The Niger Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it has collected about ₦846 million as Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) from January to June. Mr Benjamin Binga, Comptroller of Customs in charge of Niger, Kwara and Kogi Commands, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on […]
Read More The Ogun State Area Command of Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has recorded huge revenue generation of ₦2.6 billion from January to June 2018, economic year. . The Customs Area Controller, CAC, of the Command, Comptroller Michael Agbara, disclosed this in a press briefing, at Idiroko border and stressed that his officers are beaming their searchlight […]
Read More Contraband worth over ₦1.3 billion were impounded between the middle of last month and early this month by the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘A’ of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), its Area Controller, Mohammed Uba has told The Nation. Addressing reporters at the unit’s Ikeja, Lagos command, he said the seized items included 15 […]
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Stakeholders in the maritime industry have accused offcials of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) of extortion at the ports. The stakeholders which include importers, clearing agents and truck drivers allege that officials of NCS “extort” them and subject them to “second clearing.” The NCS has denied any such dealings, insisting that it is performing its […]
Read More The management of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) yesterday unveiled a new uniform to add to its already existing ones. The move, according to the Spokesman, Joseph Attah, is to give officers and men a variety of uniforms that can be worn depending on the weather and assignment to be executed. The additional uniform, which […]
Read More The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it seized 174,015 litres of petroleum products valued at about ₦27 million in 2017. According to Customs spokesman, Joseph Attah, who spoke on Monday in Abuja, the NCS had been doing a lot to ensure that products that should not be exported were not, while ensuring that prohibited goods […]
Read More About 18 assorted cars including one Rolls Royce, one Chryler, one Audi Q7, one Land Rover HSE and one Toyota Venza worth ₦1,035,232,046.13 have been confiscated by the Customs Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, Ikeja, in a Lekki car mart. Other exotic cars are one Ford Taurus, one Honda Cross tour, four Mercedes Benz, three […]
Read More The Seme Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has said it generated ₦546,837,124.64 revenue in January, 2018. In a statement, Customs Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr Taupyen Selchang, said that the revenue generated represented about 81 per cent of its target actualised. The command made a total of 64 seizures with a Duty […]
Read More Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Colonel Hameed Ibrahim Ali (rtd), has dissolved the 2017 Compliance Team and replaced it with a strike force. The dissolution came as a container loaded with military uniforms and dangerous weapons disappeared from Apapa Port. The police at Lagos Ports Command have embarked on an intensive search […]
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Western Marine Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) recently seized 17,625 litres of fuel worth ₦2.6 million. The fuel, stored in 705 jerry cans, was seized at Yekeme Creek when the smugglers were in the process of evacuating them into their boats, preparatory to taking them to neighbouring countries. The Comptroller, Sarkin-Kebbi Mustapha, told journalists […]
Read More The Surveillance Unit of the Comptroller General’s Compliance Team has in the last nine months made serious incursions in curtailing the nefarious smuggling trade with spectacular seizures worth more than ₦5 billion. It has also uncovered several techniques used by smugglers who engaged in bringing in contraband such as rice, second hand vehicles, vegetable oil […]
Read More Amid the crippling situation of fuel scarcity in most parts of the country, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has confiscated a total of 2,200 jerrycans laden with premium motor spirit (PMS) or petrol. The jerrycans, which were confiscated at Pashi-Yekeme community in Owode and the creeks were meant to be ferried to other neighbouring countries. According […]
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