Customs

For some weeks now, Nigeria’s maritime industry has been riddled with controversy following the introduction of the 15% National Automotive Council levy by the Nigeria Customs Service. ANOZIE EGOLE examines the implications of this…

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and Department of State Services (DSS) have uncovered and seized Captagon Pills, a hard…

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says only items imported by the president are exempted from duty charges and tax payment. Timi Bomodi, NCS deputy national public relations officer,…

A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Thursday, sentenced a 34-year-old man, Yakubu Afolayan, to 20 years’ imprisonment for impersonation and job scam.…

COMPTROLLER-General of Customs Hameed Ibrahim Ali has approved the redeployment of eight officers (three in higher acting capacities) for greater service delivery. Its Public Relations Officer, Mr. Joseph Attah, made this known in a…

The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, in Lagos Wednesday said it had seized 98 bags and 570 parcels of Indian hemp with duty paid value at N74.4 million. The agency said the drugs were coming from Togo and Ghana and a…

Rapper CDQ took to his Instagram page to narrate how bribe-seeking Customs officers in Ibadan drove him to an ATM machine despite almost getting him killed. According to CDQ, the customs officers wearing mufti stopped him on the express…

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it seized 174,015 litres of smuggled petroleum products worth N27, 755,492 in one year. Seme, the border town between Nigeria and Republic Benin notorious for smuggling, is the preferred choice…

The Minister of Environment, Alhaji Ibrahim Jibril, says the Nigerian Customs Service has intercepted elephant tusks and pangolin, worth about N1.2 billion, between Feb.15 and March 22. The minister, represented by Malam Shehu Ahmed,…