House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have agreed to work out modalities to increase the 2024 revenue target of the Service to N6 trillion. The decision to jerk up the initial N5 trillion proposed by the NCS as its target for 2024 was reached at the resumed interaction of the Appropriation Committees with agencies …

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has promoted 357 junior officers to the next rank, as part of the renewed plans of the current management to enhance their dedication to duty calls. With the promotion, which was announced on Saturday, the affected officers move from Customs Assistant I (CAI) to Inspector of Customs (IC). In a statement, the National Public Relations …

The House of Representatives Committee on Customs and Excuse says the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) generates most of its revenue from the South-West. The chairman of the committee, Leke Abejide, asserted on Wednesday at the inauguration of committee members in Abuja. He said, “The NCS is a big institution with a lot of commands, which are divided into Zones A, …

Senate has expressed displeasure over the inability of key revenue-generating agencies, including the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) and Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to stop what it called serious cases of revenue leakages in the country. The Senate, which spoke through its Public Account Committee, disclosed that the NPA failed to recover $1 billion, representing the debt of terminal operators as …

Efforts by the Controller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi to reduce congestion, and ease the cost of doing business at the ports may suffer set back with the poor power outages and worrisome security challenges at the terminals. Recently, Adeniyi announced that the Tin Can Island Port would serve a test run for his reintroduction …

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced that it had begun work with the Minister of Finance and Coordinator of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, to sponsor a Bill for the establishment of a separate entity – NCS Pension Administration. The Customs Comptroller General Adewale Adeniyi said the initiative is modelled after the Nigerian military, which has its separate pension …

President Bola Tinubu has confirmed the appointment of Adewale Adeniyi as the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). In a statement in Abuja on Friday, the Director of Information in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Willie Bassey said that the President tasked Adeniyi to bring his wealth of experience to bear on his …

The Comptroller General of Customs (CGC), Adewale Adeniyi, has ordered contractors (Port Plus Limited) to complete the maintenance of its two patrol boats as well as ensure the deployment before the end of November. This came as the Service acquired two new patrol boats from Singapore to boost its anti-smuggling war along the nation’s waterways. Speaking at an interactive session …

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has expressed readiness to deploy some of Huawei’s latest products and solutions for use in its trade modernisation project. This was disclosed in a statement on Tuesday by the National Public Relations Officer of the service, Abduallahi Maiwada, after the Huawei Connect 2023 held in Shanghai, China. Maiwada explained that the event which was themed, …

The Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Friday, said it has arrested a daredevil wildlife smuggler, Felix Maiva, in Lagos. According to a press statement by the public relations officer, Theophilus Duniya, Maiva had been on the run since 2021. According to him, Maiva planned to export elephant ivory, pangolin scales, rhinoceros horns, …