The Federal Operations Unit, Zone B of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Kaduna, confiscated goods with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N572 million in the past three months.

Following the failure of the Nigerian port system to accommodate the huge imports through the country’s waters, leading to diversion of cargoes to neighbouring countries, the land border route to Lagos end of the Nigerian market is now host to huge presence of security agencies’ checkpoints.

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has threatened to shut down Customs Command in Ikeja, Lagos if food stuffs meant for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are not released.

LAGOS—A maritime expert and chairman of Ogbese Marine Services, Prince Olusegun Ologbese has said that the impression that Customs checkpoints on the roads and sea ports have increased is untrue.

The Comptroller General of Customs Strike Force Unit has continued to record high successes in its anti-smuggling operations and recovery of hundreds of millions of naira through diligent detection of import duty underpayments and undervaluation.