Border closure: Joint security agencies seize N1.4bn items – Ali
The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), retired Col. Hammed Ali, said operatives of the ongoing Joint Border Security had seized items worth N1.4 billion since the partial closure of borders. Ali disclosed this during a joint news conference with his counterpart from the Nigeria Immigration Service, Mr Mohammed Babandede, in Abuja on Monday. The […]
Cut corners, go to jail, Customs CG warns personnel
The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali (retd.) has warned officers and men of the Service to desist from all forms of illegality or risk being arrested and jailed.
BEDC boss blames high cost of prepaid metres on Customs
THE Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Benin Electricity Development Company, BEDC, Mrs. Funke Osibodu, has blamed the cost of prepaid metres on Customs import duty by Customs, saying the company has put machinery in place with a list of innovations geared towards customers’ satisfaction, and arresting underperformance, high cost of new prepaid meters.
Insecurity: Establish BCEA to assist Customs secure Nigerian borders, SINET tells Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has been advised to urgently establish Border Control Enforcement Agency with full Executive Order that will enable it function optimally in a bid to tackling the prevailing insurgency and also boost the nation’s economic activities.
How Customs contribute to port congestion —Task Force
THE Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has been accused of contributing to the current congestions being experienced in the ports as empty containers that ought to have been inspected by the men and officers of the agency are abandoned for days on barges at the terminals’ waterfronts.
Breaking: 33 illegal migrants arrested
The Inter-Security Task Force set up by the Federal Government to conduct joint border security in four geopolitical zones have arrested 33 illegal migrants and seized several items in a week operation.
Customs denies closure of Seme border, explains increased security presence
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has denied closure of the Seme-Krake border with the Republic of Benin, explaining that the ongoing joint security exercise in the area was to tackle transborder crimes.
Major reorganization imminent in Customs
THERE are strong indications of an imminent reorganization in the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, following its recent return to its 25 commands structure.
Reps committee summons DSS, CBN, NNPC, Customs
An ad hoc committee of the House of Representatives has summoned heads of four government agencies to appear before in on Monday, Aug. 19.
Ogun Customs arrests notorious smuggler, secures conviction of 3 vandals
THE Ogun Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has said it successfully got one Mr Victor Hassan, popularly known as Victor Owode, detained in prison custody over an alleged case of smuggling.
Unpaid ex-Customs benefits: Stakeholders call for Buhari’s intervention
FOLLOWING appeal by the Association of Retired Customs Officers, ARCO, to the Customs management to pay the pension arrears owed its members, stakeholders in the maritime industry have called on the Presidency to intervene in the matter before it is too late.
