The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it has embarked on Time Release Study (TRS) to measure the efficiency of its trade facilitation role and reduce the turn-around time for cargo clearance

Nigerian Integrated Customs Information System II, NICIS II, adopted by the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, for trade facilitation and tariff processing may be yielding positive results, as Customs’s revenue went up by 14 per cent in the first half of 2018.

 The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has said the service had re-directed its strategy on rice anti-smuggling operation to boost revenue.

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it has embarked on Time Release Study (TRS) to measure the efficiency of its trade facilitation scheme and reduce the time of cargo clearance.

The Tin-Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has intercepted about 393 rounds of live ammunition, expanded empty shells and magazines as well as jack knives concealed in containers and a vehicle on Monday and Tuesday.

WHILE the freight   forwarders in the   country are groaning over foreign domination, but the Council for the Regulation of Freight forwarding in Nigeria, CRFFN, the body established to regulate and protect the practitioners and the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, that licenses Customs Brokers in the country, have disagreed over who is responsible for the foreign dominance.

EFFORT by the present government to resuscitate the economy through efficient fiscal policy implementation remains high and vibrant, despite that unscrupulous elements remain hell bent in thwarting all measures put in place to refloat the economy, the Customs Area Controller of Ogun Command, Comptroller Michael Agbara has disclosed.

The strike force on smuggling of foreign parboiled rice set up by the Comptroller General of Customs, CGC has intercepted five trailers of rice with Duty Paid Value (DPV) worth N42 million.

The Kaduna/Katsina Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has arrested seven persons suspected of smuggling foreign rice and other contraband into the country.

The Niger Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it has collected about N846m as Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) from January to June.

 The Niger Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it has collected about N846m as Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) from January to June.

The Assistant Inspector General, AIG, of Police, Danjuma Ibrahim has scored the Customs Area Controller, CAC, of Murtala Mohammed Area Command, MMAC, Comptroller Jayne Shoboiki (PhD) and her officers high on outstanding performance and remarkable seizures recorded within a short period at the International Airport.

Kano/Jigawa Area Command of the Nigeria Customs service, NCS, yesterday, declared it had generated over N8,070,570,235.37 revenue, higher than the projected target of N7,389,024,423.42, over the past six months.

THE Nigeria Customs Service,  Oyo/Osun states Command said, yesterday,  it generated a  N9.4 billion to the coffers of the Federal government between January and May this year.

THE management of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has said efforts by the present government to resuscitate the economy through efficient fiscal policy implementation remains high and vibrant, saying “unscrupulous elements are unwavering in their nefarious activities to continue to sabotage the economy.”