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April 6, 2022 No Responses

Customs Promotes 3,466 officers

The Nigeria Customs Service Board (NCSB) has approved the promotion of 3,466 general duty and support staff officers. A statement issued by Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Public Relations Officer, Deputy Comptroller, Timi Bomodi, explained that the approval was done on March...

March 25, 2022 No Responses

Customs Impounds 3,700 Pieces Of Donkey Skin

The Kano/ Jigawa Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it had seized a truckload with 3,700 pieces of donkey skin. The command’s Controller, Mr Muhammad Abubakar-Umar, made the disclosure at a news conference on Thursday in Kano. ...

February 15, 2022 No Responses

Reps Set N3.01tri Revenue Target For Customs

The House of Representatives Committee on Customs and Excise has set the sum of N3.01trillion as the 2022 revenue target for the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). The committee also approved N369 billion as the 2022 budget for the service. Chairman,.....

January 30, 2022 No Responses

Nigeria Exports 3,991Cocoa Beans Containers In 2021

Between January and December 2021, the Ondo/Ekiti Area command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) supervised the export of 3,991 containers of cocoa beans. The Area Controller, Comptroller Uche Ngozi, in a statement on Saturday explained that the developme...

January 26, 2022 No Responses

2021: NCS Generates N493.75b At TinCan Island Port

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), TinCan Island Ports (TCIP) command generated N493,754,017,176.81 in 2021. The Area Controller, TCIP Command, Comptroller Abdullahi Musa, made this known in a statement signed by Mr Uche Ejesieme, Public Relations Office...

January 25, 2022 No Responses

FAAN Tackles Customs Over Alleged Security Breach At Lagos Airport

By ebosele@hotmail.com — The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), on Monday, accused some personnel of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) of allegedly disrupting security procedure at the Lagos Airport. According to FAAN, some...

January 21, 2022 No Responses

Nigeria Customs Unveil 18 Creeks Patrol Boats

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Thursday unveiled 18 patrol boats to curb the activities of smugglers using the creeks and waterways as safe haven for their illegal trade. Retired Col. Hameed Ali, the Comptroller General of Customs, unveiled the...

January 13, 2022 No Responses

Customs FOU Intercepts N7.8b Contraband In 2021

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, on Wednesday said it intercepted contraband from Benin Republic worth N7.813 billion in 2021. The acting Customs Area Controller of the Unit, Deputy Comptroller Hussein Ejibunu, said thi...

January 7, 2022 No Responses

2021: NCS Explains N2.2tri Revenue

Between January and December 2021, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) generated N2.23 trillion revenue, representing 43.45 per cent increase over N1.5 trillion collected in 2020. In a statement on Thursday, NCS spokesman, Mr Joseph Attah said:”Nig...

January 5, 2022 No Responses

Customs Confirm One Death In Sokoto Checkpoint Accident

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Sokoto and Zamfara area commands, have confirmed the death of one person in a checkpoint accident which occurred at Asara village, Sokoto-Illela road. The command’s spokesman, Mr Balarabe Yusuf, in a statement on Tues...

January 4, 2022 No Responses

2021: Customs Generate N188.6b At Onne Port

Between January and December 2021, the Area two Command of Nigeria Customs Service, Onne Port collected N188.6 billion. A statement issued on Monday by Mrs Ifeoma Ojekwu, Customs Public Relations Officer at Onne Port Command in Rivers State explain...

December 27, 2021 No Responses

Republic Of Benin Hands Over Tramadol Container To Nigeria Customs

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Command, has received items suspected to be tramadol capsules concealed with packaged jumbo size adult diapers in a container from the Republic of Benin. A statement issued on Sunday by th...

December 23, 2021 No Responses

Customs Intercepts 607kg Of Cannabis Sativa

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, Lagos, has intercepted 607 kilogrammes of cannabis sativa, otherwise known as Indian hemp. It also seized 7,059 bags of 50kg of foreign parboiled rice. The Acting Controller of the...

December 21, 2021 No Responses

2021: Nigeria Customs Revenue Hits N2.3tri

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Monday, disclosed that it has so far generated N2.3 trillion revenue into the federation account in 2021. In his presentation at a stakeholders/media engagement on trade facilitation in Lagos, &...