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…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The village head of Fagbohun community in Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State, Simeon Fagbohun, has accused the officers of the Nigeria Customs Service of invading the settlement causing villagers to flee their houses. The accusation came days after the lifeless body of a customs officer was found in a…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has said that it is ready to commence the collection of import duty with the e-naira recently introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The National Deputy Public Relations Officer of Customs, Mr. Timi Bomodi, said that NCS is ready to embrace the e-naira on import…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected smugglers on Tuesday attacked operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service in Fagbohun village, Idogo/Ipaja, in the Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State. PUNCH Metro learnt that while one of the officers was killed, another was missing. The incident happened when the officers, who were attached to the Federal Operations…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Operation Unit, Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) over the weekend revealed that two import containers cleared from APM Terminals to a bonded terminal in Lagos are currently missing and their whereabouts unknown. Addressing selected journalists in Lagos at the weekend, acting Customs Area Comptroller of the Federal…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has threatened to impound 29 jets from private owners, if they fail to pay statutory import duties before the 14 days ultimatum given . The Nigeria Customs Service released its report on verification of privately-owned airplanes in the country on Tuesday in Abuja. Customs’ spokesman, Mr Joseph…
