Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intensified efforts to strengthen excise compliance and enhance revenue generation as part of its drive to achieve the Service’s ₦400 billion excise revenue target for 2026. This formed the focus of a series of stakeholder engagements organised by the Service’s Excise, Free Trade Zone...
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Officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone C, Owerri, have intercepted a massive consignment of illicit drugs worth over ₦1 billion, concealed within legitimate goods along the Okada/Ofosu Expressway in Benin City. The Comptroller of the Unit, Bishir Balogun, disclosed during a press briefing...
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), in collaboration with the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC), has launched a results-driven reform agenda to improve operational efficiency and enhance Nigeria’s trade competitiveness through better-performing ports. The initiative was unveiled at the opening of a three-day operational workshop held in Apapa on Tuesday....
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commissioned a newly constructed Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone ‘A’ office complex of the Nigeria Customs Service in Iperu, Ogun State. The move has marked a major milestone in the Service’s ongoing expansion and reform efforts. Speaking during the commissioning ceremony on Saturday, 4...
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has marked the first anniversary of the Service’s Corporate Social Responsibility initiative tagged: ” _Customs Cares_ .” The NCS demonstrated the commitment when the Comptroller-General, Adewale Adeniyi, commissioned a major intervention project at Government Secondary School, Wuse, Abuja. Addressing students, staff, and stakeholders at the...
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has reaffirmed its commitment to the effective implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) by commencing a three-day capacity-building programme on Rules of Origin. The training, which began on 31st March, 2026 and will end on 2 April 2026, aims to equip stakeholders...
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has held a strategic engagement with a delegation from the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat. The meeting which focused on advancing the implementation of the Simplified Trade Regime (STR) to support small-scale cross-border trade was held at its the Customs headquarters in Maitama,...
Operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command, have uncovered a major consignment of illicit pharmaceutical products at the Apapa Port in Lagos, intercepting two containers loaded with thousands of bottles of codeine syrup. The operation, carried out in collaboration with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency...
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has called for renewed commitment to unity, national service and spiritual reflection. The Service made the call when it hosted Ramadan Iftar gatherings that brought together officers of the Service, government officials and key stakeholders. The events, held in Abuja as part of activities during...
Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Adewale Adeniyi, has reiterated the Nigeria Customs Service’s commitment to a paperless port environment, pledging to deepen digital reforms. This follows a high-level strategic meeting with the Director-General of the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC), Princess Zahrah Audu. The collaboration aims to dismantle long-standing...
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has showcased its impact-focused reform communication model at the 17th Session of the Capacity Building Committee of the World Customs Organisation (WCO) held at its Headquarters in Brussels. The historic event which was held from 25 to 27 February 2026 drew delegates from different parts...
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Port Harcourt Area I Command, has intercepted and handed over improperly declared pharmaceutical products to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), reinforcing its resolve to prevent unregulated medical supplies from entering the Nigerian market. According to a statement issued to...
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Operation Whirlwind, has intercepted three fuel tankers carrying 154,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit along the Badagry corridor, foiling an attempted diversion of petroleum products. The National Coordinator of Operation Whirlwind, Deputy Comptroller Abubakar Aliyu, disclosed this on Friday, 20 February 2026, during a handover...
Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, has officially commissioned the Abdul Samad Rabiu / Nigeria Customs Service Hospital in Bauchi. The 60-bed healthcare facility constructed and donated by Abdul Samad Rabiu, Chairman of ASR Africa and Founder/Executive Chairman of BUA Group is intended to provide quality healthcare to the host...
Officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Seme Area Command have intercepted 22 packages of suspected cocaine worth N1 billion, concealed in a vehicle along the Badagry–Seme corridor, reinforcing ongoing inter-agency efforts against cross-border drug trafficking. The handover ceremony took place on Friday, 13 February 2026, at the Federal...
In furtherance of its commitment to trade facilitation and enhanced revenue generation at Onne Port, the Customs Area Controller, Port Harcourt Area II Command, Comptroller Aliyu Mohammed Alkali, on Tuesday engaged stakeholders on procedures and trade facilitation challenges even as he charged them on strict compliance with cargo documentation....
Federal Government has advocated efficient border vigilance and management, stressing that it is key to economic stability and growth. It, therefore, reaffirmed its commitment to the ongoing reforms within the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), describing the Service as a pivotal institution that galvanizes revenue mobilisation, national security and trade...
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has reaffirmed its strong institutional support for Africa’s first-ever comprehensive Defence and Security Exhibition, scheduled to be hosted by Nigeria in 2026. It is expected to be a landmark event that promises to position the country as a continental hub for defence innovation, security collaboration...
President Bola Tinubu has felicitated with the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Dr Adewale Adeniyi, for his good leadership, dedication to service and milestone achievements that have repositioned the organization since he (Adeniyi) assumed office. The President gave the commendations in a congratulatory message to the NCS...
Centre for Crisis Communication (CCC) has disclosed that the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), the Department of State Security Service (DSS) and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) dominated positive media coverage in December 2025, as Nigeria’s security, intelligence, military and emergency response agencies recorded strong national visibility driven...