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 […]
Five men have been arrested by the Nigeria Customs Service Onne Area Command, for stealing tramadol and other drugs from a sealed 40-foot seized container which they loaded in two vehicles. Area Controller of the command Aliyu Saidu, revealed that the five suspects are being investigated and have been detained alongside the vehicles. The seized […]
Temitope Adebayo The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘C’ has impounded contraband worth over N200 million within the Benin axis. Comptroller Kayode Olusemire, FOU’s Zonal Controller, made this known to newsmen. Olusemire said the seized goods included eight vehicles valued at N167 million, which were smuggled into the country through the land borders. […]
Temitope Adebayo The Nigeria Customs Service, Ports Terminal Multiservices Limited (PTML) Command has recorded its highest monthly revenue since its creation in 2006 with a total collection of N14, 850,154,616 for the month of January 2019. The figure is 49 per cent higher than N9, 967,751,491 collected in January 2018 This was achieved by sustained […]
…Local rice appreciates The sequence to rigorous arrests and determination of the men of the Nigeria Customs Service to meet up to their statutory duty, the Kano State Command of the service after redoubled efforts, has dealt a great blow to smugglers of foreign rice in the state. Investigation in different major markets in Kano […]
Local rice marketers have expressed delight over-appreciation of the product in Kano State markets sequence to rigorous arrests by the men of the Nigeria Customs Service, Kano/Jigawa Command, which has rid the state markets of foreign rice products. Investigation in different major markets in Kano has revealed that the local rice produced in the country […]
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has assured its officers and men across the country of better logistics packages, which will assist them in discharging their responsibilities dutifully. The NCS Assistant Controller General (ACG), in charge of Zone ‘A’, Aminu Dahiru, stated this while addressing officers of the Command shortly after inspecting a guard of honour […]
The Nigeria Customs Service Kano-jigawa Command has intercepted 300 bags of smuggled rice as well as three vehicles suspected also to be smuggled into the state. Speaking with news men on Monday evening at the Kano Command headquarters, the Comptroller, Yusuf Abba Kasim, said that the smuggled goods were intercepted on their way into Kano […]
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Border Command, intercepted 2,200 jerry cans of smuggled of petrol with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) worth over N10 million between Dec. 1, 2017 and date. The Area Controller, Comptroller Mohammed Aliyu, disclosed this on Monday through the command’s Chief Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr Taupyen Selchang. The controller […]
The Tin Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service have uncovered a container suspected to contain about 475 pump action guns imported from Turkey, the second in as many weeks. According to sources, the container with number CMAU189817/8 is believed to contain about 475 sets of pump action riffles but a full assessment and […]