LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Badagry monarch, Alapa of Apa, Oba Adekanmi Oyekan, has petitioned the Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hammed Alli (rtd) over assault. Oba Oyekan, in a petition signed by his lawyer, Mr Abdul-Kareem Adio, demanded N10 million compensation for damages and hospital bills of his driver, Awhanto Mark and cousin,…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Comptroller Mohammed Abba-Kura, the controller of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) Apapa command on Thursday, July 2, revealed that ten officers contracted coronavirus that is ravaging the country. In a report by Nigerian Tribune, Abba-Kura noted that all the customs officers who tested positive were treated at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital…
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There are strong indications that the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, may have sacked two Assistant Comptrollers General, ACGs, (names withheld by Vanguard Maritime Report) following recommendation of a Disciplinary Committee it set up to investigate the affected officers over alleged official misconducts. Information available to Vanguard Maritime Report suggest that a verdict…
LAGOS MAY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Western Marine Command of the Nigeria Customs Service have intercepted drugs suspected to be Cannabis Sativa valued at N1,002,050,000 during a seagoing patrol on Lagos waters. The Controller of the command, Comptroller Olugboyega Peters, revealed this in a statement in Lagos on Thursday. Peters described the seizure as the…
LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved N623.7 million for the Nigeria Customs Service to buy computers for its zonal and area commands. The Minister of Information and Culture, Mr Lai Mohammed, gave the information at the end of the virtual FEC meeting on Wednesday. “The Minister of Finance presented a memo…
LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The The imbroglio between the Oyo State government and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) over the alleged ‘ infested’ 1,800 bags of rice continued on Wednesday with Oyo State government dumping the bag of rice by the gate of Oyo State Command of Nigeria Customs Service located at Ibadan. The Oyo…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Buhari has ordered the Nigeria Customs Service NCS to release with immediate effect bags of rice seized from smugglers for distribution to the masses. The move is not unconnected with the apparent hardship caused by the total lockdown of major cities and businesses, necessitated by the coronavirus outbreak in the country….
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The lockdown imposed by the Federal Government on Lagos State to curb the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has taken a toll on the revenue collection of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) as major commands in Lagos have recorded a sharp fall in their revenue generation. Findings by SHIPS & PORTS reveal that…