The Board of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has approved the appointment of four Deputy Comptroller Generals and twelve (12) Assistant Comptroller Generals as well as the promotion of 2,707 senior officers to various ranks with effect from 1st January, 2020. A statement signed by DC Timi Bomodi, Deputy National Public Relations Officer of NCS…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘A’ of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have intercepted live cartridges concealed in bags of cassava flour, popularly known as garri. The items loaded in three Mazda saloon cars were seized by officers on patrol along the Igbora axis of Oyo State. On sighting…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Authorities of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Tuesday accused Elites and heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of patronizing smuggled vehicles. Assistant Comptroller General (ACG) in charge of modernization of Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Mr Saidu Galadima disclosed this during an interactive session with the House of Representatives Committee on Customs…
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…
