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…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Customs Service has intercepted 21 contraband drugs valued at over N5 billion. The National Public Relations Officer of NCS, Assist. Comptroller Joseph Attah, disclosed this when he conducted newsmen round a warehouse where trucks of the intercepted items were parked at the Ikeja Training College of the service in Lagos…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWRANGERS)-The Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it thwarted a desperate criminal move by smugglers who concealed 55 wraps of cannabis under a corpse being brought in from Ghana along Owode axis. The Customs Area Controller of the command, Comptroller Uba Garba Mohammed who disclosed this in a…
LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ogun State Area Command, Nigeria Customs Service, says it has generated N1.413bn N1.131bn revenue between 1st to 31st May 2019. It added that it also seized 7000 bags of rice, 372 kegs of vegetable oil (25liters each), 3 units of motorcycles, 5 sacks, 1, 835 pairs of new and 264 pairs…
LAGOS MAY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Tuesday, arraigned a former Assistant Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs, Bridget Okafor, on 13 counts bordering on abuse of office to the tune of N3,336,176,661.24 (three billion, three hundred and thirty-six million, one hundred and seventy-six thousand, six hundred and sixty-one Naira, twenty-four Kobo). She was…