OPERATIVES of the Ogun I Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, patrol team on surveillance were last week attacked by smugglers who matcheted a member of the team after it seized 35 bags of 50kg of smuggled parboiled rice at Ilashe village in Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State.

THE Comptroller-General of Customs Strike force in zone ‘A’ has said it raked in a total of N2.1m in the first months of the year from seized items. In spite of the lockdown occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic, the team was not deterred as it combed the nooks and crannies of smugglers’ hideouts, intercepting uncustomed goods across the various states in the South West region.

….the victim is a cultist, NCS alleges By James Ogunnaike ABEOKUTA – Pandemonium broke out in Owode Yewa in Yewa South local government area of Ogun State when a 17-year old, Rilwan Bello was reportedly hit by stray bullets, allegedly, fired by the Operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service when they raided locked – up […]

The Nigeria Customs Service, Oyo and Osun Command, on Saturday said the 1,800 bags of rice released as a palliative to the Oyo State government were good for human consumption. This was in response to the claim by Oyo State Government that the bags of rice released to it by the command were infected and […]

THE  Area 11 Onne Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has collected N22.95 billion in revenue between in the first quarter of 2020, Q1’20. This is in addition to the seizures of seven containers with total Duty Paid Value, DPV, of N215.4 million within the same period.

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Command, has made a clarification on an alleged attempt to ‘smuggle’ from the Apapa Port, vegetable oil loaded in three trucks. Mrs Nkeiruka Nwala, Deputy Superintendent of Customs and Public Relations Officer of the command, said that the vegetable oil was directed by the presidency to be released as […]

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Kano/Jigawa Command, has seized smuggled rice and beans worth over N12.7 million in Kano State. Mr Isa Danbaba, the Pubic Relations Officer of the command, made the disclosure in a statement on Thursday in Kano. “In spite of the outbreak of Coronavirus and the subsequent measures put in place by […]

THE Tin-Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, recorded a total collection of N30.7 billion as import duties and other levies for the month of March.

The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), has approved the release of 46,000 metric tons of rice, 36,495 kegs of vegetable oil and other items valued at N3.2 billion for distribution. The Customs’ Public Relations Officer, Mr Joseph Attah, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. Attah said […]

ABEOKUTA – A 15-year-old girl, Sekinat Agbelade, was over the weekend allegedly shot dead by men of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Agosasa, Ipokia Local area of Ogun State.