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 …

Amidst the prevalence of hunger and acute shortage of food items across the country, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted large consignments of edibles being illegally shipped out of Nigeria. The feat was recorded by eagle-eye men of the Customs Federal Operations Unit, Zone “A”, Lagos. Comptroller of the Special Unit, Hussein Kehinde Ejibunu, who broke the news at …

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) now has two more Assistant Comptroller General of Customs (ACGs), while 2,209 other senior officers have been promoted. The promotion was approved by the Board of Nigeria Customs Service, chaired by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Chief Olawale Edun, According to a statement on Friday bÿ the National Public Relations …

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is set to flood the seaports nationwide with fresh scanners to facilitate trade. Hosting foreign diplomats to an end- of-the-year dinner at the Customs headquarters in Abuja recently, the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (CGC), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, who unveiled this recently, said that it was part of his vision for comprehensive automation of …