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…
FEC Approves N1.5bn For Customs To Procure 46 Vehicles
Clement Agba, minister of state for budget and national planning, says the federal executive council (FEC) has approved N1.5 billion for the procurement of 46 vehicles for the Nigeria Customs…
Custom Targets N2trn Annual Revenue
The Nigeria Customs Services has stated its target to generate over N2tn as annual revenue this year with about N1.6tn generated from the South-West geopolitical zone. According to report, about…
Customs Intercepts Vehicle With N71m Cash in Katsina
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a vehicle with N71 million cash at a border in Jibia LGA area of Katsina. Dalhat Wada-Chedi, acting comptroller of the NCS, Katsina…
Constituents Pressuring us Over Customs Recruitment – Reps
The house of representatives committee on customs and excise has expressed concern over pressure from constituents on the ongoing recruitment by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). Leke Abejide, chairman of the…