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May 31, 2025 No Responses

Customs Intercepts 1,577 Jerrycans Of Smuggled PMS

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) through its Operation Whirlwind has intercepted 1,577 jerrycans (39,425 litres) of smuggled petroleum products and eight vehicles used for their transportation, with a combined value of N63,425,000 across the Lagos and Ogun axis.Speaking in Lagos...

March 5, 2025 No Responses

Customs Impounds 28,300 Litres Of PMS

The Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Adewale Adeniyi, has assured smugglers of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) that tougher times lie ahead as the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) intensifies its crackdown on fuel smuggling.This warning came as officers of Operat...

February 18, 2025 No Responses

NCS Intercepts 53,000 Litres Of Smuggled PMS

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intensified efforts to curb the smuggling of Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS), recording major seizures under Operation Whirlwind in Kwara State. According to the NCS, between January 14 and February 11, 2025, NCS operatives i...

December 12, 2024 No Responses

Reps Probe Customs Over Alleged Smuggling

The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate alleged smuggling activities by personnel of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). The House took the decision at a plenary session on Wednesday following the adoption of a motion of urgent public importanc...

November 11, 2024 No Responses

Customs Auctions 67,000 Liters Of Seized PMS

Operation WHIRLWIND of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), being coordinated by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) has auctioned 67,000 Liters Of Seized Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS) with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N84, 870,000,000In a statement on...

February 21, 2024 No Responses

Smuggling: FG Uncovers 32 Illegal Routes

The Federal Government has uncovered 32 routes through which food items are smuggled out of Nigeria. The Vice President, Kashim Shettima, made the revelation on Tuesday while presenting his address at a conference on Public Wealth Management held in Abuja....

April 10, 2023 No Responses

Customs Boss Cautions Against Smuggling

The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), retired Col. Hameed Ali, has felicitated Nigerians, especially Christians as they celebrate Easter. Ali in an Easter message on Sunday said the period was also a time to remind Nigerians to shun smuggli...

December 10, 2021 No Responses

Smuggling: Customs Seeks More Synergy With Journalists

The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit (FOCU), Zone “C”, has called for more synergy with journalists to combat smuggling. The FOUC Comptroller, Mr Ali Ibrahim, made the call while addressing Journalists on Thursday in Owerri.&nbsp...

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...

June 18, 2021 No Responses

Navy Impounds 251 Bags Of Smuggled Rice

The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base (FOB), Ibaka, Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom, has impounded 251 bags of smuggled rice and siezed the boat used in smuUggling the rice. The Commanding Officer, FOB, Navy Capt. Suleiman Abdullahi, disclosed...

June 7, 2021 No Responses

Auto Dealers Face Fresh Scrutiny Over Smuggling, Underpayments

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com — Car smugglers and marketers of smuggled vehicles should prepare for tougher times, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) warned on Monday, June 7, 2021. Senior personnel of NCS in a chat with City BusinessN...

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...

July 9, 2020 No Responses

Customs Impounds 157 Vehicles, 6,340 Bags Of Rice, Others

Between January and June, 2020, the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operation Unit (FOU), Zone ‘B’, seized 625 goods with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N1.668billion, compared with 425 items with DPV of N762 million confiscated within same period in...

April 1, 2020 No Responses

Military Impounds 900 Bags Of Rice

The military has impounded more than 900 bags of 50kg foreign parboiled rice and arrested four suspected smugglers in the ongoing “Operations Calm Waters and Swift Response’’ coordinated by the Nigerian Navy. The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations...