The Nigeria Customs Service (NSC) joint border patrol team sector IV has seized consignment of sex enhancement drugs worth N19.6 duty paid value in Sokoto state. The Coordinating Comptroller, Mr Kolapo Oladeji, made this known while briefing newsmen in Sokoto. He said that trucks of food items were...
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The Senate has approved 2024 budget of N5.079 trillion for the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) for the 2024 fiscal year. The approval followed adoption of recommendations of report of Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariffs on Thursday at plenary. Presenting the report, Chairman of the Committee, Sen. Jibrin...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit, Zone B, has dismissed as false the claim that its operatives caused an accident in Jibia town, Jibia Local Government of Katsina State. The spokesman of the unit, Mr Isa Suleiman, stated this in a statement issued on Monday in...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Tincan Island Port Command, has intercepted 56.39kg of cocaine and 955kg of Colorado Indica (marijuana) smuggled from South Africa and Canada with street value of N4.3 billion. The Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, said this in a media conference on Thursday in...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Nigeria Customs services (NCS) has upgraded its Electronic Auction (e-auction) platform in line with its commitment to continuously improve its services. The spokesman of the service, Abdullahi Maiwada, announced the relaunch of the platform, in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja. The...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun II Area Command, has released a detained bullion van with N24.489.500.00 belonging to Access Bank Plc in Abeokuta. The Service in a statement on Sunday via its X (formerly Twitter) handle, said Bullion van was impounded in...
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...
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...
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Tuesday said its embarking on a $1.1 billion ports rehabilitation plan in first quarter of 2024, to fortify Nigeria’s trade competitiveness. The Managing Director, NPA, Mr Mohammed Bello-Koko, said this in a panel session at the 43rd Port Management Association of West...
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 Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Kebbi Area Command, says it has seized contraband worth N164.8 million in the state. Dr Ben Oramalugo, the Area Controller of NCS in the state, said this at a press conference on the achievements of the command on Saturday in Birnin Kebbi....
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...
The Murtala Muhammed Airport Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted items suspected to be dried shark fins and dried donkey genitals worth N1.22 billion at the Lagos airport. The command’s Area Controller, Comptroller Muhammed Yusuf, said this in a news conference in Lagos on Thursday....
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...