Acting Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adeniyi, has approved key appointments and redeployment of senior officers. The redeployment and promotion, it was learnt, followed the retirement of some top officers and moves to achieve the service’s core mandates of revenue generation, anti-smuggling, and trade facilitation. According to The Nation, Comptrollers, Florence Ogar-Modey and Queen Ogbudu have been appointed …

Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have pledged to boost exports and facilitate trade. They renewed their synergy when NPA’s Managing Director, Mohammed Bello-Koko visited Customs’ Acting Comptroller General, Bashir Adewale, at Customs Headquarters in Abuja. The meeting focused on ease of export processing by eliminating procedural bottlenecks causing delays affecting competitiveness of Nigerian goods, especially agro-allied …

The Kebbi State Area Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has seized 1,080 pieces of donkey skin alongside 371 parcels of cannabis sativa in the state. The Area Controller of NCS in the state, Dr Ben Oramalugo, who disclosed this at a press conference on Saturday in Birnin Kebbi, said the value of the seized items was N164,815,629. He said, …

The acting Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi has warned officers and men of the service to apply tactical measures in dealing with citizens before using firearms. According to a statement on Thursday, Adeniyi said at the official declaration of a sensitisation workshop on the practical implementation of the Nigeria Customs Service Act 2023 that the …

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has reiterated his administration’s commitment to making Lagos a business destination for as many investors as possible to improve the economic prosperity of the state. He said that the state government would continue to partner with the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to ensure turnaround for the ports in the state to be globally competitive …

Customs officers employed between 1989 and 1994, who described themselves as “segregated customs officers”, have cried out to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the acting Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) about what they call “discriminatory promotional exercise” in the service. In a pre-action notice by their counsel, Chief Chukwuma Ekomaru SAN, the “segregated customs officers” have been at a …

A suspected car smuggler identified as Abdulwasiu Salawudeen has been arrested in Yauri Local Government Area (LGA) of Kebbi State for allegedly killing a Customs officer, Aminu Abdullahi in the line of duty while attempting to smuggle in one Toyota Corolla. In a statement on Monday, the state Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Dr. Ben Oramalugo said …

The Ifeland Progress and Development Movement (IPDM), a group of sons and daughters of Ifeland working for the peace and development of the Osun State town and environs, has congratulated the Acting Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Bashir Adeniyi on his elevation to the top in his Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) journey. In a statement, IPDM Convener and Chairman, Chief Soji …

The acting Comptroller General of the Service announced on Monday, Adewale Adeniyi has over 30 years of experience in Customs Administration covering Strategic and operational responsibilities. Until his new role, he was the Deputy Comptroller-General of Customs in charge of Strategic Research and Policy. Adeniyi possesses a deep understanding of the complex and constantly evolving international trade landscape. He has …

The Nigeria Customs Service, on Monday, announced that it intercepted over 100 exotic vehicles, including various models of Sport Utility Vehicles, adding that 38 of them had been forfeited to the Federal Government. It also called on stakeholders to synergise with officers and men of the Nigeria Customs Service to effectively suppress the menace of smuggling vehicles into Nigeria. The …