LAGOS DECEMBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Joint border drill has confiscated more than 4800 bales of second hand clothings valued at three billion naira from Yaba market in Lagos. The Customs Coordinator, Western Zone, Assistant Comptroller General, Bukar Amajan, explained that the seizure was made possible through intelligence report. More than 4800 bales of second hand clothings…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria met with its West African neighbors on Tuesday over its land border closure, with the African giant insisting on levying duties on goods transiting to its country through neighboring nations to curb smuggling. “Tuesday, there was a meeting between … the comptrollers of customs of all the three countries involved. We…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In continuation of preventing smuggling around Nigeria borders, the Nigeria Customs Service has suspended supply of petroleum products to gas stations within 20 kilometres to all the border posts Comptroller General of Customs Col. Hameed Ali,( rtd), who gave this directive to all commands through Chidi A, the Deputy Comptroller General Enforcement,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-About two months ago, the Nigerian government announced the closure of the country’s land borders to all goods. According to the country’s Comptroller-General of the Customs Service, Hameed Ali, this was done to stem the influx of smuggled goods, especially rice and tomatoes, into the country. The border closure is an economic…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man suspected to be an informant of rice smugglers has been killed allegedly by officials of the Nigeria Customs Service in Jigawa State. Tasiu Muhammad, 22, a resident of Babura Local Government Area, was shot dead at Unguwar Gawo, about five kilometres from Bubara town, the council headquarters. The police commissioner…
LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some officers of the Nigeria Customs Service have lamented the failure of the NCS to pay them the full special allowances promised them for border patrol duties. This is despite claims by the Comptroller-General of the NCS, Hameed Ali, that the agency had been generating more than N5bn daily since the borders…
LAGOS OCTOBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), announced on Friday it has seized no fewer than 1,072 vehicles from suspected smugglers since the closure of Nigerian borders with neighbouring countries. The Public Relations’ Officer of the organization, Mr. Joseph Attah said in Katsina that the vehicles were seized while trying to cross into the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ohaneze Youth Council has accused officials of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) of extorting Igbo traders. The group alleged that the NCS officials have been carrying out, relentless extortion and exploitation of Igbo traders and businessmen in the country, particularly Lagos state. The council stated that it is embittered by the…