In what border operations analysts have described as clinical engagements aimed at ending the protracted smuggling activities, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) disclosed it has generated over N500 million from petroleum smugglers across the country. Arewa PUNCH investigations revealed that the newly inaugurated customs special task force team called “Operation Whirlwind” generated the said amount following sting operations carried out …

The National Assembly, on Monday, questioned President Bola Tinubu’s request for loan requests as some revenue-generating agencies of the Federal Government disclosed that they had already surpassed their budgetary revenue target for 2024. The Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Zacch Adedeji, said the Federal Government generated N1.5 trillion in education tax, a substantial amount above it N70 billion …

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced that it collected N5.7 trillion in revenue as of Tuesday, 12 November 2024. At the ongoing 2024 Comptroller-General of Customs Conference in Abuja, Comptroller-General, Adewale Adeniyi expressed optimism about the service’s capacity to achieve more for the economy. “Our strategic engagements and collaborative approaches have yielded remarkable results across our core statutory responsibilities. …

The Tincan Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it has generated N1.046 trillion in revenue between January and October. It also intercepted 16 containers of illicit drugs. The Command Controller, Dera Nnadi, made the disclosure in Lagos on Thursday. Nnadi said that it was the first time the command had crossed the trillion-Naira mark since its establishment …

The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Kebbi State Command, generated thirty-six million, two hundred and twenty-three thousand, five hundred and fifty-four naira, fifty kobo (N36,223,554.50) in the third quarter of the year. The Command’s Comptroller, Iheanacho Earnest Ojike, while addressing journalists at the Command’s headquarters in Birnin Kebbi on Friday, said that under the leadership of Comptroller General of Customs Bashir …

The Apapa Port Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced a revenue collection of N1.6 trillion from January to September 2024. The Customs Area Controller, Apapa Command, Comptroller Babatunde Olomu, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Lagos, said that the figure was higher than N1.17 trillion collected as total revenue in the year 2023. Olomu …

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has acquired a Cessna Grand Caravan EX-208B aircraft as part of its efforts to enhance its air patrol and surveillance operations. The Comptroller -General (C-G) of NCS, Adewale Adeniyi, made this known in a statement by the service’s Spokesman, Abdullahi Maiwada, on Sunday in Abuja. Adeniyi described the move as a game changer to the …

Following the statutory retirement of some members of the management team of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), the Comptroller General of Customs (CGC), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi has approved key management appointments in acting capacity and redeployment to enhance strategic service delivery. The service made this known in a statement yesterday. A breakdown of the appointments and redeployment are as follows: BM …

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has pleaded with the operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to be civil with market women and men regarding complaints of invasion of shops and warehouses in markets across the state. Traders in the state had accused Customs officers of breaking into their shops and warehouses in a bid to search for smuggled goods. …

The guidelines for the suspension of customs duty and taxes on imported food items are to commence next week, the Federal Government announced on Tuesday. In July the Federal Government approved a 150-day duty-free window to allow the importation of maize, husked brown rice, and wheat as part of measures to combat rising food inflation across the country. The initiative …