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February 25, 2021 No Responses

Group Urges CBN To Remove Stockfish From Forex Ban List

The Norwegian Seafood Council has appealed to the Central Bank Of Nigeria (CBN) to remove stockfish from the list of items not eligible for foreign exchange. According to Odd-Emil Ingebrigtsen, the Norwegian minister of fisheries, there is a need to make...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

November 25, 2020 No Responses

Customs Impounds 208 Bags Of Rice, 94 Cartons Of Pasta, Others

The Comptroller General’s Taskforce of Nigeria Customs Services, Zone B, Kano, has seized contraband with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N24,385 million in Kano State. Deputy Comptroller General of Customs and head of the taskforce, Mr...

November 23, 2020 No Responses

Customs Impounds 24 Vehicles, 1,716 Bags Of Rice, Others

The Seme Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 24 fairly-used vehicles, 1,716 bags of imported rice and 1,148 jerry cans of Petrol in the last seven weeks. The new Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Bello Jibo, explain...

November 19, 2020 No Responses

Customs Intercepts 624 Bags Of Rice, 214 Kegs Of Petrol

The Oyo/Osun Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a total of 624 bags of foreign rice of 50kg each and 214 kegs of petrol of 25kg each. The command’s Area Comptroller, Mrs Uche Ngozi, explained on Thursday&n...

October 14, 2020 No Responses

Customs Impounds 1,400 Bags Of Fertilizer, Generates N39.99b In Oyo/Osun

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Oyo/Osun Area Command, has arrested 25 suspected smugglers and seized a total of 1,400 bags of fertilizer. The Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Uche Ngozi, disclosed this on Tuesday in Ibadan while briefing journali...

August 12, 2020 No Responses

Customs Impounds 1.5 Tonnes Of Cocaine On CMA CGM Boxship

Germany’s customs and police officers have seized around 1.5 tonnes of cocaine discovered on board a container vessel at the Port of Hamburg, a spokesperson for the Customs Office in Hamburg confirmed to Offshore Energy. The cocaine was hidden in “bags...

May 22, 2020 No Responses

Customs Intercept N1.2b Cannabis

The Nigeria Customs Service(NCS), Western Marine Command has intercepted drugs suspected to be Cannabis Sativa valued at N1,002,050,000. In a statement on Thursday, the Controller of the command, Comptroller Olugboyega Peters, disclosed that the seizure ...

February 20, 2020 No Responses

Customs Intercepts 3,593 kg of Marijuana

The Kwara Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted and seized 3,593 kgs of cannabis sativa (marijiana) along Bukuro, Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara state. The Area Controller of Customs in the state, Husseini Ahmed, made the disclosure...

June 14, 2018 No Responses

Customs FOU Impounds N1.4b Contraband

Between May 16th and June 12th 2018, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone ‘A’ Ikeja, confiscated various contraband, goods and vehicles with a duty paid value (DPV) of One Billion, Three Hundred and Forty Five Million,...