Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has decided to adopt electronic platform to conduct the auction of seized goods to ensure transparency. Mr Joseph Attah, NCS spokesman, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja that the platform was presently undergoing user acceptability test. “What that means is that in the very near future […]
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The Senate Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff, has commenced investigation into alleged N4 trillion revenue leakage in the Nigeria Customs Service between 2006 and 2016. The Chairman of the committee, Hope Uzodinma, made this known in an interview with journalists on Sunday in Abuja. He said that the committee would stop at nothing in […]
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The Senate has called for the resignation of the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Hameed Ali. The lawmakers said on Wednesday that Mr. Ali was not fit to hold public office. The call follows Mr. Ali’s decision not to appear before the lawmakers in uniform on Wednesday as directed by the Senate. The Customs […]
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The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has suspended the implementation of its policy for duty payments on old vehicles, in order to resolve issues with the Senate Committee on Customs. The Acting Public Relations Officer of the NCS, Mr Joseph Attah, said this on Wednesday in Abuja. Attah said in a statement, that the Management of Customs had […]
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The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has handed over the 661 pump action rifles seized by the Federal Operations Unit Zone “A” Ikeja, to the State Security Service(SSS) for further investigation. The Public Relations Officer of the unit, Jerry Attah, said on Friday in Lagos, that the rifles were seized on Sunday, January 22, 2017. The […]
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The Senate has mandated the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali to appear in plenary on March 15, unfailingly to address the issue of Customs Tax Duties on vehicles. The Senate also directed that the CG, Ali must appear in the appropriate uniforms of the Customs Service and not in `mofty’. This followed a Point […]
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The Kano/Jigawa Customs Area Command on Friday in Kano destroyed expired items worth millions of Naira. This is contained in a statement signed by the Commands Public Relations officer, Mr Danbaba Isah and made available to newsmen in Kano. According to the statement, the burnt items include expired foreign rice, computer scraps and expired bubble […]
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The Comptroller-General of Customs, Retired Col. Hameed Alli, while briefing newsmen in Lagos on Monday, revealed that the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) intercepted 661 pieces of pump action rifles from China, concealed with steel doors and other merchandise goods, which came in through Lagos port. Alli said that the […]
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Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Friday said it had intercepted two helicopters and 23 consignments of accessories illegally imported into the country. Mr Dan Ugo, a Deputy Comptroller-General of Customs, told newsmen in Lagos that the two helicopters and accessories, valued at N9.7 billion, were impounded at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport. “The consignment was […]
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The Nigeria Customs Service has generated N898 billion as revenue in 2016, including VAT, says the service Spokesman, Mr Joseph Attah. Attah told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja that the figure was however less than the N904 billion collected in 2015. He attributed the shortfall to the difficulty in accessing foreign […]
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