The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday adopted a resolution to investigate the alleged abuse of firearms by operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). The resolution was the aftermath of a motion sponsored by the Senator representing Katsina Central senatorial district, Abdulaziz Yar’Adua, decrying the alleged killing of citizens in Kastina State by arms-bearing Customs officers. In a motion titled “Urgent …

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Wednesday, said that it seized 44 units of imported used cars, 218,575 litres of Premium Motor Spirit, and other contrabands with a duty-paid value of N4 billion within the first half of 2023. In a statement on Wednesday, the Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, Ikeja said that the unit arrested 60 suspects and recovered …

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has called on Nigerians to disregard recruitment notice circulating online. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday, NCS Public Relations Officer, Chief Superintendent Abdullahi Maiwada described the notice as fake, noting that the service was not recruiting at the moment. “The notice is the handiwork of unscrupulous element …

The Federal Operations Unit, Zone A (FOU A) of the Nigeria Customs Service has said that it seized 93,102 bags of 50kg rice, which is equivalent to 156 trailer loads of the product. The unit also said that it seized 656,414 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), 108 automobiles comprising trucks, tankers, cars, and motorcycles, among other contrabands in 2022. …