LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna has warned the Nigeria Customs Service against confiscating foreign rice in open markets. The court gave the order on Wednesday in a judgement following an appeal by Customs against the judgement of the Federal High Court, Kaduna, which discharged and acquitted one Suleiman Mohammed of…
LAGOS MARCH 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service and the Nigeria Police have disagreed over the ownership of a Hilux van used in smuggling rice in Ogun State. While the NCS said the van belonged to the police, the Ogun State Police Command said the Customs could have done better. Apart from denying owning the vehicle,…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A driver using a Dangote Sugar Refinery truck to allegedly smuggle rice has been arrested by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said on Tuesday. The Abuja commandant of the NCS, Hussein Ejibunu, said on Tuesday that two accomplices were arrested alongside the driver at Suleja, Niger State. He said the truck was…
LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Federal Operation Unit (FOU) Zone A invaded Oja Oba Market in Ibadan in the early hours of Saturday and carted away truckloads of foreign bags of rice. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the officers broke into shops and warehouses in the market…
LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It appears Nigerians are in for good times in the new year, as the price of bags of local and foreign rice, onions, pepper, tomatoes, amongst others recorded a significant drop in price. This is according to the latest market survey, carried out by Nairalytics Research – the research arm of Nairametrics….
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service, in Kano and Jigawa states, is set to shutdown supermarkets and shops found patronising foreign rice and other prohibited items. The agency, in a letter with reference number NCS/KAN/053/S.28 dated 17th February 2020 wrote to all supermarkets and shops in Kano and Jigawa states, directing them to stop…
LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Border Drill Operations of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have reportedly seized 140 bags of foreign rice at a warehouse in Daura. The warehouse allegedly belongs to Alhaji Habu Sarkin-Fulani. Daily Nigerian reports that the owner is a confidant of President Muhammadu Buhari. Customs operatives, acting on a tip-off,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After seventy-seven days of border closure, major markets and stores in Sokoto State are still being flooded with foreign rice. Where do they get the foreign from after two month of border closure? Apparently, by now, old stocks should have been exhausted in two month. But that is not the case in…