Mr Auwal Mohammed, Customs Area Comptroller, Area ll Command, Onne Port in Rivers, has enjoined newly promoted officers of the Command to embrace the E-custom based technology

Nigeria Customs Service yesterday in Abuja said it has cleared 57 out of  86 private jets/aircraft operators in the country that showed up for verification of their customs papers and duties.

By Emma Ujah – Abuja The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has approved the appointment of four Deputy Comptroller Generals and eleven (11) Assistant Comptroller Generals It announced the promotion in a statement by the Deputy National Public Relations Officer, Mr Timi Bomodi, yesterday.  The organisation also promoted 2,707 other senior officers to various ranks with […]

The Kano/Jigawa Area Command of  Nigeria Customs Service, on Thursday, said it confiscated illicit drugs (unregistered and expired) including sex enhancers and AK-47 rifle worth N200 million.

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it will soon deploy drones at Seme for effective patrol in checking smuggling activities in the border area. NCS Zone A Coordinator, Modupe Aremu, an Assistant Comptroller General (ACG) of Customs, disclosed this on Monday during a working visit to Seme Border Area Command. According to her, border management […]

Nigeria Customs Service intercepted fake and contraband goods worth more than N120 million in July and August in its Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘C’. The unit covers Abia, Imo, Anambra, Enugu, Ebonyi, Rivers, Edo, Delta and Akwa Ibom. The zone’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Jerry Attah, made the declaration on Monday in Owerri. He quoted […]

The Assistant Comptroller General (ACG) in charge of modernisation of Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Mr Saidu Galadima, has accused some Nigerian elites, including government agencies, of patronising smuggled cars. Galadima said this during an interactive session with the House of Representatives Committee on Customs and Excise Duty on Tuesday in Abuja. According to him, “unfortunately, […]

By Tordue Salem – Abuja The Assistant Comptroller General (ACG) in charge of modernization of Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Mr Saidu Galadima, has accused top Nigerians, Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the government of patronizing smuggled vehicles. Galadima made the accusation during an interactive session held by members of the House of Representatives Committee […]

By Godfrey Bivber Senator Francis  Fadahunsi, has disclosed that officials of the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, going out on field operations are accompanied by Nigerian Army, NA, officers that are not cleared from their barracks for such operations. Fadahunsi who is a retired Customs officer disclosed this at a public hearing of the Senate Committee […]

The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, has ordered the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, to pay an account officer in the Akwa Ibom State Accountant-General’s office, Mrs Margaret Ukpe, N1 million for unlawfully putting her name on a wanted persons’ list published on the internet.