Customs says 1,800 bags of rice released to Oyo good for human consumption
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 […]
Customs CG appears before the Senate
Disowns Accountant General over N28 billion remittance As Senate queries CG Customs over 5yr un-remitted staff pension By Henry Umoru – Abuja The Comptroller General of the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, Col. Hameed Ali, retd, after failed attempts to have him come personally before the Senate to clear the queries raised by the Auditor General […]
Kwara Customs Seizes 3,593Kg of Marijuana Worth N448M
By Demola Akinyemi – Ilorin Kwara state command of Nigerian Customs Service(NCS) has seized forty weight sacks of 3,593kg of Cannabis Saliva popularly called Marijuana worth N448M and other illegal items along with Bukuru town in Baruten local government council area of Kwara state. The State Controller of the Nigeria Customs Service, Mr. Hussain Ahmed […]
Edo, Delta Customs command targets N32bn revenue for 2020
By Francis Sadhere, Warri The Nigeria Customs Service, Edo and Delta Command says it has been given a targeting of N32 billion for the 2020 fiscal year as against the target of N18 billion for 2019. The Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Olaniyi Alajogun who disclosed this to our correspondent in Warri on Monday said the […]
Court orders arrest of former customs boss, Dikko
A Federal High Court in Abuja has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of former Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Abdullahi Inde Dikko over his continued failure to attend court to answer to a charge of fraud brought against him and two others by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related […]
Customs seizes bags of contraband rice disguised as beans
By Umar Yusuf Adamawa/Taraba State Customs Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has impounded trailer load of 330 kilogrammes of Pangolin scales, foreign rice stuffed in bags of beans. The seizures also include 33,000 litres of petroleum products valued at N98.3 million. Customs Area Comptroller, Kamardeen Olumoh, who addressed newsmen at the headquarters in […]
