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Customs donates seized items to IDPs in Adamawa

Ihesiulo Grace 10 February 2017 0

Seized items comprising foodstuff and others seized by officials of Nigeria Customs Service have been donated to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Adamawa state. Presenting the items at a ceremony Thursday in Yola, the chairman of National Logistics Committee on Internally Displaced

Business

Customs generates over N600bn in 2016 – CG

Ihesiulo Grace 28 November 2016 0

The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), on Monday said the service has so far generated over N600 billion this quarter. Ali said this while addressing newsmen on the sidelines of the 136th meeting of the Joint Tax Board in Abuja. He said Customs contributed N903 billion to the nation’s coffers in […]

Headlines News

Customs impound N1.07bn contraband, arrest 16 smugglers

Ihesiulo Grace 27 November 2016 0

The Zone C of the Nigeria Customs Federal Operations Unit in Owerri, has impounded various contrabands worth N1.07 billion in the last one month. The Area Controller in the zone, Mr. Mohammed Garba, said while displaying the seized items before newsmen in Owerri, that 16 suspects were arrested in connection with the items. “Our job […]

Headlines News

Customs Dismisses 29 Senior Officers For Bribery, Forgery.

Ihesiulo Grace 21 October 2016 0

Less than a week after the management of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) sacked 17 junior officers for bribery, drug addiction, use of fake certificates and absence from duty, the Comptroller-General, Col. Hameed Ali has approved the dismissal of 29 senior officers for various acts of gross misconduct. The public relations officer of the service, […]

Business

WCO Canvasses Coordinated Border Management Approach

Ihesiulo Grace 1 May 2015 0

The immediate past Vice Chairman of the World Customs Organisation (WCO) for West and Central African Region, and Comptroller General of Nigerian Customs Service, Mr Abdulahi Nde Dikko has said that only when a coordinated border management, capacity building and stakeholders collaboration is adopted that the Customs service can realise its core objective of revenue […]

Crime

Customs records over 45% increase in seizures

Ihesiulo Grace 30 April 2015 0

  The Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘A’ Ikeja of the Nigeria Customs, has released her first quarter report of anti-smuggling activities of the zone. The report which was presented by the controller, DC Usman Adamu Turaki had it that 482 different Seizures were made this quarter. The seizures which includes 133 50kg parboiled rice, 74 […]