Customs Archives — Page 8 of 12

November 29, 2021 No Responses

Customs Intercepts N71m Cash

The Katsina State Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a vehicle loaded with more than N71 million. Briefing Journalists on Monday, Acting Controller at the command, Alhaji Dalhat Wada-Chedi, said: “We intercepted the money with the vehicle and...

November 25, 2021 No Responses

Customs FOUC Impounds Armoured vehicle, Others Worth N300m

The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘C’ (FOUC) has seized an armoured Lexus LX570 Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) without End User Certificate and other contraband goods worth N318,154,742 million. Mr Ali Ibrahim...

November 10, 2021 No Responses

Customs Takes Delivery Of 16 Toyota Hilux

The Federal Operational Unit of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Zone ‘A’, Ikeja has received sixteen (16) new Toyota Hilux to facilitate the suppression of smuggling and other Customs related Operations within the Zone. Receiving the v...

November 4, 2021 No Responses

Elizade Secures N1.5b Contract For 46 Customs Vehicles

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has awarded N1.5bilion contract to Elizade Nigeria Limited to supply 46 units of vehicles to Nigeria Customs Service. Briefi...

November 3, 2021 No Responses

New FOU Zone C Comptroller, Ali Ibrahim, Vows To Tackle Smuggling

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com — Mr Ali Ibrahim has assumed duty as new comptroller of the Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘C’ (FOUC) Owerri Addressing principal Officers in Owerri, Imo State, Ibrahim, who co...

October 15, 2021 No Responses

Customs Lauds Toyota Nigeria On Appropriate Duty Payments

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS)has commended Toyota Nigeria Limited (TNL) for “paying appropriate duty always“. Speaking at a ceremony in Abuja where Toyota Nigeria honoured NCS as ...

September 30, 2021 No Responses

Customs Impounds Sacks Of Gunpowder, Indian Hemp

Between August 26 and September 29, 2021, the Zone B unit of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) seized smuggled gunpowder, Indian Hemp, rice and other goods Customs comptroller in the zone, Mr Al-Bashir Hamisu told Journalists in Kaduna on Thu...

September 21, 2021 No Responses

Customs To Deploy Drones At Seme Border

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it will soon deploy drones at Seme for effective patrol in checking smuggling activities in the border area. NCS Zone A Coordinator, Modupe Aremu, an Assistant Comptroller General (ACG) of Customs, disclosed this on...

September 10, 2021 No Responses

Tincan Island Customs Command Generates N320b

The Area Controller, Tincan Island Command, Nigeria Customs Service, Comptroller Abdullahi Musa, on Thursday said that the command generated N320.96 billion from January to August, 2021. Musa made this known at a media conference in Lagos. He said that...

September 2, 2021 No Responses

Customs Impounds N643.73m Worth Of Donkey Hides, Skin, Charcoal

Operatives of the Comptroller General of Customs Strike Force, Zone A, have intercepted N643.73 million worth of poisonous Donkey hides and skin, charcoal and wood already positioned for export in Lagos. All the seizures were already stored in a warehouse...

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,...

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...

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...

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...