The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, in collaboration with the Nigerian Energy Support Programme, NESP, has unveiled an Advance Ruling System to boost trade. Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, in his remarks at the unveiling on Abuja on Thursday described the ‘Advance Ruling’ as a critical mechanism that allows traders to obtain binding decisions from […]
Forex crisis: Fix Customs exchange rate at N1000 per dollar – CPPE
The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise, CPPE, has asked the Nigerian federal government to fix customs duty exchange at N1000 per dollar amid fluctuations of the naira against the dollar at the exchange market. Dr Muda Yusuf, the Director of CPPE, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday due to frequent customs exchange […]
Customs intercepts 241 empty packages of OTRAVIN nasal drops in Kano
The Nigeria Customs Service, Kano/Jigawa Area Command, in conjunction with other security agencies, has intercepted a passenger with 241 empty packages of OTRAVIN and 80 pieces of OTRAVIN nasal drops. A statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Saidu Nuruddeen, described the seizure as “significant”. The command arrested passengers who arrived from Cairo via Ethiopian […]
Customs intercept over 6,000 pieces of dynamite in Kebbi
The Kebbi Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted approximately 6,240 pieces of cap-sensitive dynamite explosives along the Yauri-Jega road. The Area Comptroller of Customs, Iheanacho Ojike, disclosed this on Thursday while handing over the explosives to officials of the Department of State Services (DSS) in Kebbi state. According to Ojike, the dynamites […]
Customs seize foreign rice, contraband worth over N126 million in Kebbi
The Nigerian Customs Service, Kebbi State Area Command, has intercepted goods, valued at over N126 million, including 212 50kg bags of foreign parboiled rice. The intercepted items also included 10,025 litres of petrol worth over N2 million. Customs Area Comptroller Iheanacho Ojike stated, “Barely two months since I took over, the command has intensified the […]
Mob lynched customs officer in Katsina
An officer of the Katsina State Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, was killed by an angry mob on Wednesday morning in Dankama, a border town in Kaita Local Government Area, Katsina. The commotion reportedly started when the driver of a truck loaded with goods and passengers refused to stop when he was ordered […]
Customs to tackle smuggling, others with new analytical laboratory
The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, has said the Service will launch the Customs Analytical Laboratory. He made this known on Wednesday, April 3, during a media briefing at the Service’s Headquarters in Abuja. He stated that the laboratory will enhance NCS’s capacity to detect and prevent smuggling, counterfeit goods, […]
We generated N1.3trn revenue in first quarter of 2024 – Customs
The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, says it generated more than N1.3 trillion revenue in the first quarter of 2024. The Comptroller General of NCS, Adewale Adeniyi, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on its activities in the first quarter of 2024, on Wednesday in Abuja. “The total revenue collected during this period amounted to N1,347,675,608,972.75. “The […]
Customs confiscates unregistered alcoholic beverages, other contraband in Kaduna
The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone “B” in Kaduna has seized about 98 contraband goods including some unregistered alcoholic beverages in two months. The Comptroller of the zone, Dalha Chedi, revealed this at a press briefing in Kaduna on Thursday. He said within the period of February 17 and March 28, operatives of […]
Customs suspends 25% penalty on smuggled vehicles users
Following the directive of the Minister of Finance and the Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, on Friday, suspended the 25 percent penalty imposed as a surcharge on improperly imported vehicles. A press statement by the national public relations officer of the service, Abdullahi Maiwada, urged stakeholders, including vehicle […]