The Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted suspected explosive materials, including corrosive mercury, concealed inside five cartons of holy books. The intercepted dangerous items of six canisters of mercury suspected to be components of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), signposts a major achievement of the Area Command in recent times. During a media briefing on Wednesday, …

Rumour of killer rice in circulation in Lagos and Ogun States circulated widely on Wednesday, with the purveyors claiming that the situation arose from the distribution of the seized product by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). But the NCS described the situation as ‘unfounded and baseless’. WhatsApp and other social networks’ users shared the voice notes which warned others against …

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Board on Tuesday (29 April 2025), held its 62nd regular meeting at the Service’s Headquarters in Abuja, chaired by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun. The high-powered delegation to the meeting also used the occasion to assess the Service’s first-quarter performance and chart the path forward. The board …

As economic hardship bites harder, importation of used vehicles has recorded a significant decline with diesel or semi-diesel engine, of cylinder capacity 2500cc dropping by 65.8 per cent year-on-year (YoY) to N354.8 billion in 2024 from N1.04 trillion in 2023. The decline also reflects the effect of continuous increase in import duty, levies and taxes on that category of imports. …

Stakeholders’ in the maritime business have lauded the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, for prevailing on government to suspend the four per cent Free-on-Board (FOB) value on imports into the country. FoB value is an instrument used by Customs Administrations to assess import duties and taxes in which freight and insurance costs are excluded. …

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence (NSCDC), Katsina Command, Commandant of Corps Aminu Ahmed, alongside the Customs Area Controller of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Katsina Area Command, Comptroller of Customs, Idris Abba-Aji, have on Monday pledged to collaborate towards curbing trans-border crimes and others in the State. This was made known when the NSCDC Commander, Ahmed, paid a familiarisation …

After years of failed attempts to implement the international trade’s Single Window in Nigeria, the Comptroller-General General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi has identified factors that undermine every effort put into the project, while suggesting preferred ways to make it work. According to the World Customs Organisation (WCO), a Single Window is a trade facilitation concept …

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has destroyed seized substandard, falsified, and expired products worth N1.367 billion. During the exercise yesterday in Abuja, the agency’s Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, said the destruction was a part of the NAFDAC’s commitment to ensuring public health safety and eliminating dangerous products from Nigeria’s supply chain. The items, seized …

Major opposition parties have criticised the Federal Government for its failure to address the deepening economic hardship in the country, citing the overwhelming number of job applications recently received by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) as a direct result of government policies. Last week, the NCS revealed that it had received 573,519 applications for just 3,927 available positions in its …

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has dissolved the Joint Border Patrol Team (JBPT) after due consultation with the Office of the National Security Adviser. This operation, which commenced in 2019 with a code name ‘Ex-Swift Response’ and later evolved into the JBPT, was initially designed to enforce the partial border closure policy. In a statement on Tuesday, NCS’ National Public …