2 Customs commands bicker over sealing of a controversial terminal
THE Lagos zonal command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has sealed a new Customs bonded terminal established within the Kirikiri Lighter Terminal, KLT, Command, for allegedly posing administrative threats to functions of the area command.
Normalcy returns to Ogun Community after smugglers clash with customs
By James Ogunnaike ABEOKUTA – Normalcy has returned to the agrarian community of Imasayi in Ogun State, after the violent clash between suspected smugglers and the operatives of the Joint National border patrol taskforce engulfed the town. Our Correspondent confirmed that residents of the town were seen going about their normal activities, which indicated that […]
Customs intercepts 240 parcels of Indian hemp in Kaduna
Mustapha Sarkin-Kebbi, Comptroller of the Nigerian Customs Service Zone “B” Federal Operation Unit, Kaduna, on Thursday said the unit had seized 240 parcels of Indian hemp and other contraband valued at N251.7 million within two weeks in the zone. Sarkin-Kebbi made the disclosure while briefing newsmen in Kaduna on recent anti-smuggling operations in the zone. […]
Customs bans movement of containers by barges
FOLLOWING Vanguard Maritime Reports’ March 4, 2020 titled, “Smuggling, Insecurity Rise at Private Jetties’’, the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has announced a ban on evacuation of containers by barges, but stakeholders have kicked against the decision.
You’re not serious in the trial of ex-Customs boss, Dikko, court tells ICPC
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, frowned at the manner the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) was prosecuting the trial of former Comptroller General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Abdullahi Dikko, on alleged corruption charges. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu told the ICPC counsel, Ebenezer Shogunle, that the commission was not serious […]
Use of scanners’ll increase revenue generation, security—Apapa Customs boss
Apapa Customs Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, handles 70 percent of imports and export in the country. Customs Area Controller, CAC, of the Command, Mohammed Abba-Kura recently spoke with Vanguard Maritime Report’s GODFREY BIVBERE on challenges facing the Command, last year’s experience, the use of scanners, training of officers and many more. Excerpts: […]
AfCFTA will lead to 60% boost in intra Africa trade by 2022— Customs
THE Nigerian Custom Service, NCS, has said that the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA, is estimated to lead to around 60 per cent boost in intra Africa trade by 2022.
How powerful Nigerians evade duty using religious houses, gov agencies – Customs
THE Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has claimed that powerful and well connected Nigerians use religious houses and government agencies to evade payment of duty on imported items.
FOU Owerri seizes N142m contraband wine
OPERATIVES of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Federal Operations Unit, FOU, Zone ‘C’ Owerri, have intercepted five units of 40ft containerised trucks laden with five thousand and forty cartons of contraband wine and 143 jumbo bales of garments.
Customs brokers demand probe of abandoned scanners at port
By Godfrey Bivbere CUSTOMS Brokers under the aegis of National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents, NCMDLCA, are demanding the probe of abandoned scanners at the port by the management of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS. The Council explained that contrary to claims by the NCS that the scanners were old and obsolete, […]
Customs seizes 140 smuggled gas cylinders, 678 fertiliser bags in Katsina
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit, Zone B, has seized two trucks with 140 gas cylinders and 678 bags of NPK fertilisers being smuggled into the country from Niger Republic.
Customs CG appears before the Senate
Disowns Accountant General over N28 billion remittance As Senate queries CG Customs over 5yr un-remitted staff pension By Henry Umoru – Abuja The Comptroller General of the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, Col. Hameed Ali, retd, after failed attempts to have him come personally before the Senate to clear the queries raised by the Auditor General […]
Kwara Customs Seizes 3,593Kg of Marijuana Worth N448M
By Demola Akinyemi – Ilorin Kwara state command of Nigerian Customs Service(NCS) has seized forty weight sacks of 3,593kg of Cannabis Saliva popularly called Marijuana worth N448M and other illegal items along with Bukuru town in Baruten local government council area of Kwara state. The State Controller of the Nigeria Customs Service, Mr. Hussain Ahmed […]
Edo, Delta Customs command targets N32bn revenue for 2020
By Francis Sadhere, Warri The Nigeria Customs Service, Edo and Delta Command says it has been given a targeting of N32 billion for the 2020 fiscal year as against the target of N18 billion for 2019. The Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Olaniyi Alajogun who disclosed this to our correspondent in Warri on Monday said the […]
Court orders arrest of former customs boss, Dikko
A Federal High Court in Abuja has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of former Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Abdullahi Inde Dikko over his continued failure to attend court to answer to a charge of fraud brought against him and two others by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related […]
Customs seizes bags of contraband rice disguised as beans
By Umar Yusuf Adamawa/Taraba State Customs Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has impounded trailer load of 330 kilogrammes of Pangolin scales, foreign rice stuffed in bags of beans. The seizures also include 33,000 litres of petroleum products valued at N98.3 million. Customs Area Comptroller, Kamardeen Olumoh, who addressed newsmen at the headquarters in […]
