LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The Murtala Muhammed International Airport Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has refuted allegations of extortion against the GHR Command by an American Returnee, Oke Adhekegba. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Usman Abdul, said in a statement in Lagos on Monday that the Command had commenced a full-scale investigation to establish the…
By Ifeanyi Nwabuogu LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRNAGERS)-Men of Nigerian Custom Service (NCS) has intercepted high tech drones, unregistered pharmaceutical and other sophisticated items valued at N912 billions between the month of January and April 2025 in the year under review. This was disclosed to newsmen by Controller General of Nigerian Custom Service, Wale Adeniyi in…
LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ondo/Ekiti Command, has intercepted over 140 sacks of Cannabis sativa, popularly known as Indian hemp, weighing over 1,400 kilograms. With the substance valued at N112 million, the suspects as well as the hard drugs were handed over to the state command of the National Drug Law and…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service, Murtala Muhammed International Airport Command, said it intercepted a total of $578 000 falsely declared from an inbound passenger coming into Nigeria from South Africa. The Customs Area Controller in charge of the command, John Harrison announced this while addressing journalists at the command on Friday. He explained…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRAGERS)-President Bola Tinubu has ordered the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to return food items that were confiscated at border communities to owners on the condition that they would be sold in the Nigerian markets. The Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, disclosed this in Katsina yesterday during an interface with residents of…
LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thousands of expensive seized vehicles estimated at over N60 billion are presently rotting away at various warehouses of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) across the country. The vehicles, which were seized from smugglers, are wasting as the electronic auction (e-auction) platform of Customs has become moribund and useable to the general public….
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) Murtala Muhamed International Airport (MMIA) command on Thursday handed over suspect with 2,886 Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card to the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC). The Deputy Controller of MMIA, Abdulmumin Bako of MMIA in a media briefing said that four Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards…
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,…