LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted 22 wraps of cocaine weighing 25 kilograms and valued at N1bn, even as it unveiled plans to commence paperless operations by the end of the second quarter of 2026. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, disclosed the seizure on Friday while parading the suspect alongside the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Marine Expert and Managing Director of Chidosky Marine Concept Limited, Nze Chidiogo Okpara, has commended the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) for its impressive revenue generation but called for renewed focus on easing processes and improving the capacity of importers and agents. Okpara who made the observation while addressing journalists at the…
By Ifeanyi nwabugu LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In its ongoing efforts to modernise its excise operations so as to enhance service delivery and shore up revenue collection, the Nigeria Customs Service NCS has revealed its plan to phase out out the outdated manual excise data collection and replace it with an automated Excise Register System…
By Edwin Ifeanyi Nwabugu LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Controller General of Customs CGC Wale Adeniyi has stated that the Nigeria Customs Service will go all out to fight illicit financial flows (IFF). The Controller General made this remarks during the opening session of the national conference on combating illicit financial flows in Abuja on…
LAGOS MAY 12TH (NEWRANGERS)-In alignment with the Renewed Hope Nigeria First policy of President Bola Tinubu, the Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC) of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi, has initiated the process of purchasing locally assembled cars for the organisation. According to the spokesman of the organisation, Abdullahi Maiwada (AC), several car assembly plants…
By Ifeanyi Nwabuogu LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian custom service (NCS) under Compcontroller General Wale Adeniyi has continued his success trajectory as they collected over N1.75 trillion revenue within the first quarter of 2025.This was disclosed by the Controller General of the Nigerian custom Service Bashir Wale Adeniyi. Briefing newsmen on the activities of the…
LAGOS APRIL 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives Committee on Customs and Excise has vowed to investigate the alleged diversion of imported finished goods to FreeTrade Zones (FTZs) from other ports by unscrupulous Customs Licence Clearing and Forwarding agents in connivance with bad eggs in the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and other agencies. Chairman of the…
LAGOS APRIL 2ND 9NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service has described the alleged tenure extension of the Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, as fake. The National Public Relations Officer of the service, Abdullahi Maiwada in a statement on Tuesday, said that the news was inaccurate and misleading. He explained that the appointments and tenure extensions of…