Tag: Custom
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Customs under Senate’s heavy scrutiny over set target
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) came under heavy scrutiny on Monday as it presented its ₦6.584 trillion revenue target and ₦1.132 trillion expenditure plan for 2025 before the Senate Committee on Customs and Excise. While the Service was commended for surpassing its 2024 revenue target, senators raised serious concerns over what they described as unjustifiable spending…
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N12bn Bribery Scandal: EFCC urged to prosecute indicted Nigeria Customs Officials
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been urged to prosecute seven top officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) who were allegedly involved in a bribery scandal to the tune of N12bn. An exclusive investigative report by PREMIUM TIMES had exposed that the high-ranking officers of NCS indicted of bribery at border posts…
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Customs CG speaks on reopening of borders, gives details
The Comptroller-General of Customs, Mr Adewale Adeniyi, has said that only President Bola Tinubu has the prerogative to reopen borders in the country. He stated this at an interaction session with members of the Kongolam border community in Mai’adua Local Government Area of Katsina State. Adeniyi, who was reacting to agitation for the reopening of…
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NCS warns border community against unwholseome practises
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has charged Illela border community, marketers and other stakeholders to adhere to stipulated regulations as ECOWAS lift sanctions against Niger Republic.
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HARDSHIP: Customs set to distribute cheap rice again, after stampede
After the stampede that killed seven Nigerians while buying cheap rice, the Nigerian Customs Service is set to embark on another distribution of the essential commodity. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) recalls that after the stampede the Customs had to temporarily halt the sale of rice at N10,000.00 for 25kg. Apparently this is in response to the escalating…
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Custom intercepts Elephant Tusks worth N300m in Cross River
The Nigeria Customs Service (NIS) has intercepted 52 units of Elephant tusk in Mfum, a border town of Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River.
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Nigeria Customs impounds rice, fuel, other items worth N1.8bn in Seme
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced that its Seme area command has made a series of seizures of contraband items worth N1.8 billion from January 23 to September 8, 2023. The Customs area comptroller, Dera Nandi, disclosed this to the pre
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VIN crisis: Licensed agents call off strike, secure waivers on vehicles
The Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) on Monday called off its two-week old strike embarked upon over the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) Valuation policy. The Task Force Chairman of ANLCA, Alhaji Rilwan Amuni, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the strike was called off due to a month grace given by…
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Customs intercepts 3,122 rounds of ammunition in Imo
The Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘C’ Owerri of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a cache of ammunition along the Elele-Port Harcourt Road. The service also snatched 2,682 bags of 50kg foreign rice as well as six truckloads of vegetable oil containing over 10, 000 cartons imported from Malaysia, all amounting to a…
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Customs confiscate COVID-19 vehicle with smuggled poultry products
The Federal Operations Unit of the Nigeria Customs Service says it has captured a vehicle with COVID-19 sticker used for smuggling frozen chicken into the country. The unit in a statement said it also intercepted other illegal goods worth N12.7bn between January and April. Customs Area Controller of the unit, Usman Yahaya, who spoke through…