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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,...

April 12, 2018 No Responses

Customs FOU Intercepts 64 Cars, 431 Jerrycans Of Vegetable Oil, Others

The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operation Unit (FOU), Zone A, Ikeja has impounded contraband goods with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N1,461,006,823, within only three weeks. Addressing Journalists on Wednesday, the FOU Controller, Mohammed G. Uba...

February 28, 2018 No Responses

Customs FOU Impounds 1,105kgs of Imported Vegetable Oil, 18 cars, 4,201 Bags Of Rice, Others In February

For the Month of February, 2018, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit, Ikeja, intercepted various contraband with a duty paid value (DPV) of N1.1Billion. Speaking at an interactive session with Journalists on Wednesday, the Controll...

November 2, 2017 No Responses

Customs impounds Dangote Cement truck, 9 others with 6,206 bags of rice

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com – The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), zone ‘A’, Ikeja has seized Dangote Cement Truck, nine others with not less than 6,206 bags of smuggled rice. Briefing Journalists on ...

November 2, 2017 No Responses

NCS confiscates four bullet-proof SUVs, 55 others in Lagos

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com – The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), zone ‘A’, Ikeja has impounded 59 vehicles including four bullet-proof vehicles in Lagos. According to the Customs Area Controller of the un...

September 19, 2017 No Responses

Customs impounds Dangote truck with N47m smuggled poultry products

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has impounded a truck in Ogun State belonging to Dangote Cement with about 3,000 cartons of smuggled frozen poultry valued at over N47 million. NCS Comptroller in Ogun State, Sani Magudu, explained on Monday...

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...

January 5, 2017 No Responses

Customs zone ‘A’ records N1.3B seizures in December

For the month of December, 2016, the Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone ‘A’ of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), recorded N1.3 Billion seizures and commenced the prosecution of alleged smugglers including two Chines nationals. The Zone also inten...

November 28, 2016 No Responses

Customs FOU impounds N1.1B contraband, arrest 18 suspects

The reinvigorated anti-smuggling activities of the Federal Operations Unit, (FOU) Zone ‘C’ of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has resulted in the seizure of 29 prohibited items with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N1,074,099,739.00 and under payment recovered...

October 13, 2016 No Responses

Customs impounds 121 vehicles, 3,082 bags of Rice, others in FOU Zone C

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone C, Owerri has recorded a total of two hundred and thirty-one (231) seizures of contraband goods with an overall Duty Paid Value (DPV) of one billion, nine hundred and fifty-seven...