Verification Exercise: Customs clears 57 private jets to operate
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.
Reps receive Customs, FIRS 2021 budget reports
House of Representatives yesterday received the reports of 2021 budgets for both the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS and the Federal Inland Revenue Service FIRS.
Apapa Port: Customs to cart away obstructing structures in six months, says Amaechi
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has said that Nigerian Customs Service has agreed to demolish the old scanner centre obstructing the laying of tracks into the Apapa port, expected to be completed within six months.
Customs seizes contraband worth N1.2bn in Q1
The Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘C’ of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it seized contraband worth N1.2 billion in the first quarter. Comptroller of the Zone, Yusuf Lawal, said this in Owerri, Imo on Wednesday, while briefing newsmen on the achievements of the unit from January to March. He listed the seized items to […]
Customs intercepts two boats of narcotics at Ibeche Beach
THE Western Marine Command, WMC, Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has intercepted two wooden boats laden with 147 sacks of Cannabis Sativa otherwise known as Indian Hemp, at the Ibeche Beach along the Badagry lagoon, Lagos state.
Why Customs stops container trucks on highways, C-G
THE Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service, CGC, Col. Hameed Ali (retired), has said that falsification of documents by importers and their clearing agents necessitated the practice of stopping containers on the nation’s highways by his officers and men for scrutiny.
