LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna has warned the Nigeria Customs Service against confiscating foreign rice in open markets. The court gave the order on Wednesday in a judgement following an appeal by Customs against the judgement of the Federal High Court, Kaduna, which discharged and acquitted one Suleiman Mohammed of…
LAGOS MARCH 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service and the Nigeria Police have disagreed over the ownership of a Hilux van used in smuggling rice in Ogun State. While the NCS said the van belonged to the police, the Ogun State Police Command said the Customs could have done better. Apart from denying owning the vehicle,…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A driver using a Dangote Sugar Refinery truck to allegedly smuggle rice has been arrested by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said on Tuesday. The Abuja commandant of the NCS, Hussein Ejibunu, said on Tuesday that two accomplices were arrested alongside the driver at Suleja, Niger State. He said the truck was…
LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Federal Operation Unit (FOU) Zone A invaded Oja Oba Market in Ibadan in the early hours of Saturday and carted away truckloads of foreign bags of rice. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the officers broke into shops and warehouses in the market…