Custom Archives — Page 6 of 13

May 14, 2018 No Responses

Customs Board Holds First Meeting, Promotes 1,997 Senior Officers

The Nigeria Customs Service Board (NCSB) has confirmed the appointments of four members of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) management and approved the promotion of 1,997 senior officers to various ranks. The promotion which is effective from January 1, 2017 is...

May 11, 2018 No Responses

Nigerian To Sue US Customs Over $41,000 Seizure

A Nigerian woman is suing the US customs agency after it seized tens of thousands of dollars which was earmarked to build a free medical clinic in Imo state. According to the Washington Post, Anthonia Nwaorie was carrying $41,000 (£30,000)...

May 8, 2018 No Responses

Customs Detains One Suspect, Collaborates With NAFDAC,NDLEA On Tramadol Seizure

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Tincan Island Command has detained one suspect in connection with the importation of 40 and 20 feet containers of Tramadol tablets. Briefing Journalists on Tuesday, the controller of the Command, Musa Abdullah said des...

May 1, 2018 No Responses

Customs Generates N11.6b In Q1 At Lagos Airport, Impounds Military Camouflage, others

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos Command earned N11.6b in the first quarter of 2018. This is as the command also made several seizures including military camouflage uniforms, bullet proof jackets, militar...

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...

March 13, 2018 No Responses

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Comptroller Musa Baba Abdullahi (Left), during a visit to commissioner of police western ports command, Celestine Okoye on Thursday, March 8th, 2018

March 3, 2018 one Response

NNPC, Customs To Curb Petroleum Products Smuggling

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) are collaborating to curb smuggling of petroleum products outside Nigeria’s borders. The Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Dr Maikanti Baru, said this when he paid a ...

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...

February 7, 2018 No Responses

Customs impounds four Rolls-Royce, Jaguar, 29 others worth N1.4billion

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone ‘A’ Ikeja, has impounded 31 vehicles including four Rolls Royce. Others include one Porche Panamera, one Jaguar, one Bentley, two Lexus Sports Utility Vehicles, One Toyota Land Crui...

January 30, 2018 No Responses

Tincan Island Customs gets exceptional service award

The World Customs Organization (WCO) conferred a prestigious Award on Tincan Island Port Command during this year’s International Customs Day (ICD) with the theme “TO SECURE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT”. Making the presentation on be...

January 30, 2018 No Responses

Senators, Customs disagree over protocol

The Senate and the Comptroller General (CG) of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Mr Hameed Ali, on Monday disagreed over protocol-related matters. The disagreement was sequel to the visit of the Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Waste in the Nigeria Customs...

January 12, 2018 No Responses

Tin Can Customs generates N287.6billion in 2017

Between January and December, 2017, the Tin Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) collected N287.6 billion, indicating 92.71 per cent of its revenue target of N310.2 billion. A statement issued by the Public Relations Officer of the...

January 9, 2018 No Responses

Customs FOU zone ‘A’ nets N5.9b in 2017

Between January to December, 2017, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘A’ Ikeja, intercepted various contraband with a duty paid value (DPV) of Four Billion, Four Million, Two Hundred and Fifty Eight Thousand, Three Hundred ...

January 5, 2018 No Responses

Nigerians import 399,556 vehicles in 2017, generates N137b duty

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com – Between Janaury and December 2017, Nigerians paid N137billion duty on 399,556 imported used and news vehicles. Speaking at an interactive session with print, television and online editors in Lagos ...