By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone A (FOU A), has confirmed an attack by smugglers on its personnel and the Nigerian Army while carrying out Anti-Smuggling operations. According to a press statement signed by the Unit’s Public Relations Officer, SC Theophilus...
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Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, has ordered security operatives in the state to ensure the immediate arrest of the suspected killers of a Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) officer in the state. The governor gave the directive when he received the Controller-General (C-G) of the service, Mr Bashir...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Friday again visited the family of one of those who died in the stampede which occurred during the distribution of palliative rice in Lagos in February. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the NCS delegation was led by Hammi Swomen,...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Kebbi Area Command, has handed over 6, 240 items of suspected explosive substances it intercepted in 2022 along Yauri-Jega road in the state. The Area Comptroller of the command, Mr Iheanacho Ernest- Ejike made this known while handing over the items to the...
In a graceful transition ceremony, Mr Chedi Wada, the Comptroller of the Federal Operations Units (FOU) Zone “B” of the Nigeria Customs Service, has officially handed over to Mr Ahmadu Shuaibu. The event, held in Kaduna on Wednesday at the unit’s office , marked a pivotal moment in...
The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have been selected as finalists for the 2024 SABRE Africa PR Awards in Crisis/Issue Management and Public Sector/Government categories, respectively. The campaigns of the two organisations were undertaken in partnership with a multi-award-winning PR agency,...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it generated more than N1.3 trillion revenue in the first quarter of 2024. The Comptroller General (C-G) of NCS, Adewale Adeniyi, made the disclosure while briefing newsmen on its activities in the first quarter of 2024, on Wednesday in Abuja. “The...
By HARUNA AHMED, Birnin Kebbi – The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has vowed to arrest and bring to book suspected hoodlums who attacked its personnel at Yauri outstation in Kebbi State. The Command’s Spokesperson, SC Mohmmed Tajudeen-Salisu, made this known in a statement issued to newsmen in Birnin Kebbi...
By HARUNA AHMED, Birnin Kebbi – Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has reopened the international boarder in Kamba town of Dandi LGA in Kebbi State to promote international trading between Nigeria and the neighboring countries of Niger and Benin Republics. The spokesperson of the Kebbi Area Command of the service,...
Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir-Yusuf, has urged President Bola Tinubu to open land borders to enhance food security in the country. He stated this during a courtesy visit by the Comptroller-General of Customs, Mr Adewale Adeniyi, on Monday in Kano. Kabir-Yusuf, who lamented the harsh economic condition being...
The Federal Operations Unit (Zone `A’) of the Nigeria Customs Service intercepted and seized different contraband goods valued at N751.1 billion in February. Controller in charge of the zone, Mr Hussein Ejibunu told newsmen in Lagos on Friday that 3,779 (50kg) bags of foreign rice equivalent to seven...
Nigeria Customs on stand-by for Illela/ Niger Republic border opening BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Sokoto/Zamfara Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Services (NCS) has said it is on high alert awaiting last order for the formal opening of Illela/Niger Republic border. Making this assertion Tuesday when the...
The Narcotic Commander, NDLEA, Mr Paul Ahom, and the Customs Controller of the Western Marine Command, Odaudu Salefu, during the handover of cannabis in Lagos on Monday. The Western Marine Command of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has handed over 1.7 million wraps of hemp it seized to...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCa) has intercepted fake pharmaceuticals with Duty Paid Value of N1.4 billion at its Oyo-Osun Area Command. The Area Controller, Dr Ben Oramalugo, told newsmen on Thursday in Ibadan that the drugs were mainly antibiotics packed in sacks and could be more dangerous than...
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it is partnering with the Directorate-General Taxation and Customs Union (DG TAXUD) of the European Union (EU), to facilitate trade, monitor export and documentations in Nigeria. The Comptroller-General (CG) of customs, Adewale Adeniyi, disclosed this after a meeting with the DG TAXUD on Tuesday...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto -. The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has said the planned nationwide subsidized disposal of seized grains to Nigerians has been temporary suspended over stampede that led to the lost of some lives at customs office in Yaba, Lagos State. The National Public Relations Officer of...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The 2023 Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi said he is saddened that Nigerians are losing their lives in their desperate quest to buy cheaper food in the face of the growing hunger and starvation in the country. NATIONAL...
No fewer than 4,000 persons in Lagos benefitted on Friday from the sale of rice seized by the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS). Comptroller-General of the NCS, Mr Adewale Adeniyi, had on Thursday directed that the seized rice be sold to members of the public at a subsidised rate...
By EMMANUEL ANKELI, Sokoto – Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in compliance with the directive from President Bola Tinubu has began direct disbursement of seized food items to Nigerians to help cushion the effect of food insecurity in the country. The disbursement which is expected to take place in...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 15 trucks containing food items in Sokoto State as part of its efforts to prevent smuggling which has aggravated the rising cost of commodities in the country. Mr Abubakar Chafe, Spokesperson, NCS, Sokoto Command, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...