The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has successfully intercepted 20 transit containers across the Kano/Jigawa Area Command, with a total Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N769.5 million, as part of its ongoing efforts to safeguard government revenue and ensure smooth trade operations. According to Dr Abdullahi Maiwada, NCS National Public Relations Officer, the seizures were the […]
Algeria has pledged enhanced cooperation with the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in customs modernisation, training and trade facilitation as both nations advance efforts to improve collaboration between their border agencies. Major General Abdulhafid Bakhouche, Director-General of Algerian Customs, pledged Algiers while receiving students of Senior Course 13 from the Nigeria Customs Command and Staff College, […]
The Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted 108,775 litres of Premium Motor Spirit being smuggled through the River Benue into Cameroon, in what officials describe as one of the largest anti-fuel smuggling operations recorded in Adamawa State in recent months. In a statement by Customs, shared on Saturday on X, the interception was carried out in […]
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has rolled out an automated clearance system for overtime cargoes. It extended the clearance window from 30 to 120 days in a bid to boost trade efficiency. Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adeniyi, announced the development on Monday at a sensitisation programme for stakeholders in Zone ‘A,’ Lagos, including consignees, brokers, […]
The Nigerian National Single Window (NSW) project has strengthened collaboration with the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and other stakeholders in a move to enhance national economic growth and modernise trade processes. To this end, a meeting was held to drive forward the Nigerian National Single Window project. The NSW is a federal initiative aimed at […]
By Temitope Adebayo The Customs Area Controllers, Ogun I Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Idiroko, Ahmadu Shuaibu, has assured clearing agents and stakeholders its intention to facilitate trade and suppress smuggling at the border. Speaking at the command headquarters, Idiroko, Shuaibu said, that the Idiroko command is known for seizures, hence, the command […]
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says its awaiting directive from the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning on the implementation of the act concerning the reduction of tariff on vehicles. Comptroller-General of the service, retired Col. Hameed Ali, disclosed this at the commemoration of the 2021 International Customs Day with theme: “Customs bolstering recovery, renewal […]
By Chioma Joseph & Ukpono Ukpong Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has said over N1.562 trillion was generated as revenue in the year 2020 despite the Covid-19 pandemic. Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Col, Hameed Ali, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, said the figure surpassed the target for the year as well as revenue […]
The presidency has reacted to the revelation by the Nigeria Customs Service, that Boko Haram terrorists are planning to bomb the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nasarawa and Kogi states. Presidential aide, Garba Shehu, said that the Customs boss, Col. Hamid Ali (Rtd), has already alerted and drawn the attention of those concerned to certain discoveries […]
The Nigeria Customs Service has handed over 48 sacks of Cannabis sativa, containing 3,722kg to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Ilorin, Kwara state. Customs Area Controller, Mr. Hassan Ahmed, presented the drugs to NDLEA in his office in Ilorin on Tuesday before newsmen. Ahmed said that the management team are doing everything […]
Colonel Hameed Ali (retd), the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service on Saturday May 30, married a new wife. The NCS comptroller who served as the military administrator of Kaduna State from 1996 to 1998, took a new wife nearly two years after his first wife Hajiya Hadiza Jummai Ali died in Abuja on October 29, 2018. The low-key wedding ceremony took place in Kano State and here are photos below;
Operatives of Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, have intercepted and destroyed poultry products worth N20,678,400. Acting Controller of the unit, Usman Yahaya who confirmed this, said the seizures were made in two separate operations within one week. Speaking through a statement signed by the Unit Public Relations Officer, Jerry Attah, Yahaya stated […]
Officials of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have intercepted 1, 393 bags of rice concealed in gas cylinders within Ogun State. Parading the smugglers before newsmen on Wednesday February 19, the Acting Controller of the Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A in Ikeja, Usman Yahaya said 625 cartons of frozen chicken, 187 jars and 66 […]
Contraband items with a Duty Paid Value of over N 40 million, have been intercepted by operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone ‘A’, in Ikeja. The items which included 1,393 bags of foreign parboiled rice, 237 jerrycans of foreign vegetable oils, and 625 cartons of frozen poultry products, were all concealed in […]
The Seme Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it has intercepted 563,400ml of Amphetamine Syrup concealed inside two commercial buses that belonged to a popular transport company (names witheld) in the country. Acting Customs Area Controller, Deputy Comptroller Chedi Wada, made this known on Monday while briefing newsmen on the seizure made by […]
The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A, Ikeja, has uncovered a criminal hideout, located at Isheri Estate, Lagos, where 2x20ft containers stacked with 147 Bags of Pangolin Scales, worth over N10.2 Billion was recovered. Pangolin which is internationally categorised as an endangered specie, has since been prohibited for importation or trade, and […]
Operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service, attached to the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Command, have intercepted foreign currency in cash of over $8,000, 000 (equivalent to over N2.9 Billion) at the ‘E’ wing of the airport Tarmac. The cash which were concealed in six big bags, packed in a Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) bus, driven […]
A smuggler who hid 385 litres of premium motor spirit (PMS) better known as petrol in 2 caskets, has been nabbed by the joint anti-bunkering team of the Nigeria Customs Service. Abdullahi Maiwada, Nigerian Customs Service Ogun 1 Area Command spokesperson confirmed the arrest on Wednesday December 4. He said the petrol kept in 13 […]
The federal government, through the Nigeria Customs Service, has directed that petroleum products should not be supplied to fuel stations within 20km of the borders. Hameed Ali, Customs comptroller general, issued the directive in a memo dated November 6th. This directive would also be carried out under the ongoing Operation Swift Response which is supervising […]
…It’s high time Nigeria found ways to address its deficit issues -Economist …Government must stop saying our GDP is within means -Expert …Budget does not capture how the Govt will lift 100m out of poverty -Rotimi Economists and finance experts have reacted to the N10.77trillion 2020 budget presented to the joint session of the National […]