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 …

Gunmen have killed and abducted one Customs officer at Koko base in Kebbi State. In a statement by its Public Relations Officer, Muhammad Salisu, the Kebbi State Command of the Nigeria Customs service (NCS), said gunmen trailed the anti smuggling squad to their base at Koko, destroyed facilities, killed one officer, Dabo Umar and abducted one Babagana Kabiru. The remains …

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Area 2 Command, Onne, has seized various drugs, tablets and codeine-based cough syrups valued at N11.2 billion at the Onne Ports in Rivers State. The Customs Area Comptroller, Area 2 Command, Onne, Mohammed Babandede, disclosed this at a news briefing at the command’s headquarters in Onne, Eleme Local Government Area of the State on Thursday, …

The Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A, Ikeja, of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), said, it intercepted 1,500 pieces of bullet proof vests smuggled into the country from neighbouring countries, in a bid to tackle insecurity through illegal importation and smuggling of arms and ammunition into the country. The FOU A interception came against the backdrop of the interception of …

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Lilypond Export Command, has said that 2,488 export containers with duty paid value of $184.8 million, were handled by the command between April and June 2024. The command also said that its payment into the Nigeria Export Supervision Scheme (NESS) for the period under review stood at N1.2 billion. The Customs Area Comptroller in charge …

Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Kwara state Command has said that it has generated well over N10 billion revenue to the coffer of the Federal Government between January and May 2024. The Customs Area Controller of the Command, Mr Faith Mathew Ojeifo who disclosed this in Ilorin on Thursday while addressing the press on the activities of the command in the …

Ahead of the implementation and the integration of the Port Community System (PCS), into the Single Window Project, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has recommended the adoption of a single document that will be accessible by every stakeholder involved in the clearance of cargoes with a view to eliminating bottlenecks militating against seamless cargo clearance. Speaking at a town hall …