By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – In a remarkable display of commitment to both personal well-being and the success of the Nigeria Customs Service, the Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC) Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR undertook a 6.6-kilometer ‘Walk Life Balance’ at the iconic Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja, on...
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The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has said it cannot afford to disappoint the country in realising its N5 trillion revenue target for 2024. Its Comptroller General, Adewale Adeniyi, said this shortly after decorating some promoted officers of the service on Thursday, in Abuja Adeniyi, while urging the personnel...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has planned to generate N6 trillion as Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) for the Federal Government in 2024. The NCS Comptroller-General, Mr Adewale Adeniyi, stated this at the 2024 budget defense before the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation on Monday in Abuja. Adeniyi...
The Nigeria Customs Service, Seme Area Command, Lagos State, said on Tuesday that it generated a total sum of N3.05 billion in 10 months. The Controller of Customs in the command, Comptroller Timi Bomodi, disclosed this to newsmen at a news conference in Seme, Lagos. Bomodi said the...
Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base (FOB) Ibaka, in Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom says it has nabbed five suspects and impounded a wooden boat together with 18 bags of rice in the state. The Commanding Officer (FOB) Capt. Uche Aneke, disclosed this to the News Agency...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), the Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, Ikeja, said it intercepted eight trailer loads of foreign parboiled rice and others worth N1.76 billion in September. The acting Comptroller General of Customs (CGC), Mr Adewale Adeniyi, said this at a news conference on Friday in Lagos....
The Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it intercepted different seized items with a total Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N1.8 billion from Jan. 23 to Sept. 8. The Customs Area Comptroller, Mr Dera Nandi, told newsmen of the seizures in Seme on Friday....
Some residents of Magamar Jibia Community, located within the Nigeria-Niger border of Katsina State, have accused security personnel of treating them like Nigeriens. The people made the allegation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Katsina on Tuesday. They claimed that their rights were being...
The acting Comptroller-General (C-G) of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi, says the service will lead the way in using lobbying as a tool in governance. He said this in Abuja when he received a team of a lobbyist firm led by the immediate past Minister of Information...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Thursday in Abuja, met with the Ag. Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR, at the service’s headquarters in Abuja. During the meeting, Zulum sought increased collaboration between Borno State Government and the Nigerian...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 299 cartons of codeine syrup, with a pledge to continue to curb unrestricted access to the drug being abused by some youths. The Acting Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Mr Adewale Adeniyi, announced the interception at a news conference in Lagos on...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it generated N99.2 million in June in Kebbi in spite of the border closure with the Niger Republic. The Customs Area Controller in the state, Dr Ben Oramalugo, made this known while handing over seized hard drugs to the National Drug Law...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – No fewer than 88 seizures comprising 174,585 liters of petroleum products, nine sacks of pangolin scales and claws weighing 396.4kgs, 1,800 bags of sugar (50kg) each, 343 bags of fertilizer (UREA/NPK), 328 bags of 50kgs foreign parboiled rice, among others worth N1,178,821,033 have...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The acting Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewola Adeniyi has stressed that no price is too big to pay for peace, hence, appealing that people should see the ongoing closure of land border between Niger Republic and Nigeria as in the...
The acting Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Adewale Adeniyi says the Service is currently reviewing the strategy of the enforcement unit. Adeniyi revealed this at a meeting with Patrol Heads of the Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘A’, after rounding off his maiden visit to some area...
Malam Muhammad Sani, father to Abdulrahman Sani who was killed by operatives of Nigeria Customs Services (NCS), has lauded the Appeal Court for upholding an earlier ruling which ordered N100 million compensation to the family. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the family had gone to court...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Port Harcourt Area 11, Onne Command, said it generated more than N118 billion in the first half of the 2023 fiscal year. Comptroller Imam Baba disclosed this in a statement signed by the Command Public Relations Officer,...
The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Kebbi Area Command, on Sunday confirmed the killing of one of its personnel, Aminu Abdullahi, by a suspected car smuggler in Yauri Local Government Area of the state. The Spokesperson of the Service, ASC Mubarak Mustapha, confirmed the incident in a statement in Birnin...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has commenced investigation into the alleged attack on Malam Jabiru Tsauri, the Chief of Staff to the Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda. The NCS spokesperson in the state, CS Tahir Balarabe, confirmed the development in a...
The Area Comptroller, Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Kwara Command, Mr Kehinde Ilesanmi, has pledged to partner with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in tackling corruption and the rising tide of smuggling in the area. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Wilson Uwujaren, the EFCC...