeria Customs Service, has intercepted three Mazda saloon cars loaded with live cartridges concealed in sacks of cassava flour. The Acting Comptroller in Charge of the Unit, DC Hussein Ejibunu,...

September 24, 2021 No Responses

Customs Impound 707 Bags Of Rice, 231 Cartons Of Milk, Others In Kano

Between July and this month, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Kano/Jigawa Command, seized 707 bags of smuggled rice and other items with Duty Paid Value of N41.3 million. The Command’s Comptroller, Mr Suleiman Umar, made the disclosure on Thursday i...

September 21, 2021 No Responses

Customs To Deploy Drones At Seme Border

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it will soon deploy drones at Seme for effective patrol in checking smuggling activities in the border area. NCS Zone A Coordinator, Modupe Aremu, an Assistant Comptroller General (ACG) of Customs, disclosed this on...

June 18, 2021 No Responses

Navy Impounds 251 Bags Of Smuggled Rice

The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base (FOB), Ibaka, Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom, has impounded 251 bags of smuggled rice and siezed the boat used in smuUggling the rice. The Commanding Officer, FOB, Navy Capt. Suleiman Abdullahi, disclosed...

June 6, 2021 No Responses

Customs Clears 4,438 Trucks At Seme Border

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com — The Nigeria Customs Service, Seme Border Area Command, cleared 4,438 trucks with various goods since the reopening of land borders by the Federal Government on December 16, 2020. The Public Relations Offic...

May 15, 2021 No Responses

Customs Confirms Three Dead In Clash With Smugglers

The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, on Friday confirmed the death of three persons while repelling smugglers’ attempt to abduct an officer on duty No fewer than four persons were hit on Thursday in Iseyin area...

May 7, 2021 No Responses

Customs Apapa Command Generates N65.4b In April

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Apapa Area Command on Thursday said it generated N65, 463, 398, 355.85 in April. The Area Controller of the command, Comptroller Ibrahim Yusuf, at a media briefing, noted that the record showed an increase of...

April 23, 2021 No Responses

Kano/Jigawa Customs Command Generates N7.6b, Impounds 716 Bags Of Rice, Others

For the 2021 first quarter (Q1), the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Kano/Jigawa Area Command, generated a total of N7.658 billion revenue . The Customs Area Comptroller, Mr Suleiman Pai-Umar, who disclosed this on Thursday in Kano explained that N2....

April 22, 2021 No Responses

Customs Generates N38.8b At Onne In Q1

The Nigeria Customs Service (NIS), Area II Command, Onne Port, Rivers, generated over N38.8 billion in revenue in the first quarter of 2021. The command’s Comptroller, Auwal Mohammed, disclosed the figures in a statement issued by the command’s spoke...

April 21, 2021 No Responses

Customs Strike Force Intercepts 513 Bags Of Foreign Rice

The Nigeria Customs Service, Zone B Strike Force Team has intercepted 513 bags of 50kg foreign rice from smugglers. The Coordinator of the Team, DC Oseni Olorukooba, while briefing newsmen on Tuesday in Ilorin, explained that the seizures with...

April 15, 2021 No Responses

Customs Intercepts Vehicles, Smuggled Rice Worth N1.3b

The Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone C of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) intercepted contraband and raised a debit note (DN) worth N1.3bilion in the last three months. In a press statement issued by the Public Relations Officer, Jerry Attah,&n...

April 13, 2021 No Responses

Customs Apapa Command Generates N159.58b In Q1

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Apapa Command on Monday disclosed that it generated over N159.58 billion in the First Quarter (Q1) of 2021. The Area Controller of the command, Ibrahim Yusuf, explained that the revenues were receipts from customs duty.....

March 17, 2021 No Responses

Immigration Generates N49.6b, $20m In 2020

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Tuesday said its revenue dropped by almost 40 per cent in 2020 due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Comptroller-General of the agency, Mr Muhammad Babandede, stated this while presenting the NIS 2020 Annual.....

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...