Tag: Customs

Reps Give Customs Two Weeks To Reduce 18 Cargo Clearing Stages
September 1, 2021 No Responses

Reps Give Customs Two Weeks To Reduce 18 Cargo Clearing Stages

The House of Representatives Committee on Customs has given the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) two weeks to reduce its 18 cargo clearing stages to four, so as to decongest the nation’s ports.  The committee, which made the resolution on Tuesday,...
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NCS Orders Removal Of Illegal Checkpoints Along Katsina-Jibia Road
August 17, 2021 No Responses

NCS Orders Removal Of Illegal Checkpoints Along Katsina-Jibia Road

The Comptroller-General (CG), Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Retired Col. Hameed Ali,  has ordered the immediate removal of all illegal checkpoints along Katsina-Jibia road.  Ali gave the order when he paid a condolence visit to the Emir of Kats...
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Customs Intercepts Six Containers Of Unprocessed Timber, Arrests Two In Rivers
August 2, 2021 No Responses

Customs Intercepts Six Containers Of Unprocessed Timber, Arrests Two In Rivers

The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘C’  has intercepted three trucks conveying six 6×20ft containers of logs of unprocessed timber.  The Zonal Coordinator for Zone ‘C’, Ag. ACG Olusemire Kayode while d...
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Customs Impounds Four Containers Of N373.5m Wood
July 8, 2021 No Responses

Customs Impounds Four Containers Of N373.5m Wood

The Controller General of Customs Strike Force,  Team A, on Wednesday disclosed that it intercepted four container loads of unprocessed woods valued at N373.5 million. The unprocessed woods were about being shipped out of the country to Asia when it...
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Customs Seeks Cooperation With Police
June 24, 2021 No Responses

Customs Seeks Cooperation With Police

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit, Zone B,  has solicited increased synergy with the police in tackling smuggling activities and general performance in Sokoto.  The Comptroller of the unit, Mr Ba...
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Customs Clears 4,438 Trucks At Seme Border
June 6, 2021 No Responses

Customs Clears 4,438 Trucks At Seme Border

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com  — The Nigeria Customs Service, Seme Border Area Command, cleared 4,438 trucks with various goods since the reopening of land borders by the Federal Government on December 16, 2020.  The Public Relations Offic...
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Soldier Commits Suicide After killing Customs Officer
June 4, 2021 No Responses

Soldier Commits Suicide After killing Customs Officer

A soldier attached to 243 Recce Battalion Ibereko, Badagry, LCP Mahmud Sulaiman, turned the gun on himself after he shot dead a customs officer at Seme border on Wednesday.  The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the incident occurred...
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Customs Confirms Three Dead In Clash With Smugglers
May 15, 2021 No Responses

Customs Confirms Three Dead In Clash With Smugglers

The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, on Friday confirmed the death of three persons while repelling smugglers’ attempt to abduct an officer on duty  No fewer than four persons were hit on Thursday in Iseyin area...
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Customs Apapa Command Generates N65.4b In April
May 7, 2021 No Responses

Customs Apapa Command Generates N65.4b In April

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Apapa Area Command on Thursday said it generated N65, 463, 398, 355.85 in April.  The Area Controller of the command, Comptroller Ibrahim Yusuf, at a media briefing, noted that the record showed an increase of...
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Customs Invades Ibadan Market, Carts Away Truckloads Of Foreign Rice
May 2, 2021 No Responses

Customs Invades Ibadan Market, Carts Away Truckloads Of Foreign Rice

Men of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operation Unit (FOU), Zone A invaded Oja Oba Market in Ibadan, Oyo State in the early hours of Saturday and carted away truckloads of foreign bags of rice  The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) g...
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Kano/Jigawa Customs Command Generates N7.6b, Impounds 716 Bags Of Rice, Others
April 23, 2021 No Responses

Kano/Jigawa Customs Command Generates N7.6b, Impounds 716 Bags Of Rice, Others

For the 2021 first quarter (Q1), the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Kano/Jigawa Area Command, generated a total of N7.658 billion revenue .  The Customs Area Comptroller, Mr Suleiman Pai-Umar, who disclosed this on Thursday in Kano explained that N2....
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Customs Strike Force Intercepts 513 Bags Of Foreign Rice
April 21, 2021 No Responses

Customs Strike Force Intercepts 513 Bags Of Foreign Rice

The Nigeria Customs Service, Zone B Strike Force Team  has intercepted 513 bags of 50kg foreign rice from smugglers.  The Coordinator of the Team, DC Oseni Olorukooba, while briefing newsmen on Tuesday in Ilorin, explained that the seizures with...
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Customs Intercepts Vehicles, Smuggled Rice Worth N1.3b
April 15, 2021 No Responses

Customs Intercepts Vehicles, Smuggled Rice Worth N1.3b

The Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone C of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) intercepted contraband and raised a debit note (DN) worth N1.3bilion in the last three months. In a press statement issued by the Public Relations Officer,  Jerry Attah,&n...
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Customs Apapa Command Generates N159.58b In Q1
April 13, 2021 No Responses

Customs Apapa Command Generates N159.58b In Q1

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Apapa Command on Monday disclosed that it generated over N159.58 billion in the First Quarter (Q1) of 2021.  The Area Controller of the command, Ibrahim Yusuf, explained that the revenues were receipts from customs duty.....
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