Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has released N7.61 billion to nine Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) for payment to 4,237 retirees. Sequel to this move, the Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, reaffirmed the Service’s commitment to improving the welfare of its retired personnel. Adeniyi who disclosed this during a dialogue with...
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Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) have reaffirmed their commitments to strengthening inter-agency collaboration in strategic communication, public engagement, and information sharing. This followed a courtesy visit by the Force Public Relations Officer, Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) Anietie Okokon, to the National Public Relations...
In a significant move to strengthen strategic communication and professionalise its Public Relations workforce, the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) has inducted 70 Public Relations officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) . This move marks the Service’s first mass induction into the Institute since 2013. The ceremony...
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has arrested a suspected wildlife trafficker and rescued a captive baby gorilla during a targeted raid conducted on 7 July 2026 in Kofar Mata, Kano State. According to an official report obtained on Thursday, 9 July 2026, from the Officer-in-Charge of the NCS Special Wildlife...
Senate has approved the Nigeria Customs Service’s (NCS) ₦11.074 trillion revenue target following the Service’s outstanding revenue performance in 2025. The approval was granted on Monday, 6 July 2026, during the presentation of the Service’s budget proposal before the Senate Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff. Presenting the proposal,...
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has commenced a Strategic Refresher Course for 100 Deputy Comptrollers as part of efforts to prepare a new crop of senior officers for higher leadership responsibilities. The move is also aimed at sustaining the ongoing reforms across the Service. The workshop, organised by the Human...
Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) hasnamed the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) one of Nigeria’s top-performing government agencies in trade facilitation, according to its 2025 Business Facilitation Act (BFA) Compliance Assessment. PEBEC Director-General Zahrah Audu who disclosed this in a release, said NCS met all prescribed compliance standards and...
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has again reaffirmed its commitment to advancing intra-African trade. It is poised to achieve the task by deepening its partnership with the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) to strengthen trade facilitation, enhance Customs cooperation, and accelerate the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)....
Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Adewale Adeniyi, has emphasised the need for interoperable Customs systems across Africa. He described it as a critical requirement for a successful implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Customs Modernisation Project. The CGC boss stated this in Lagos during the signing of...
President Bola Tinubu, has congratulated the Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, MFR, on his unanimous re-election as Chairperson of the World Customs Organisation (WCO) Council during the organisation’s 147th and 148th Council Sessions held in Brussels, Belgium, describing the achievement as a historic endorsement of his visionary leadership and...
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has graduated 50 officers from the Nigeria Customs Command and Staff College (NCCSC), Gwagwalada, Abuja. Two officers from the Service’s National Public Relations Unit emerged as the Overall Best and Second Best Graduating Students in Senior Course 14/2026. A major highlight of the graduation ceremony...
Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘A’ of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has handed over a large consignment of seized Tramadol and Natizol tablets to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), as part of renewed efforts to intensify the fight against drug smuggling. The...
Oyo/Osun Customs Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) announced it has achieved a major operational success, intercepting three pump-action rifles followed by the arrest of three suspects. Speaking at a press briefing in Ibadan on Thursday, 18 June 2026, the Acting Customs Area Controller of the Command,...
Assistant Comptroller General of Customs, Nsikan Umoh, has stressed that integrity and compliance remain critical to Nigeria’s economic growth and national development. Speaking during a working visit to the Nigeria Customs Service Sokoto/Zamfara Area Command, she said, “National development requires all hands on deck. When stakeholders comply with trade...
2027 Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s decision to extend the tenure of the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi, describing the move as detrimental to institutional integrity and public service morale. Sowore, reacting to the presidency’s...
President Bola Tinubu has granted a final six-month tenure extension to the Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi. As Comptroller General of Customs, Adeniyi’s first tenure extension ought to have expired on August 1, 2026. The six-month extension, which will expire in February 2027, is to enable him to...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘A ‘, in collaboration with the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) and the Wildlife Justice Commission (WJC), has recorded a breakthrough in the fight against wildlife trafficking with the seizure of 22 elephant tusks worth over...
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command, has foiled an attempt to distribute expired pharmaceutical products into the Nigerian market illegally and intercepted a total of 1.8 tonnes of Cannabis Sativa in a series of intelligence-driven operations coordinated with sister security agencies. This was disclosed in a press release...
Senate Public Accounts Committee (SPAC) has officially cleared the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) of a N62.2 billion under-remittance allegation originally raised by the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation in its 2019 audit report. The clearance followed an investigative session on Tuesday, 16 June 2026, during which the...
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the American Business Council (ABC) have reaffirmed their commitments to strengthening trade relations and addressing bottlenecks affecting business operations through sustained public-private sector engagement. The resolution was reached during the quarterly meeting held on 16 June 2026 at the Service Headquarters in Abuja, where...