LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-One person was shot dead and three customs officers were also wounded as they confronted rice smugglers at Kikelomo Area of Ayetoro in Ogun State on Tuesday. The wounded Customs officers serve at the Federal Operations Unit Zone “A’’ of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). Deputy Comptroller, Usman Yahaya, said at about…
The Customs’ Public Relations Officer, Mr Joseph Attah, announced this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Attah explained that officers of the NCS, Federal Operation Unit (FOU) zone B, who were on patrol along the waterside, had seized a truck loaded with locally produced rice. According to him, some sacks were concealed under the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than three people including a Customs officer, military personnel and a civilian were reportedly killed when some men of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) clashed with some smugglers in Igbo-Ora town in Oyo state. It was gathered that the three persons died following a clash between Customs personnel from the Federal…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency, NESREA, and the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, on Wednesday, disagreed over the content of a suspected toxic waste container abandoned at Berger Suya Bus stop, near Mile 2, Lagos. While the NCS alleged that the content was carbide, meant for export, NESREA, on its…
LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Enugu Zonal Office has arraigned Amobi Livinus Onwuholonye and Ogechukwu Anakwe ( at large) before Justice I. M Bubba of the Federal High Court sitting in Enugu on a 5-count charge bordering on obtaining N4,000.000.00 by false pretence.. One of the counts read: “That you…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Assistant Comptroller at the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Headquarters, Abuja, reportedly committed suicide at a location in Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja over alleged missing files. A family source, who narrated the incident to New Telegraph, gave the name of deceased Assistant Comptroller Abdul Omuya Sanni….
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Asale of Isale kingdom, Oja-Odan, in the Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State, Oba Ganiyu Adegbola, has expressed fears of possible reprisal by the residents following the alleged killings by men of the Nigeria Customs Service. The monarch said this while reacting to the recent killing of a 50-year-old…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved $3.1 billion for the end to end automation of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed disclosed this at the end of the FEC virtual meeting in Abuja on Wednesday. According to her, the concessionary period is 20 years and the…