Customs Archives — Page 9 of 12

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 Bashir Hamisu, made the call when he visited the Commissioner of Police Sokoto State Co...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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.....

April 10, 2021 No Responses

Customs Tin-Can Island command generates N112.6b In Q1

For the first quarter, 2021, the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Tin-Can Island Port command generated N112,696,693,158 billion, indicating 23 per cent increase when compared with revenue earnings of N91billion in the first quarter of 2020.&nbs...

March 15, 2021 No Responses

LCCI Advocates Dispute Resolution Framework Between Customs, Business Community

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) on Sunday urged the Federal Government to create an independent dispute resolution framework to manage conflicts between the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the business community. The Director-General ...

March 12, 2021 No Responses

Kaduna Dry Port, Customs, Others Brainstorm On Export As Railway Test Run Rail Lines

The Kaduna Inland Dry Port (KIDP)has announced plans to commence “export consolidation services“ soon. KIDP Manager, Mr Rotimi Hassan, made the announcement at a stakeholders’ meeting on Export Processing Deliveryheld in Kaduna ...

February 23, 2021 No Responses

Customs Impounds 17kg Gold Bars At Airport

Customs officials on Monday said it seized 150 gold bars weighing 17.4 kg at Bangladesh’s Shah Amanat International Airport in seaport city Chattogram from a plane arriving from Abu Dhabi. Nurunnahar Lily, a senior customs official, told journalists th...