Tag: Smuggling

Smuggling: FG Uncovers 32 Illegal Routes
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....
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Customs Boss Cautions Against Smuggling
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...
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Smuggling: Customs Seeks More Synergy With Journalists
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...
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New FOU Zone C Comptroller, Ali Ibrahim, Vows To Tackle Smuggling
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...
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Navy Impounds 251 Bags Of Smuggled Rice
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...
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Auto Dealers Face Fresh Scrutiny Over Smuggling, Underpayments
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...
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Customs Impounds 43 kg Of Gold
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...
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Customs Impounds 157 Vehicles, 6,340 Bags Of Rice, Others
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...
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Military Impounds 900 Bags Of Rice
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...
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Customs Impounds 140 Smuggled Gas Cylinders
February 23, 2020 No Responses

Customs Impounds 140 Smuggled Gas Cylinders

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit, Zone B, has seized two trucks with 140 gas cylinders and 678 bags  of NPK fertilisers being smuggled into the country from Niger Republic. Mr Mustapha Sarki-Kebbi, Zone B Controller who disclosed...
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Customs Impounds Two Chisco Buses Over Drug Smuggling
February 18, 2020 No Responses

Customs Impounds Two Chisco Buses Over Drug Smuggling

The Seme Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 563,400ml of Amphetamine Syrup concealed inside two Chisco Buses.  The Acting Customs Area Controller, Deputy Comptroller Chedi Wada, made this known on Monday while briefing Journalist...
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Customs Impounds N304m Smuggled Goods
November 1, 2019 No Responses

Customs Impounds N304m Smuggled Goods

The Federal Operations Unit of Nigeria Customs Service, Zone B Kaduna in August 2019 seized smuggled goods valued at over N304.39 million. Speaking on Thursday, Comptroller of the command, Mustafa Sarkin-Kebbi  explained that the seizures were made from t...
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“Nigeria-Benin Border Partially Closed Due To Smuggling Activities”
August 29, 2019 No Responses

“Nigeria-Benin Border Partially Closed Due To Smuggling Activities”

President Muhammadu Buhari has attributed the partial closure of Nigeria’s border with Benin Republic to the massive smuggling activities, especially of rice, taking place on that corridor. The Nigerian leader gave the reason during an audience granted his B...
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Onne Customs Impounds Two Vehicles, Arrest Suspects Over Alleged Theft, Smuggling
August 7, 2019 No Responses

Onne Customs Impounds Two Vehicles, Arrest Suspects Over Alleged Theft, Smuggling

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Area 11 Command Onne has impounded two vehicles and some men in connection with alleged smuggling of drugs.  Briefing Journalists, the Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Aliyu Galadima explained that exhibit of one mil...
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