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December 21, 2019 No Responses

Customs Apapa Command Generates N413billion

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Command, generated N413, 732,818,554.19 as revenue from Jan. 1 to Dec. 19, the Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Mohammed Abba-Kura has said. Briefing journalists on its activities on Friday in Lagos, Abba-Kura said that the...

December 7, 2019 No Responses

Customs Boss Seeks Separate Budget For Staff College

The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali (rtd) has appealed for a separate budget for Nigeria Customs Command and Staff College, Gwagwalada for the institution to realise its set out goals.Ali made the appeal at the Gradu...

December 2, 2019 No Responses

Customs, NSCDC Emerge Champions Of Volleyball Premier League

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), male team and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) female team, have emerged champions of the 2019 National Volleyball Premier League. They both emerged champions in the male and female categories of the...

November 21, 2019 No Responses

Customs Promotes 2,508 Officers

The Nigeria Customs Service Board has promoted 2,508 officers to various ranks. The Customs’ Public Relations Officer, Mr Joseph Attah made this known in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. Attah explained that the board also approved the appointment of...

November 4, 2019 No Responses

Border Closure: Customs Dismisses January 2020 Terminal Date

All Nigerian land borders will remain partially closed. No date has been set for reopening, the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) clarified on Sunday. Reacting to reports in the media insinuating January 2020 terminal date, spokesman of the NCS, Mr. Joseph....

November 1, 2019 No Responses

Customs Impounds N304m Smuggled Goods

The Federal Operations Unit of Nigeria Customs Service, Zone B Kaduna in August 2019 seized smuggled goods valued at over N304.39 million. Speaking on Thursday, Comptroller of the command, Mustafa Sarkin-Kebbi explained that the seizures were made from t...

October 14, 2019 No Responses

South Korea Donates Buses To Nigerian Customs

The Embassy of South Korea in Nigeria has donated two Hyundai buses to the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), to boost its operations.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Lee In Tae, Ambassador of South Korea to Nigeria, handed...

October 14, 2019 No Responses

Nigeria Insists On Border Closure

The Nigerian Government will not reverse closure of borders until neighbouring countries have shown enough commitment to check smuggling of banned commodities into Nigeria.The Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Dr Mohammed Umar,...

October 11, 2019 No Responses

Customs Port Harcourt Area II Command Generates ₦81.2b Revenue In Q3

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Area II Command Onne Port generated a total revenue of eighty-one billion, one hundred and ninety-six million, six hundred and ninety-seven thousand, eight hundred and fifty- eight naira, and fifty-seven kobo (₦81,196,697,8...

October 8, 2019 No Responses

Customs Generates N4.99b At Murtala Mohammed Area Command In September

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Murtala Mohammed Area Command generated the sum of ₦4,991,674,905.00 billion revenue in the month of September, 2019.A statement issued by the commands Public Relations Officer, Ephraim Joseph Haruna on Tuesday explained th...

September 27, 2019 No Responses

Customs Boss Explains Nigeria’s Partial Border Closure

The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Hameed Ali, has explained that the closure of Nigeria’s borders was undertaken to strengthen the nation’s security and protect its economic interests.Speaking during a meeting with border stakeholde...

August 16, 2019 No Responses

Customs, NNPC, CBN Shun Public Hearing

An ad hoc committee of the House of Representatives has summoned heads of four government agencies to appear before it on August 19. This followed the ruling of the Chairman of the Committee, Yusuf Buba (APC-Adamawa), at a public hearing...

August 9, 2019 No Responses

Customs Discovers Another 1.5 Tons Of Cocaine On containership

Following the recent record seizure of cocaine shipment at the Port of Hamburg, local customs officers have discovered a further 1.5 tons of cocaine on board a containership. The cocaine was found during a search of an unnamed boxship, Oliver...

August 7, 2019 No Responses

Onne Customs Impounds Two Vehicles, Arrest Suspects Over Alleged Theft, Smuggling

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Area 11 Command Onne has impounded two vehicles and some men in connection with alleged smuggling of drugs. Briefing Journalists, the Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Aliyu Galadima explained that exhibit of one mil...