The Nigeria Customs Service in Lagos on Tuesday handed over 21 exotic cars worth over N1.8 billion to the Canadian Government. The Comptroller General of Customs(CGC), Wale Adeniyi, made the hand over at the Federal Operation Unit (FOU), in Lagos. The CGC also disclosed that the International Police (INTERPOL)...
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The Director- General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has urged the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to improve on risk management in its trade operations. Okonjo-Iweala made the call in her virtual address at the Comptroller General of Customs (CGC) conference on Wednesday. The News Agency...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Customs Zonal Coordinator in charge of Zone “B” Assistant Comptroller General of Customs (ACG) Sambo Dangaladima has held interactive sessions with stakeholders in Sokoto/Zamfara geared towards enhancing better trade relationship. Dangaladima, who had the discussion with leaders of customs license agents, car dealers...
In its continued efforts to discourage the entry of dangerous drugs into Nigeria, the Apapa Ports Customs Command has seized illicit drugs worth N1.1 billion conveyed in four units of 40ft containers. Comptroller Babatunde Olomu said this in a statement through the Public Relations Officer of the command, Chief...
The Spokesperson for the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Abdullahi Maiwada, has said Nigeria’s crude oil production has reached 1.66 million barrels per day. Maiwada disclosed this during the monthly news conference, organised by the Strategic Communication Interagency Policy Committee(SCIPC) hosted by the NCS, on Thursday in Abuja. He said...
The Apapa Port Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 12 containers laden with Tramadol, expired drugs and 27, 540 pieces of cutlasses and machetes with duty paid value of N1.8 billion. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adeniyi, disclosed this while unveiling the contraband in...
The Federal Government has unveiled guidelines for the implementation of the “Zero Percent Duty Rate and Value Added Tax” exemption on certain basic food items. The announcement is contained in a statement issued by the Spokesperson of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Abdullahi Maiwada on Wednesday in Abuja....
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced that it will forgo N188.37 billion in import duties following the Federal Government’s directive to remove tariffs and other import duties on key food staples. The Comptroller-General of NCS, Adewale Adeniyi, made this disclosure in his keynote address at the second...
It is not often that a leader successfully maintains a delicate balance between the nation’s challenging economic concerns and calls for better governance. At a joint security forces press briefing against the backdrop of the recent nationwide protests, the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi offered...
The Comptroller General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adeniyi, has said the service will begin implementation of the duty waiver on imported foods in a week time. Adeniyi made this known on Tuesday in Abuja during a combined news conference by the heads of security agencies and Service...
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun 1 Area Command, has urged Nigerians to refrain from the use of second-hand tyres, popularly known as ‘tokunbo tyres’ in order to stem incessant cases of road crashes. The command’s Comptroller, Mr James Ojo, gave the advice while speaking with the News...
The Cross River and Akwa Ibom States Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 26,625 liters of petrol at different locations in Cross River. Comptroller in-charge of the Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘A’ Lagos, Mr Kehinde Ejibunu, made this disclosure in Calabar on Tuesday. Ejibunu, who...
By Patrick ABANG, Calabar – Against the backdrop of illegal exportation of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) across Nigerian borders, the Nigeria Customs Service has warned that smugglers and other perpetrators shall be duly punished This was made known by the National Coordinator for Operation Whirlwind; Controller HK Ejibunu,...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPCL) have reinforced their existing synergy against the smuggling of petroleum products from Nigeria to neighbouring countries. This is disclosed in a statement issued by the Customs Spokesman, Mr Abdullahi Maiwada, in Lagos on Saturday. Adeniyi was...
The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a cache of arms and ammunition valued at N270 million at the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA) in Lagos. The Comptroller General of Customs (CGC), Bashir Adeniyi, made this known in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria...
The House of Representatives has expressed shock over the death of a Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) officer at the National Assembly in Abuja ,while attending a committee meeting. Rep. Akin Rotimi, Chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, said, in a statement on Tuesday, that...
The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (CGIS), Kemi Nandap, has said the e-border solution deployed across the country’s border posts would help check transborder and other related crimes. Nandap stated this on Friday in Kongolam, Mai’aduwa Local Government Area of Katsina State while addressing immigration officers, during...
The Comptroller-General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adeniyi has said the service intercepted large consignments of illicit drugs including cannabis indica, prohibited codeine and other illicit drugs from Canada and India. Mr Adeniyi made this known to newsmen in Lagos on Friday, saying that the intercepted drugs were...
The Federal Operations Unit “B” of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has seized pangolin scales worth over N3 billion in a significant crackdown against illegal wildlife trade. The Comptroller, Federal Operations Unit Zone “B”, Comptroller Shuaibu Ahmadu, made this known at a news conference held on Wednesday in...