Customs hands over suspect with 5,342 ATM cards to EFCC in Kano
The Nigeria Customs Area Command in Kano has handed over one Sanusi Abdullahi Labaran, arrested as he attempted to smuggle 5,342 Automated Teller Machine cards out of the country, to the Kano Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for further investigation. Custom Area Controller, Kano – Jigawa Command, Nasiru Ahmed who […]
Customs appoint 5 ACGs, promote 2,634 officers
The Nigeria Customs Service Board (NCSB), yesterday, approved the appointment of five Assistant Comptrollers General (ACG) of Customs and the promotion of 2,634 Officers.
Customs appoints 5 ACGs, promotes 2,634 officers
By Michael Eboh The Nigeria Customs Service Board (NCSB), Wednesday, approved the appointment of five Assistant Comptrollers General (ACG) of Customs and the promotion of 2,634 Officers. In a statement after its 52nd Regular meeting in Abuja, the Board also approved the dismissal of one ACG and the compulsory retirement of another ACG. The newly-appointed […]
Customs Kwara area command destroys 927 bags of poisonous rice, other items
By Demola Akinyemi The Nigeria Customs Service, Kwara State Area Command Tuesday in Ilorin destroyed seized food items said to be dangerous for human and animal consumption. Items that were set ablaze in the presence on newsmen included 927 bags of foreign rice, 123 bags of semolina of 10Kg each, 25 bags of semolina of […]
Shippers, Customs agents oppose planned concessioning of scanning services to foreigners
SOME sections of stakeholders in the shipping industry have kicked against the alleged plans to engage foreigners to manage scanning services at the nation’s seaports, following controversies surrounding the continuous use of 100 per cent manual cargo examination by the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS.
Customs arrests 41 suspected smugglers with cannabis, rice
Ola Ajayi – Ibadan Nigeria Customs Service, Oyo/Osun Area Command, has made seizure of some contrabands worth N171,001,782. The smuggled items include Cannabis, bags if fertilizers, Premium Motor Spirit, bales of used dresses, used tyres and several bags of parboiled imported rice. This was disclosed by the Comptroller of Customs, Oyo/Osun Area Command, Mrs Helen Ngozi. […]
Customs set ablaze N12m worth of contraband, expired goods in Kwara
The Nigeria Customs Service, Kwara Area Command has burnt over N12 million worth of seized contraband goods. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the goods were set on fire on Tuesday in Ilorin. Speaking with newsmen, Compt. Hussaini Bello, said that the Comptroller General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd) and his team […]
Stakeholders count loses as Customs unseal bonded terminal
IMPORTERS, agents and haulage services providers have lamented huge financial losses arising from the three weeks sealing of Clarion Bonded Terminal situated within Kirikiri Lighter Terminal, KLT, Command, by the management of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS.
Customs led JBO impounds contraband items worth N1.2bn
THE North Central Zone of the Joint Border Operations, JBO, led by the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has impounded various contraband goods worth N1.2 billion, even as it disclosed that 53 suspects were arrested between May and June this year.
Kaduna Customs makes more seizures, losses officer to kidnappers
THE Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, FOU, Zone ‘B’ Kaduna made 645 seizures of contraband items with Duty Paid Value, DPV, of N1.7 billion in the first half of 2020. The figure is against 425 seizures made during the corresponding period of 2019 with DPV of N762.1 million.
Customs FOU Ikeja generates N17bn from importers, contraband in 6 months
The Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has raised Debit Notes on imports worth N17 billion between January and June 2020. The Acting Customs Area Controller of the unit, Usman Yahaya, made this known in a statement on Sunday. According to Yahaya, N15.6 billion was generated from contraband seized […]
