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December 5, 2025 No Responses

Customs Prepares 100 Officers for Retirement

By ebosele@hotmail.com. — The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has organised a one-day capacity-building programme aimed at equipping officers preparing for retirement with practical knowledge and entrepreneurial skills for life after service.Held at the Service’s headquarters in Abuja, the training brought...

November 26, 2025 No Responses

Customs Board Approves New DCGs, ACGs, Others

By ebosele@hotmail.com. — The Nigeria Customs Service Board (NCSB) has approved major appointments and special promotions aimed at strengthening leadership capacity and enhancing operational efficiency within the Service.City Business News reports that t...

November 25, 2025 No Responses

Customs Boss Orders Mandatory Drug Test For Recruits, Serving Officers

The Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, has disclosed that arrangements have been concluded to subject all incoming officers and men to a mandatory drug test as part of the ongoing recruitment exercise.CGC Adeniyi, who disclosed this during the cl...

November 24, 2025 No Responses

Customs Boss Urges Stronger Institutional Discipline

The Nigeria Customs Service opened the 2025 Comptroller-General of Customs’ Conference on Thursday, 20 November 2025, in Abuja, with a firm call for senior officers to address the internal weaknesses that are hindering operational effectiveness across the Se...

November 14, 2025 No Responses

Customs Begins Awareness On New Vehicle Verification Platform

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has commenced a nationwide sensitisation workshop for auto dealers, stakeholders, and officers on the newly introduced Customs Verification Management System (CVMS), a major innovation designed to strengthen vehicle verificati...

November 13, 2025 No Responses

Nigeria Customs Delegation Concludes Benchmarking Mission To Europe

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has concluded a week-long benchmarking and technical engagement tour across parts of Europe as part of measures to modernize the country’s trade facilitation framework and align its operations with global standards.The missi...

November 13, 2025 No Responses

FOU Zone ‘A’ Commences First Aid Training

The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A, has commenced a comprehensive First Aid Training Programme aimed at strengthening the safety, health, and emergency response capacity of its officers and men.Declaring the programme open at th...

November 11, 2025 No Responses

COWA Unveils Green Border Initiative, Empowers Women, Youth At Seme Command

In a landmark step toward environmental sustainability and community empowerment, the Customs Officers’ Wives Association (COWA), Seme Area Command Chapter, has planted 30 trees and launched the Green Border Initiative—a programme designed to tackle enviro...

November 11, 2025 No Responses

PTML Customs Intercepts ₦29.4b Cocaine, Hands Over To NDLEA

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Port and Terminal Multiservices Limited (PTML) Command, has intercepted cocaine shipment valued at ₦29.4 billion.Comptroller Joe Anani, Customs Area Controller of PTML Command, disclosed this during a press conference on Tu...

November 10, 2025 No Responses

Customs Port Harcourt Area I Command Attains N33b Revenue In October

The Port Harcourt Area I Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has achieved a revenue collection of ₦33.753 billion in October 2025, its highest monthly performance to date.This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Command’s Public Relations.....

November 10, 2025 No Responses

Ogun II Customs Command Reaffirms Business-Friendly Environment

The Customs Area Controller, Ogun II Command, Comptroller Olusola Akingbade, has reaffirmed her commitment to sustaining a business-friendly environment while strengthening engagement with key industrial stakeholders across the state.In a statement issued by t...

November 9, 2025 No Responses

Customs Medical Unit Trains Officers on First Aid

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intensified efforts to enhance the health and safety capacity of its personnel through a comprehensive First Aid training conducted by the Service’s Medical Unit at the Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC).According to...

November 6, 2025 No Responses

Apapa Customs Unveils Electronic Cargo Tracking System

The Apapa Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has launched the Electronic Cargo Tracking System (ECTS), a digital innovation aimed at enhancing national security, boosting revenue generation, and facilitating seamless trade across Nigeria’s ports.The...

November 5, 2025 No Responses

Nigeria, Ghana Customs Strengthen Ties To Fight Smuggling, Enhance Regional Trade

The Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, has reaffirmed the Nigeria Customs Service’s commitment to strengthening collaboration with the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) in the fight against illicit trade, while promoting sea...