LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says its officers have intercepted imported drugs including sex enhancement drugs and other items along Katsina State axis worth N110.890 million. The Coordinator, Strike Force Zone ‘B’, DC. Useni Aliyu, who disclosed this on Tuesday in Katsina while briefing newsmen, said that the seizure was done from…
LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kirikiri Lighter Terminal Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has upped its game in the area of trade facilitation and consequently recorded a huge improvement in revenue generation. At a media briefing this afternoon in the conference room of the Command, the Customs Area Controller of the Command, Comptroller Hammi Swomen…
LAGOS DECEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service has so far generated over N2.3 trillion this year against the N1.679 trillion target it was given for the year, the Deputy National Public Relations Officer, DC Timi Bomodi has disclosed. Speaking at a press conference in Lagos, Bomodi revealed that the Service made various landmark seizures of…
LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it intercepted a container loaded with guns at Tin Can Island, in Lagos. According to the service, the owner of the container allegedly declared its content as plasma televisions, but checks by officers revealed that guns were concealed in the facility. Reacting to the development on…
LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service in 2019 granted import duty waivers worth N78.5 billion to local and foreign companies including 14 members of staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in violation of financial regulations, the government’s audit report has revealed. The agency granted a N78.5 billion waiver to companies and a N17.2…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The South East Amalgamated Markets Traders Association (SEAMATA) has rejected the recent astronomical and indiscriminate increment of import duty on cargoes charged by Nigerian Customs Service. African Examiner reports that the body is the umbrella union of traders in all the markets in the South-East Geo-political Zone of Nigeria and traders of…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Katsina States Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said on Monday that it intercepted a gulf car loaded with special jackknives weapons of three different shades along Jibia-Batsari road in Katsina State. At the briefing, Wada also disclosed that the command seized several items with Duty Paid Value (DPV) worth…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Officers of Nigeria Customs Service in the early hours of today stormed Oko town, Surulere Local government area of Oyo state and compelled a rice retailer to open his shop and seized hundreds of bags of rice. The officers who appeared uncivil in their approach shot indiscriminately to deter residents from challenging…