Although the Federal Government is yet to set a 2018 revenue generation target for the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), the management plans to collect ₦1.3trillion this year. The Public Relations Officer, Mr. Joseph Attah, who disclosed this to our Abuja correspondent in his office, added that the organization hopes to work harder to exceed the […]
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Security agencies at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos have impounded 17 check-in luggage belonging to musician David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido in the Nigerian entertainment industry. According to Correspondent, the seizure followed an alleged attack by one of the musician’s aides on Aviation Security (AVSEC), Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and Checkport personnel […]
Read More Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A, Ikeja, has generated ₦5.96 billion, the highest so far in the unit. While it grossed ₦4 billion through the interceptions of various contraband between January and December 2017, it also recovered ₦1.96 billion from duty payments and demand notices on general goods. In a statement, […]
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Senate, on December 20, 2017, commenced investigation on the alleged economic sabotage perpetrated by the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS. NCS was accused of causing goods worth over ₦20 billion to rot away in various Customs’ warehouses across the country thus making the nation to lose money. The Senate criticised NCS’ habit of hoarding seized perishable […]
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The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has distributed 252,666 (50kg) bags of rice worth ₦3.79 billion in the last 22 months to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the Northeast and Benin. The Public Relations Officer of the Service, Mr. Joseph Attah, who made the disclosure in Abuja on Sunday said the exercise was in compliance with […]
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In continuation of his consultation with aviation stakeholders, the newly-appointed Managing Director/CEO of the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc, Mr. Idris Yakubu, recently visited key aviation regulators and stakeholders. Yakubu visited the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) airport command where he pledged […]
Read More Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, yesterday disclosed that it has so far generated ₦1,012,259,006,779 as revenue for 2017, which remains the highest since its creation in 1891. The figure is N241,685,276,289 higher than the Customs’ 2017 target of ₦770,573,730,490 and also dwarfs the revenue collected in 2016, which was ₦898,673,857,431. The Public Relations Officer of Customs, […]
Read More The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, said it seized 3, 870 with a duty paid value (DPV) of ₦11.2 billion from January to November 2017. NCS Public Relations Officer Mr Joseph Attah, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday in Abuja that this was against the 5,602 goods worth ₦10.2 billion seized within the same […]
Read More The Nigeria Customs Service, Compliance Team, Zone C, Benin City, Edo State Command said it seized contrabands worth ₦137.8 million in November. The leader of the team, Ahmed Azarema, made this known while briefing journalists in Benin, Edo State about the activities of the team. He said that the seizures were made possible through intelligence […]
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The House of Representatives committee has commenced investigations into the abuse of waivers and bonds on import duties from 2010 till date. Subsequently, the lower chamber has demanded an audit of the customs duties remitted by money deposit banks to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from January 2014 till date with proof of the […]
Read More The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), yesterday, disclosed that it has surpassed its 2017 revenue target of ₦1.2 trillion by ₦10 billion as at December 1. Spokesman of Customs, Joseph Attah, who disclosed this to Daily Sun on phone said the feat was achieved by hardwork, dedication and determination of officers of the service. Daily Sun […]
Read More The Niger Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), collected ₦2.1 billion revenue from January to October, the area comptroller, Benjamin Binga, has said. Binga made this disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Minna, yesterday. “Our revenue target for the year is ₦2.8 billion and so far, we have […]
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