Customs

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Monday, concluded the destruction of pharmaceutical drugs concealed in 48 containers in Epe area of Lagos. This is even as the Service vowed to continue to enforce 100 per cent examination of cargoes at…

A syndicate which comprises four clearing agents who specialise in forging the signature of the Customs Area Controller of Tin-Can Island customs command has been arrested. Disclosing this during a media briefing on Friday,…

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday ordered the Nigerian Customs Service Board and the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) to pay a Constitutional Lawyer, Chikaosolu Ojukwu the sum of N5 million as damages over the unlawful detention,…

The Federal Operations Unit, Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Monday said that 77 trailers of 50kg bags of rice was seized between January to June 2022. Addressing journalists in Lagos, Acting Controller of the Unit,…

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Friday reacted to claims by the Director-General of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Mallam Farouk Salim that the Customs is responsible for revenue losses and the preponderance of fake and…

The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) has said that the Nigerian Customs Modernisation Project, a Public Private Partnership (PPP) will generate over $176 billion for the federal government in 20 years. Acting…

The Western Marine Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Thursday, revealed that between February and May 2022, the Command intercepted Cannabis Sativa worth N168m on waterways within Lagos State. Addressing a media briefing in…

Three men broke into a customs office in the German town of Emmerich earlier this month and drilled a hole into its safe, making off with around 6.5 million euros (7.6 million dollars). Investigators said on Wednesday that the crime…

Hoodlums at Oke-Ore, Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State on Tuesday night unleashed an attack on officers of the Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS),  even as one officer was killed and another seriously…

Pressured by dwindling revenues and heavy debt burden, the Federal Government on Tuesday moved to boost its resources by directly taking over control of revenue management of its 10 most lucrative enterprises. The 10 government-owned…