Tag Archives: Customs

The Nigeria Customs Service, in collaboration with the Nigeria Police Force and other sister security agencies, launched a manhunt for criminals who attacked Customs officers while performing their legitimate duties at the Yauri outstation in Kebbi state.   The command’s Public Relations Officer, Superintendent of Customs Mohammed Salisu, who confirmed …

Suspected smugglers launched a violent attack on officers attached to the Adamawa/Taraba Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NSC).      The public relations officer of the command, Naomi Titus, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Saturday, March 23, 2024, said one officer was severely injured in the …

The 25% penalty previously imposed in addition to import duty on improperly imported vehicles has been suspended by the Nigeria Customs Service.    The Customs Service said this is in line with the directives of the Honourable Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, who also …

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Tin-Can Island Command, has intercepted some arms and ammunition allegedly being smuggled into the country by a criminal gang.   The discovery were made during an inspection of consignments imported into the country.   The arms recovered were automatic single-barrel rifles and pump action guns. …

President Bola Tinubu has ordered the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to release food items seized at the border communities to the rightful owners, with the requirement that the items should be sold in Nigerian markets.   The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Adewale Adeniyi,  disclosed this while meeting …

Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi has said that reopening of the borders will be a decision to be made by President Bola Tinubu.    Speaking during an interactive session with members of the Kongolam border community in Mai’adua Local Government Area of Katsina state, Adeniyi noted that there are ongoing …

The exchange rate for computing the country’s Customs duties has been slashed by 5.3 percent by the Central Bank of Nigeria following stability in the exchange rate of naira to the dollar.   On the official trade portal of the Nigeria Customs Service, it was noted that the duty rate …

The Nigeria Customs Service has revealed how much its Apapa Area Command makes hourly and daily.   In a tweet the agency shared, the NCS said it makes N198,802,021 million per hour and N4,771,248,513 daily.    The tweet read;    “Do you know that in Nigeria Customs Service, Apapa Area …

The Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted 52 units of elephant tusks in Mfum, a border town of Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River state.   The Area Comptroller of Cross River/CFTZ/Akwa Ibom Command of the NIS,  Ahmed Waziri, made this known at a news conference in Calabar on Monday, …

The Nigeria Customs Service has successfully secured the conviction of two smugglers, Felarun Oluwasegun and Fakorede Jelili, for assaulting two officers in Ogun State.      The National Public Relations Officer of Customs, Abdullahi Maiwada, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, February 11, 2024, said Felarun and Jelili …