By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – The new Customs Area Controller, Kwara Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service Comptroller Aliyu Gaya Bello has urged all officers to imbibe the culture of transparency and professionalism while discharging their duties. The Public Relations Officer, Kwara Area Command Chado Zakari made this...
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The Seme Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it has intercepted 119,940 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol, at the Badagry border creeks. The Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Bello Jibo, made this known at a news conference on Wednesday in Seme, Lagos State....
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), says it has generated N1.293 trillion in the first six months of 2022 into the Federation Account. The NCS Public Relations Officer, Deputy Comptroller Timi Bomodi said this at a news conference on Friday in Abuja. He said the amount was an increase compared...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Federal Government on Thursday said Nigerian subscribers would start paying 5% tax on every call, SMS, data and other telecommunication services. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, announced this during a stakeholders forum organized by the Nigeria Communication Commission...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command, has generated N522.4 billion in the first half of 2022. The Area Controller, Comptroller Malanta Yusuf, made this known at a news conference in Lagos on Friday. Yusuf said that the figure showed a significant increase of N156 billion or 42.54...
The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) in Kebbi has impounded 2,820 donkey skins worth N48 million. The Command’s Area Controller, Mr Joseph Attah, made this known in Birnin Kebbi on Friday while handing over the donkey skins to officials of the Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service. He said the items were...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – No fewer than 10 cartons of tramadol 225mg with an estimated street value of N200 million has been intercepted by The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Lagos State. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday...
The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) says the newly inaugurated Special Economic Zone Security (SEZSEC) outfit will cause an upsurge of investments in the zones. The Managing Director of NEPZA, Prof. Adesoji Adesugba, said this at the passing-out ceremony of 40 officers of the SEZSEC, on Saturday in...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service (NSC), Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone ‘D’, have seized contraband worth N126 million from January to June, 2022. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that Zone ‘D’ comprises of Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Taraba, Bauchi, Gombe, Plateau, Benue and Nassarawa States. The...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Niger Area Command says it has seized more than 101 units of exotic cars, cloths, rugs and consumables worth N755.3 million in different part of the command. According to the service, the consumables include bottle water, wines, ketchup, spaghetti, basmati rice, tomato paste, foreign...
Mr Muawiyah Gambo, the Customs officer abducted in Zaria, Kaduna State, has regained freedom after payment of N25m ransom. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Gambo has been in captivity for over two months after his kidnap from his residence at Kofar Gayan Lowcost, Zaria city. NAN...
The Katsina Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service intercepted contraband which Duty Paid Value was put at N31. 4 from April 1 to date. Alhaji Wada Cedi, Comptroller in charge of Katsina, made this known while displaying the goods before newsmen in Katsina. He said that the goods...
The House of Representatives has queried the management of First Bank of Nigeria over N94.345 billion revenue allegedly collected on behalf of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). The House also queried the management over allegation of breach of agreement on Cash on Transfer (CoT) charges to the tune of N28.3...
The House of Representatives on Tuesday called on the Nigeria Customs Service to pay N390,000,000 as compensation to victims of extrajudicial killings and injuries caused by its officers across the country. This is sequel to the recommendations in the reports by the House Committee on Customs and Excise after...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ondo/Ekiti Area command, on Saturday, said that it supervised the exportation of 3,991 containers of cocoa beans in 2021. The Area Controller, Comptroller Uche Ngozi, made this known in a statement issued to newsmen in Lagos. According to her,...
The Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Friday, said its men intercepted a bus conveying religious books which contained cocaine weighing 11.913 kilogrammes with a street value of N3.9billion. In a statement by the spokesman of the command, Hussain Abdullahi, a copy of which was...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) federal operations unit, Zone A, on Wednesday said it intercepted contraband from Benin Republic worth N7.813 billion in 2021. The acting Customs Area Controller of the Unit, Deputy Comptroller Hussein Ejibunu, said this in a statement signed by Mr Theophilus Duniya, Public Relations Officer...
By HARUNA AHMED, Birnin-Kebbi – The Kebbi State Area Command of The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 150 drums of petrol and 389 kg of cannabis sativa (Indian hemp) worth N21.1 million from smugglers in the state. The command’s spokesman, DSC Nasiru Manga, who disclosed this in a...
By EMEKA CHIKWE, Port-Harcourt – The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Onne Port, Rivers State has generated the sum of N188.6 billion from January to December 2021. A statement issued on Monday by the command’s spokesman, Ifeoma Ojekwu, said the Customs Area Controller (CAC) of the Command, Comptroller Auwal...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Tincan Island Port Command, has revealed items found in a 40 feet container suspected to be laden with arms. The command’s spokesman, Mr Uche Ejesieme, made the disclosure in a statement in Lagos on Tuesday, said the contents were revealed after a physical examination...