The Customs Zone C, Coordinator Port Harcourt Zonal headquarters, Assist Comptroller General (ACG) SK Dangladima Monday visited the Customs Eastern Marine Command of the Nigeria Customs Service in Port Harcourt Rivers State as part of his working visit to Zone C, commands. The visit comes on the heels of his scheduled visitation of all the Customs […]
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The comptroller general (CG) of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adeniyi, has said the duty waiver on imported foods would be implemented within the next one week. Adeniyi made this known while speaking during during a news conference by the heads of security agencies and service chiefs, convened by Christopher Musa, the chief of defence […]
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The Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd), has been flown abroad for an immediate medical attention. It was learnt that Hameed Ali, slumped on Wednesday during prayers in Abuja. A reliable anonymous government source familiar with the development told THEWILL that the DG was flown abroad for medicals in a customs jet on […]
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The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme command has intercepted 30,150 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol at the verge of being smuggled into neighbouring Benin Republic. The Command’s public relations officer, Hussaini Abdullahi in a statement, noted that the interception was in continuation of the command’s efforts to suppress smuggling of […]
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Officers of the federal operations unit Zone ‘A’ of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), have intercepted and impounded contraband goods smuggled into the country from neighbouring Benin Republic worth N7.813 billion in 2021. The contraband, namely, smuggled foreign parboiled rice, cartridges, unregistered pharmaceuticals, Indian-hemp, fairly used vehicles, used tyres, used compressors, second-hand clothing, among others, […]
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The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it has intercepted 15 sacks of pangolin scales weighing 1,014.5kg with a value of over N1.7 billion. The National Public Relations Officer, NSC, DC Joseph Attah, disclosed this to journalists on Monday. He said two suspects were arrested with the items. “This criminality was not essentially a Nigerian thing, sadly some […]
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Indian manufacturers have rebranded the opioid Tramadol to Tafrodol to evade detection by customs officials at ports and borders in Nigeria, a report by Enactafrica has revealed. While the name change makes the drug look like Tramadol, Tafrodol contains two ingredients that should not be combined and can reportedly cause respiratory infection, coma and even […]
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The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), has approved the release of 46,000 metric tons of rice, 36,495 kegs of vegetables oil and other items valued at N3.2 billion for distribution. The Customs’ Public Relations Officer, Mr Joseph Attah, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. Attah said […]
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Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd) on Tuesday disclosed that the Custom Command at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport had intercepted 8.06 million U.S. dollars from the airport. Ali, during a media briefing in Lagos, said that the dollars loaded in six big `bagco’ bags were packed in a coaster bus belonging to the […]
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The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says it has intercepted 42 bags of foreign rice at Kankara axis of Katisna State. The Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO), Mr Sunday James, who disclosed this in a statement made available to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Saturday in Abuja, said that it was concealed in a vehicle. […]
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