Nigeria Customs Introduces Duty-Free Imports for Goods Under $300 to Boost Trade
New De Minimis policy takes effect from September 8, 2025, simplifying clearance for low-value consignments. Policy targets e-commerce shipments, passenger baggage, and small-scale trade, aligning Nigeria with global trade standards.…
Customs Officer Completes 35-Day Bike Ride From Nigeria to Belgium
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has recognised the remarkable feat of Assistant Comptroller of Customs Akpevwe Ogboru, popularly known as Tracta 2, after she completed a 35-day motorcycle journey from…
Customs Seizes Cannabis and Other Contraband Worth Over N268 Million in Kaduna
The Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone ‘B’ of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Kaduna, has intercepted 185 blocks of Cannabis Sativa valued at N48.5 million, the service announced on…
Customs Seizes 20 Containers Of Expired Tomatoes In Lagos
Operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCoS) have successfully Seized 1,600 drums of expired tomato concentrate concealed in 20 containers at the Port and Terminal Multi Services Limited (PTML) in…
Customs Seizes Lion Bones, Pangolin Scales Worth N952m
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command, Lagos, said it has seized pangolin scales and lion bones worth N952 million. The Customs Area Controller of the command, Comptroller Mohammed…
Tinubu Confirms Adeniyi As CG of Customs
Adewale Adeniyi has been confirmed as the substantive Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. This was disclosed in a statement on Friday by Willie Bassey,…
Customs Bribes Bandits With Rice to Escape Attack in Katsina
Officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have handed over not less than seven bags of 50kg rice to bandits in Katsina State as a bribe to escape abduction or…
Ogun: Customs Intercept Live Ammunition Concealed in Bags of Rice
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun Area one Command, has disclosed its operatives intercepted 975 rounds of red star live cartridges concealed in bags of foreign parboiled rice. Ahmadu Shuaibu,…
MDAs Patronise Smugglers For Escort Vehicles – Customs Tells Reps Panel
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has accused ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) of acquiring many escort vehicles they use from smugglers. Aliyu Saidu, NCS assistant comptroller-general (ACG) in charge of…
We Make N4bn Daily on Apapa Port – Nigeria Customs
The Nigeria Customs Service has revealed that its Apapa Area Command makes N198m per hour and N4bn daily. In a tweet on Wednesday, the NCS said it makes N198,802,021 million…