The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced that it has commenced the distribution of seized smuggled rice, vegetable oil to orphanage homes in Lagos. This was disclosed by the National Public Relation Officer of the service, Joseph Attah, in a chat with journalists in Lagos. Attah said since peace has returned to the north-eastern part […]
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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 […]
Read More Nigeria Customs Service, Western Marine Command, (WMC), on Tuesday said its officers seized 941 bags of rice estimated at N6, 830,791 being smuggled into the country. The new Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Sarkin Kebbi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the seizure was barely a month after he assumed duty at […]
Read More Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘A’, has disclosed the seizure of 23,000 bags of 50kg imported parboiled rice and that the importers owe the Federal Government N149.5m in import duty. The Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr. Jerome Attah, stated this in a statement made available to correspondent on Tuesday. According to […]
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The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs service, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), has ordered the immediate removal of rice from import restriction list and the re-introduction of import duty payment at land borders. The Public Relations Officer of customs, Mr Wale Adeniyi, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in […]
Read More The Nigeria Customs Service has slashed the exchange rate for duty calculations from N316 Per dollar to N306 per dollar. Confirming the development, Public Relation Officer of the Tin Can Island port Command of Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Mr. Uche Ejisieme, said the directive came from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. Ejisieme stated that […]
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The Nigeria Customs Service on Tuesday said it was planning to raise the sum of N1tn as revenue for the Federal Government in the 2016 fiscal period. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (retd) disclosed this to journalists in Abuja on the sidelines of an event to celebrate the International Customs Day. He said […]
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