LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Maritime guru, practitioner and former Murtala Mohammed chapter chairman of the National Association of Nigerian Licensed Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF), has called for the privatization of the Nigeria customs service as that is seen as the only solution to bring down the cost of commodities as low as 50 percent. In a…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives Committee on Customs has given the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) two weeks to reduce its 18 cargo clearing stages to four. The committee made the resolution on Tuesday, in Abuja, after an interactive session with stakeholders. It insisted that the Comptroller General of Customs should appear in person…
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A policeman has been killed while a senior customs officer has been abducted in Jalingo, capital of Taraba State. It was gathered that the gunmen invaded the residence of the customs officer identified as Abbas Bello around 2am on Thursday. They were said to have engaged policemen in a gun duel, which…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Cargoes destined for Nigerian seaports are now being diverted to neighbouring countries of Ivory Coast, Ghana and Cameroon by importers due to the consistent server breakdown experienced at seaports, LEADERSHIP learnt. For the past few days, Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports complex have been experiencing persistent server breakdown, a situation that has…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSANGERS)-The lawmaker representing Ovia Federal Constituency of Edo State in the House of Representatives, Mr Dennis Idahosa, has petitioned the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), over alleged extortion and harassment of motorists and other road users by NCS officers at Ekiadolor, along the Benin-Ore-Lagos highway, Ovia North East Local…
LAGOS AUGUST 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Controller General of Nigeria Customs Service, Hameed Ali, has blamed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for the high rate of smuggling of fuel across Nigerian borders. He said he had on many occasions proposed to the NNPC to establish petroleum retail outlets in neighbouring countries to curtail smuggling of fuel…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-One person has been shot and three vehicles burnt after officials of the Nigeria Customs Service and residents of Ayetoro in the Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State engaged in a violent clash. The incident which occured on Friday evening led to the burning of three Customs vehicles and shooting…
LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-An officer of the Port and Terminal Multi-Purpose Limited Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, was recently apprehended for stealing from a vessel he officially boarded to carry out official duties. The officer, whose name could not immediately be ascertained, was seen with several items he took from the vessel. He…