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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The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) on Monday in Benin destroyed imported frozen poultry products seized along Benin/Ore axis with duty paid value of N7.2 million. The Officer-in-charge of the axis, Chief Superintendent of Customs, Usman A.R., told newsmen that the products were seized on Nov. 30 by the Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone ‘C’. Usman, […]
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The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has approved the redeployment of 4,072 senior officers to commands across the four zones of the service. The deployment is contained in a circular issued on Tuesday in Lagos by Mrs T.M Isa, NCS Acting Assistant Comptroller-General, Human Resources Department. According to Isa, the redeployed officers are from the rank […]
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The Nigeria Customs Service on Thursday announced a major re-shuffle of its management, as the Comptroller-General, Hameed Ali, approved the immediate redeployment of 48 Comptrollers of the Service. A statement by the Customs spokesperson, Joseph Attah, said the redeployment, which is in line with the ongoing reforms of the service, was for “effective and efficient […]
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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 two armoured Bell helicopters seized by Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) and given to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) were ordered by former Governor Rotimi Amaechi, when he was at the helms in Rivers State. His successor Nyesom Wike made this known on Saturday, contradicting the claim of NCS that the owner of the aircraft […]
Continue ReadingTwenty-nine (29) Senior officers of the Nigeria Customs Service have been dismissed for various acts of gross misconduct. The dismissed officers are among forty-four (44) Senior officers who were punished for actions capable of compromising national economy and security.Ten (10) other officers were retired from Service, while the appointment of one (1) was terminated. Four […]
Continue ReadingSeventeen (17) Junior Officers of the Nigeria Customs Service have been dismissed from the Service for offences ranging from drug addiction, certificate forgery, theft and absence from duty from January to September 2016. The appointment of two other Officers have been terminated for absence from duty while one Officer was retired for drug addiction. Investigations […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘C’, Owerri has continued to effectively checkmate the excesses of smugglers of contraband goods in the country following the latest seizure of a total of 24,273 cartons of imported frozen poultry products with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of #256,264,200. In a press statement released […]
Continue ReadingThe Western Marine Command of the Nigeria Customs Service on Tuesday continued its fight against smuggling of frozen poultry products, especially around Yekeme, near Badagry. Yusuf Umar, Controller in charge of the command, while destroying 1,583 cartons of smuggled poultry products in Lagos, said the Customs Service is not giving up its fight against smuggling […]
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