Tag: NCS
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NSCDC gets new commandant; Immigration, NCS to follow suit
Highest offices in some of Nigeria’s top paramilitary agencies on Monday witnessed major changes following tenure expiration of their helmsmen In the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC), Hilary Kelechi Madu, a Deputy Commandant General has been appointed Acting Commandant General of the corps. Madu took over from the former CG, Abdullahi Gana, whose…
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Customs generates N976.6bn revenue in 8 months
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has so far generated N976.6 billion revenue from January to August for the country. The document obtained from the service through its Public Relations Office by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday indicated that the sum was realised from import duties and excise duties, among others. The statistics…
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Customs seizes smuggled rice worth N101.7m
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has impounded about 1,160 bags of 50kg of foreign parboiled rice and five trucks used to convey them, in Edo. The rice and trucks worth N101.7 million were seized by the Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC) Strike Force in zone “C”. Zone “C” comprises Edo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Cross Rivers, Akwa-Ibom,…
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Customs generates over N239.4bn in Q1 2017
The Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, generated a total sum of N239.4bn in the first three months of this year, figures obtained from the Federal Ministry of Finance have revealed. The amount is contained in a document obtained by the newsmen on Monday in Abuja, showing the activities of the ministry of finance in the last…
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NCS impounds 941 bags of rice worth N6.8m
The Nigeria Customs Service, Western Marine Command, on Tuesday said its officers seized 941 bags of rice estimated at N6,830,791 being smuggled into the country. The new Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Sarkin Kebbi, in Lagos said the seizure was barely a month after he assumed duty at the command. “As you are aware, I took…
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NCS abolishes disparity between HND/BSc holders, pegs both on GL 08
The Comptroller-General of Customs (rtd) Col. Hameed Ali, has announced that HND holders on salary Grade Level GL 07 in the service are automatically moved to salary GL 08 like their BSc. counterparts. Ali said this during the decoration of the newly promoted senior customs officers on Monday in Abuja. Nine officers were decorated –…
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NPA hails NCS on seizure of 661 AK 47 rifles
The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Ms Hadiza Usman, has commended the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Retired Col. Hameed Ali and his management team on seizure of 661 pump-action rifles. TheNewsGuru.com recalls that the Nigerian Customs had on January 30 intercepted a 40 ft container cleared to be containing steel doors…
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NPA, NCS partner to create ‘single window’ at seaport
The Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA has revealed it is partnering the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS to creating a ‘single window’ platform at the ports for smooth operations. This was revealed by the Managing Director of NPA, Hadiza Balla Usman when she recently paid a courtesy call to the Comptroller General of Customs, Hameed Ali in…