Custom Archives — Page 8 of 13

August 23, 2017 No Responses

Customs intensifies probe of N1.3b smuggled Toyota LandCruisers, others

The ongoing investigation into the circumstances surrounding the smuggling of Thirty-seven new vehicles into the country through land borders is to take into account previous activities of the alleged smuggler. Valued at N1.3Billion, the smuggled vehicles includes 12 units...

August 10, 2017 No Responses

Hong Kong issues block exemption for liner VSAs

Hong Kong has granted a block exemption order (BEO) for vessel sharing agreements (VSAs) in the liner shipping industry. The country’s competition commission issued the order on August 8 in response to an application received from the Hong Kong Liner Sh...

August 10, 2017 No Responses

GOCOP gets new executive

The Publisher of The Eagle Online, Dotun Oladipo, has been elected President of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers. The election was conducted on Wednesday at Adna Hotel, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos. Oladipo is the current General Secretary of the...

August 9, 2017 No Responses

Customs impounds 12 new Toyota LandCruiser, 17 Hilux, others worth N1.3billion

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com – Thirty-seven new vehicles allegedly smuggled into the country through land borders has been impounded by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). Briefing Journalists in Lagos on Tuesday, Comptroller General o...

August 9, 2017 No Responses

Customs in Tincan Island sets fresh agenda for revenue generation

As part of measures put in place by the Tincan Island Command to remain a force to reckon with in Revenue collection, the Customs Area Controller (CAC) COMPT. BASHAR YUSUF has met in different sessions with the Officers in-charge of...

August 8, 2017 No Responses

Customs generates N8.8b revenue in Oyo, Osun

Between January and June 2017, the Oyo/Osun Area Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) generated N8.85 billion revenue. A statement issued by the Public Relations Officer of the command, Ifeoma Onuigbo explained that Controller of the command, Udo-Aka E...

August 4, 2017 No Responses

NICIS II: Customs Tincan Island Command begins training of officers

The full automation and computerization of customs processes and procedures has received a further boost with the commencement of training of officers/men for the advanced stage of automation of NICIS II in line with the effort of the Service to...

July 31, 2017 No Responses

Customs Checkpoints: LCCI, others to monitor compliance

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry [LCCI] has commended recent directive from the Customs headquarters removing all customs check-points outside 40 kilometers of the nation’s land borders. Similarly, all customs checkpoints outside the ports a...

July 29, 2017 No Responses

Shippers Council partners Customs on Dry Ports Project

The Executive Secretary/CEO of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) Mr. Hassan Bello, has called on the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to partner with the Council for a successful take-off of the Inland Dry Ports (IDP) project in the country...

July 24, 2017 No Responses

Customs FOU recovers N1.2b duty payments, arrest 95 suspects

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com Between January and June, 2017, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone ‘A’ Ikeja recovered One Billion, Two Hundred and Eighty Six Million, Seven Hundred and Thirty Thousan...

July 13, 2017 No Responses

Customs FOU intercepts N200m Contraband, recovers N28.9m duty payment

The Federal Operation Unit (FOU) of the Nigeria Custom Service, Zone ‘A’ Ikeja, has intercepted not less than 40 seizures valued at N200.9million, between June 13 and July 10, 2017. Among items seized were Tramadol (225/120mg), vegetable oil, frozen...

June 17, 2017 No Responses

Maritime stakeholders to brainstorm on 24hr Seaport operations

Come Tuesday, June 20, 2017, the Presidential Executive Orders on 24 hours Seaport operations will take the centre stage as stakeholders in the maritime sector and members of the public brainstorm at Rockview Hotel, Apapa, Lagos State. Already, the...

June 15, 2017 No Responses

Customs impounds Range Rover, Toyota Prado SUVs, others over alleged non-payment of duty

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Owerri has impounded 2016 Range Rover with duty paid value of N28,049,645. Other vehicles seized by the Zone under the leadership of the new Comptroller, Amajam Bukar Alhaji includes 2010...

June 15, 2017 No Responses

Customs FOU apprehends 10 suspects, records 152 seizures

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘A’, Ikeja, Lagos has has recorded 152 seizures with a Duty Paid Value of N334,042,396. Briefing Journalists in Lagos on Wednesday, Customs Area Controller of the Command, Uba ...