The Zone B of the Nigeria Customs Service, Kaduna, has intercepted smuggled items valued at over N1.4 billion from January to August, its Controller, Aminu Dahiru, has said. Dahiru said in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Minna, that a total of 1,357 items were seized during the period. He […]
Read More The Nigeria Customs Service has directed that any consignment duly released at the terminals should no longer be subjected to Customs cross examination at the exit gate. A circular issued by the Officer in Charge, Customs Intelligence Unit, Tin Can Island command, Suleiman Bomoi, confirmed this. The Customs regularly cross examines goods at the exit […]
Read More Tin-Can Island Port Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) generated ₦183 billion between January and August 2017, its Customs Area Controller, Yusuf Bashar said. According to News Agency of Nigeria, the customs area comptroller said this in a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr Uche Ejesieme in Lagos on […]
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Not fewer than 15 suspects have been arrested by the Federal Operations Unit, FOU, Zone ‘ A’ of Nigeria Customs Service in connection with 1,104 cartons of fake pharmaceutical products, estimated at the Duty Paid Value, DPV, of over ₦12.1 million, smuggled into the country without appropriate documents and permits from government. Some of the […]
Read More One of the anti-smuggling units of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has intercepted contraband goods with Duty Paid Value, DPV of ₦531 million in three weeks. Known as the Federal Operations unit, FOU, Zone A, the unit disclosed that it also recovered the sum of ₦252.1 million from importers who under-declared their consignments during the […]
Read More In a single haul in Lagos, the Nigeria Customs Service has made a seizure of high profile vehicles valued at ₦1.374 billion. The Comptroller General of the NCS, Col. Hameed Ali, (Rtd), disclosed this in Lagos on Tuesday while showing 37 assorted Sports Utility Vehicles and used cars seized by the service to journalists. Ali […]
Read More The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) will sell seized goods from Saturday when its auction online portal is opened. Its Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr Joseph Attah, said the goods would be sold to the highest bidders. Attah, a Deputy Comptroller of Customs, also said the NCS has embarked on campaigns on the trade facilitation programme […]
Read More Two commands of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, on seizure rampage raked in about ₦136.6 billion revenue, with the large haul coming from the Apapa Command which intercepted among other items unprocessed wood export. The command raised over ₦136 billion between January and May this year, while Federal Operations Unit, FOU, Zone “A”, the anti-smuggling […]
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Committee of the House of Representatives has requested for the presence of the Controller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ali (retd.), over an alleged N250m insurance fraud committed by the NCS in connivance with some insurance brokers. The committee, which is chaired by Mr. Adekunle Akinlade, said there were “fraudulent practices” perpetrated by insurance […]
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The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said the failure of the Nigeria Customs Service to connect to the National Single Window, a cross-government website for trade facilitation, is hindering the effective operation at the seaports. He stated this in Lagos during the inauguration of a marine operation and surveillance centre at the Nigerian Ports […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday in Abuja said his administration will soon introduce more policies to further ease the process of doing business in Nigeria. Speaking after a presentation at the Presidential Villa on enhancing Nigeria’s trade and economic competitiveness, he said the new policies will be focused on increasing efficiency and transparency in government operations, […]
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The suspension of restrictions on the importation of rice through the land borders by the Comptroller-General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), has paid off. The service has raked in N1.178 billion from the 17,596 metric tonnes of the item imported through the borders between October and November, this year. Speaking at a […]
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