Customs Archives — Page 9 of 11

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 that they...

February 18, 2021 No Responses

Customs Impounds 2,021 Bags Of Rice, 333 Packs of Cannabis, Others

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Kebbi Command, seized N320 million worth of contraband between January and December 2020. Briefing newsmen on Wednesday in Birnin Kebbi, the Customs Area Comptroller, Hafiz Kalla, said that the activities of the command in 20...

February 14, 2021 No Responses

Customs Boss Canvasses Mechanisms For AfCTA Success

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is canvassing for mechanisms to check the inflow of products of non-participating countries into Africa through the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement. The Comptroller-General of Customs, retired Col....

February 6, 2021 No Responses

Customs Hands Over 4,907 Cartons Of Expired Sweet, Chocolates To NAFDAC

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has handed over 4,907 cartons of seized expired sweets and chocolates valued at N23.7 million to National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). The Commander of Comptroller-General of Customs’ Strike ...

January 20, 2021 No Responses

AfCFTA: Customs Awaits Report On List Of Duties, Charges For Waived Goods

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is waiting for National Action Committee (NAC) on the list of duties and charges waived for liberalised goods under African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The service made this known in a statement issued by...

January 8, 2021 No Responses

Customs Intercept 1,215 Bags Of Rice, 5,200 Live Ammunition, Bullet Proof Vehicle

The Controller, Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘C’, Mr Yusuf Lawal, on Thursday in Owerri displayed 5,200 live ammunition, 1,215 bags of foreign rice and a bullet proof Toyota Landcruser intercepted during the 2020 Yuletide. The controller&nb...

January 7, 2021 No Responses

CBN Supports Customs With Four New Scanners

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has made commitment to support Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) as part of measures to promote technology driven service and boost the nation’s economy. Public Relations Officer of NCS, Joseph Attah, explained in a ...

January 7, 2021 No Responses

Customs Generates N1.5trn Revenue In 2020

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it generated the sum of N1.5 trillion for the year 2020. The Customs’ Public Relations Officer, Mr Joseph Attah, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. Attah said the amount realised...

December 23, 2020 No Responses

Customs Impounds 43 kg Of Gold

Malian customs has seized 88 gold bars, weighing 143 kg, with an estimated value of over 4 billion CFA francs, PANA learned Tuesday from Customs sources in Bamako. The gold was found on a vehicle heading to the Mali-Guinea border. Two passengers...

December 17, 2020 No Responses

Customs Strike Force Generates N1.4b In Four

The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Controller General of Customs (CGC) Strike Force Team Zone “A’’, generated N1.4 billion in four weeks. Deputy Comptroller Ahmadu Shuaibu, the Coordinator of the zone, made the disclosure on Wednesday during a dis...

December 15, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Customs Bags International Public Relations, Training Awards

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has emerged winner of the African Public Relations Association (APRA) and International Public Relations Association of Golden World Award for public sector communication 2020. Meanwhile, the Customs Command and Staff Co...

November 25, 2020 No Responses

Customs Impounds 208 Bags Of Rice, 94 Cartons Of Pasta, Others

The Comptroller General’s Taskforce of Nigeria Customs Services, Zone B, Kano, has seized contraband with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N24,385 million in Kano State. Deputy Comptroller General of Customs and head of the taskforce, Mr...

November 19, 2020 No Responses

Customs Intercepts 624 Bags Of Rice, 214 Kegs Of Petrol

The Oyo/Osun Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a total of 624 bags of foreign rice of 50kg each and 214 kegs of petrol of 25kg each. The command’s Area Comptroller, Mrs Uche Ngozi, explained on Thursday&n...

October 21, 2020 No Responses

Hoodlums Invade Customs Warehouse, Cart Away Seized Contrabands

Suspected hoodlums on Tuesday under the guise of the #EndSARS protesters invaded the Benin out station of the Nigerian Customs Service (NSC) and carted away some seized contrabands in the warehouse.Mr Meshach Uban, the Officer in charge of the outstation,...