The Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) on Thursday said that any licensed customs agent practicing brokerage in the country was just a broker by labeling. Mr. Increase Uche, Chairman of Committee on Research and International Liason of the council made the assertion at a roundtable session with the Maritime Reporters […]

ANGRY reactions to the recent nationwide raids of the premises of auto dealers by members of the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service’s strike force could not have come as a surprise given its grave economic implications. In fact, the subsequent closure of these vehicles marts has since continued to generate ripples in many quarters bordering on condemnation

By Henry Umoru, Abuja The Senate has begun probe into the alleged extra-judicial killings at the borders by operatives of Nigerian Customs Service (NCS). The Senate yesterday mandated its Senator Francis Alimikhena, All Progressives Congress, APC, Edo North led Committee on Customs, Excise, and Tariff to immediately carry out a holistic investigation into the matter. […]

Despite massive opposition by stakeholders and obsolesce the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, is set to continue indefinitely with manual cargo examination at the ports, saying that it will not be completely eradicated even when scanning machines are installed

The Nigerian Shippers Council, NSC, has called for outright seizure of all under-declared goods at the nation’s ports to serve as deterrent to Nigerian importers.

DESPITE criticisms by some Nigerians against the partial land border closure by the Federal Government, the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, has continued to roll out its achievements so far in the measure, maintaining that it is the only way to salvage the country’s economic situation, and end insecurity.

By Bashir Bello, Katsina   Not fewer than six smugglers of rice and other smuggled items have been arrested by men and officers of the Nigeria Custom Service.   The operation leading to the arrest and seizure of smuggled items was carried out by the joint operation of border drill and the area command (Katsina). […]

By Rasheed Sobowale The Nigerian Federal Government closed all of its land borders to curb smuggling activities. In spite of the closure, a twitter user has alleged that Customs officers at the Nigeria-Seme border are collecting bribes to allow people to pass with their imported goods. The user posted: “If Buhari did not know, he […]

There are strong indications that automobile dealers may have disagreed over plans to challenge the sealing of some car shops nationwide by the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, over alleged violation of import duty regulations.

The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) on Tuesday said that seized containers of rice, tramadol and unregistered pharmaceutical products, with duty paid value of N2,713,865,051.

Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, Tin can Island Command, has impounded 54 containers of rice, vegetable oil, illicit and unregistered drugs, and vehicle spare parts with a Duty Paid Value, DPV, of over N2.7 billion.

The other day I was at the airport seeing a friend off after her brief visit to the country. My friend had completed all the check-in procedures and was getting ready to go through to customs.

The Nigeria Customs Service has reemphasized that passengers passing through any Nigeria international airports can only be allowed to go through with goods or items with only N50,000 or less current market value.

The Zone B of Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Kaduna, on Friday, said it has seized 149 smuggled rice valued at over N3.5 million in Kaduna. The command Public Relations Officer, Abubakar Usman, disclosed this in a statement in Kaduna. Usman said the rice was seized at Mando motor park in Kaduna while being […]

The National President of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents, ANLCA, Hon. Tony Nwabunike, has accused foreign shipping companies operating in the country of frustrating optimal performances of Inland Dry Ports, IDPs.