The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun 1 Area Command, has intercepted 1,245 live ammunition concealed in bags of foreign rice in the state. The Area Comptroller, Bamidele Makinde, at a news conference on Monday in Abeokuta, Ogun, said five old vehicles were intercepted by the Roving B Team...
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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...
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State says with necessary arrangement in place, the planned Badagry Port might be ready by 2025. Sanwo-Olu said this on Tuesday, when the Acting Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adeniyi, paid him a courtesy visit at the Lagos House, Marina. ...
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 Nigeria Customs Service has built a N19.6 billion smart Corporate Headquarters. The Deputy Comptroller-General of Customs, Mr Adewale Adeniyi, made this known at a news conference in Abuja on Monday. Adeniyi, Chairman, Organising Committee for Commissioning of the edifice, said the building had a 12-floor tower with five...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Pangolin scales and claws weighing 216 kilogrammes and valued at N48 million have been seized by operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘D’. The Acting Controller, FOU, Zone “D” Bauchi, Joseph Adelaja, stated this in a letter he signed and...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Nigeria Customs Service, Seme Command, has intercepted no fewer than 553 parcels of cannabis sativa worth N10 million, with four suspects arrested alongside. The Area Controller of the Command, Comptroller Dera Nnadi, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, said the Command...
The Federal Operations Unit, Zone ’C’, Owerri, of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) intercepted contraband goods valued N2.8 billion between January 25 and March 25. The unit also arrested 13 suspected smugglers during the period. Acting Comptroller of the NCS in the zone, Mr Kayode Kolade, a Deputy Comptroller...
The Nigeria Customs Service says it adheres to standard operation procedure for auctioning of vehicles and other intercepted items. The Acting Public Relations Officer of the service, Mr Abdullahi Maiwada said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. He said contrary to allegations...
The Nigeria Customs Service handed over 1,165 cartons of fake Analgin injections seized at Onne Seaport in Rivers to NAFDAC on Tuesday. The drugs were discovered in one of the 26 containers impounded at the port. Also seized at the port were 24,860 gallons of 25 litres and 10...
The Nigeria Customs Service, Seme Area command, has seized $6 million fake United States dollars amongst other prohibited items. The Area Controller of the command, Comptroller Dera Nnadi, made this known to journalists during a briefing in Seme, on Thursday in Lagos. He also said that four suspected members...
The Nigeria Customs Service says its men are on alert at entry points to Nigeria to intercept military camouflage and other items that can be used to disrupt the General Elections. The Spokesperson of the service, Comptroller Timi Bomodi, said this in an interview with the News Agency of...
The Nigeria Customs Service, Port Harcourt Area 1 Command, has impounded four consignments with duty paid value of N112.68 million illegally imported into the country. The Comptroller, Ibrahim Muhammad, said this on Wednesday at the command’s port terminal in Port Harcourt. He said that the consignments consisted of four...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘D’, said its Operatives have seized N468,341,430 worth of contrabands from September to December, 2022. The Comptroller, FOU, Musa Ibrahim Jalo, disclosed this at a press briefing held at the Zone ‘D’ Headquarters, Bauchi. Our...
The Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun 1 Area Command, says it has seized goods worth N4.88 billion between Feb. and Dec.6 in the state. The Area Comptroller, Bamidele Makinde, made this known during a press conference in Idiroko, Ogun, on Wednesday. Makinde said that the command, during the period under...