Comp. Kayode Olusemire, the Controller of Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘C’ of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Owerri, says smuggling has negative effects on the nation’s economy. Olusemire made this observation in Owerri on Friday while showing journalists some impounded items, which he said, had duty paid value of ₦65 million. He said the […]
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The increase in transport cost in Nigerian ports that started two years ago before the difficulty of trucks and persons in accessing the ports is encourages the diversion of cargo to neighbouring West African Ports, custom agents in the country have said. The situation has been worsened by delay being suffered due to gridlock on […]
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The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Area Command has announced that it generated the sum of ₦1.050 billion for August and September, 2018. The command, in a statement, said it anti- Smuggling unit also made a total of 120 seizures with a duty paid value ₦95.070 million during the months under review. According to the […]
Read More The Federal Operations Units (FOU) Zone ‘A’ of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it has intercepted various smuggled items with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) worth N2.24 billion in one month. The Area Controller of the command, Comptroller Aliyu Mohammed, who disclosed this to newsmen in Lagos on Thursday, saying the items were seized […]
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Against the backdrop of the Nigerian government’s policy on domestication of the rice industry and the war against its illegal importation, sea ports of West African countries are still receiving large quantities of the commodity, apparently for onward shipment to Nigeria through land borders. Consequently the commodity still tops the smuggling chart and seized items […]
Read More The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Apapa Area 1 Command, has collected ₦210.2 billion revenue between the period of January to July, about 6.9 percent up from ₦196.7 billion in same period of 2017. The amount including ₦343.4 million collected on exports during this period. The outgoing Area Controller of the command, Jibrin Musa, made this […]
Read More The Seme Border Command of the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, has said that the newly-commissioned Joint Border Post by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) at the Seme border will enhance border security and facilitate seamless legitimate trade, in tandem with the executive order on the ease of doing business. The border facility […]
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The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, Ikeja has declared the seizure of contraband worth ₦2.55 billion in two weeks between July 25 and August 7. Among the seized items were 2,748 cartons of DSP Codeine cough syrup worth ₦1, 175,200,000. The Controller, NCS, FOU, Mr Mohammed Garuba, stated on Wednesday that the […]
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In the bid to completely shut the doors of the nation’s port against unscrupulous importers of Tramadol and other restricted drugs into the country, the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has stepped up its offensive against the unauthorized importation, distribution, sales and use of this category of medicines, as the Service has resorted to also picking […]
Read More The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it has embarked on Time Release Study (TRS) to measure the efficiency of its trade facilitation role and reduce the turn-around time for cargo clearance. Mr Wale Adeniyi, Deputy Commandant, Customs Training College, Gwagwalada, Abuja, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at a […]
Read More The Comptroller-General of Customs, Col Hameed Ali (retd), has described the ongoing reforms being implemented in the service as challenging but achievable. He said this during the graduation of 40 junior officers of the Nigeria Customs Service at the Customs Command and Staff College, Abuja. Ali told the gathering that out of the three mandates […]
Read More The strike force on smuggling of foreign parboiled rice set up by the Comptroller General of Customs, CGC has intercepted five trailers of rice with Duty Paid Value (DPV) worth ₦42 million. The seized smuggled rice numbering about 3000 bags of 50 kilogram, kg were concealed inside containers and trucks belonging to corporate organisations. The […]
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