Group writes Buhari, Lawan, makes case for Customs, importers
…Says manufacturers to lay-off 30,000 workers Transparency Awareness Group, (TANGO), Tuesday wrote to President Muhammadu Buhari, saying that importers have allegedly lost about N110billion within the last one month due to their inability to clear their consignments at the ports. The group asked Buhari to probe into the circumstances that led to the huge loss […]
Customs set ablaze N12m worth of contraband, expired goods in Kwara
The Nigeria Customs Service, Kwara Area Command has burnt over N12 million worth of seized contraband goods. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the goods were set on fire on Tuesday in Ilorin. Speaking with newsmen, Compt. Hussaini Bello, said that the Comptroller General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd) and his team […]
Stakeholders count loses as Customs unseal bonded terminal
IMPORTERS, agents and haulage services providers have lamented huge financial losses arising from the three weeks sealing of Clarion Bonded Terminal situated within Kirikiri Lighter Terminal, KLT, Command, by the management of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS.
Customs led JBO impounds contraband items worth N1.2bn
THE North Central Zone of the Joint Border Operations, JBO, led by the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has impounded various contraband goods worth N1.2 billion, even as it disclosed that 53 suspects were arrested between May and June this year.
Kaduna Customs makes more seizures, losses officer to kidnappers
THE Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, FOU, Zone ‘B’ Kaduna made 645 seizures of contraband items with Duty Paid Value, DPV, of N1.7 billion in the first half of 2020. The figure is against 425 seizures made during the corresponding period of 2019 with DPV of N762.1 million.
Customs FOU Ikeja generates N17bn from importers, contraband in 6 months
The Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has raised Debit Notes on imports worth N17 billion between January and June 2020. The Acting Customs Area Controller of the unit, Usman Yahaya, made this known in a statement on Sunday. According to Yahaya, N15.6 billion was generated from contraband seized […]
