Border closure boosts Customs generated revenue
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has generated revenue of about N1.002 trillion from January to September 2019. The data received by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) from the Department of Research and Statistics and confirmed by the NCS’s public relations office indicated that the revenue was generated from 32 commands. The statistics showed that […]
Customs seizes N3.5m smuggled rice in Kaduna
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 […]
Foreign shipping firms sabotage inland ports —Customs agents
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.
Customs impounds 250 bags of rice concealed in fuel tanker
The Kano/Jigawa Command of the Nigerian Customs Service on Friday impounded 250 bags of foreign rice concealed in a fuel tanker along Daura-Kano road worth over N5.5m of duty paid value. The comptroller of the command, Nasir Ahmed, said the new method of concealing goods by smugglers was alien. “What we saw today is a […]
Border closure: Customs officials allegedly ‘kill’ Rice smugglers’ informant in Jigawa — Report
A man suspected to be an informant of rice smugglers has been killed allegedly by officials of the Nigeria Customs Service in Jigawa State,
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 […]
