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, …

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Thursday, said its latest findings showed that the quality and price of Nigeria’s Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly called petrol, were the key factors causing the persistent smuggling of PMS out of the country. It also announced a monthly rise in its revenue generation from an average of N202 billion to N343 billion, representing …

The acting Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi, on Tuesday, announced that Nigerian importers would soon be able to clear their goods from the ports in Cotonou, Benin Republic. He disclosed this in Abuja at the end of a two-day working visit by the director-general and senior officials of the customs service of Benin Republic. Customs personnel …

The Apapa Area Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it collected N676 billion revenue in the first eight months of this year. While handing over to his successor, Comptroller Babajide Jaiyeoba in Lagos on Tuesday, former Controller of the command, Assistant Comptroller General Auwal Mohammed urged officers of the command to rededicate themselves to service and surpass government expectations in …

To ensure the efficiency and integrity of the Customs Duty Collection system, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Thurday, announced the suspension of two Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) from collecting import duty on behalf of the service. This is said to be due to the banks’ inability to accurately and timely remit the essential funds for national development. According to …