The Federal Government has rescinded its decision to ground 60 private jets owned by various individuals in Nigeria over unpaid import duty running into several billions of naira. The PUNCH reported on Monday that the government through a directive from the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to the Nigeria Airspace Management Authority (NAMA) was expected to have grounded the defaulting jets. …

The House of Representatives, on Thursday, began a probe into the alleged bribery of officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC); as well as officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) by controversial cross dresser, Idris Okuneye, alias Bobrisky, who was convicted and sentenced to prison for naira abuse. This was as the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and …

Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, ordered the officials of the Kuje correctional facility to provide the detained Binance Holdings Limited executive, Tigran Gambaryan, with a wheelchair. The order followed an outburst from Gambaryan shortly after the court adjourned. Justice Nwite had stepped out of the courtroom for a few minutes before returning to …

The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi has fingered unscrupulous officers working with bonded terminal operators to smuggle hard drugs out of the nation’s seaports Adeniyi, who stated this over the weekend when he displayed the Tin-Can Island ports interception of 1,072 kilogrammes of cannabis indica as well as other pharmaceutical drugs worth N4.1 billion, …

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced a verification exercise for privately owned aircraft operating in Nigeria. In a Public Service Announcement on its verified social media page on Monday, the NCS said the exercise was aimed at identifying improperly imported private aircraft without documentation. According to the statement, the verification was to ensure proper imports and maximum revenue collection …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been urged to prosecute seven top officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) who were allegedly involved in a bribery scandal to the tune of N12 billion. An exclusive investigative report by PREMIUM TIMES had exposed that the high-ranking officers of NCS indicted for bribery at border posts last December were grilled by …

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it generated N1.3 trillion during the first quarter of this year, an increase of 20 per-cent of its annual projection. At a press briefing on Wednesday, Comptroller-General Bashir Adewale Adeniyi said the feat was achieved in spite of declining Nigerian cargo throughput estimated to have dwindled by 4.89 per cent during the period. The …

The Nigeria Customs Service (Tin Can Island Port command), Lagos have intercepted a large quantity of assorted arms, ammunition, heroine, cannabis, amongst others, in their renewed efforts to curb illicit imports into the country. Area Controller of the Command, Comptroller Deira Nnadi, who disclosed this at a press conference on Friday, said the seizures included 12 rifles pump action guns, …

President Bola Tinubu has ordered the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to return all seized food items to their owners. The food items, which were confiscated by men of the NCS for contravening import and export rules, are currently stockpiled at the various Customs warehouses. The Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, who disclosed this in Katsina at the weekend during …

The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi, on Saturday, said consultations are ongoing on the reopening of borders. This is as he noted that only President Bola Tinubu has the prerogative to reopen borders in the country. He stated this at an interaction session with members of the Kongolam border community in Mai’adua Local Government Area of Katsina …