The Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun I Area Command on Monday said the cumulative Duty Paid Value (DPV) of all the seizures between the month of May and June 2022 amounts to N1,290,108, 608.00 The Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Bamidele Makinde during a media briefing at Idiroko Ogun state said between the month of May 2022…
The Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service on Thursday handed over seizures with a Duty Paid Value of N1,481,107,671 to the National Agency for Food Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for further investigation. The Area Controller of the Command, Bello Jibo during a press conference noted…
The Nigeria Customs Service on Thursday said the commencement of Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) valuation system would take effect from Friday, May 20, 2022. The Customs Area Controller of Apapa Command, Comptroller Malanta Yusuf, made this disclosure at stakeholders’ meeting in Apapa. The technological system which is expected to promote trade facilitation has also been…
As part of measures to sustain the fight against smuggling, the Nigeria Customs Service unveiled 18 patrol boats to curb the activities of smugglers using the creeks and waterways as safe haven for their illegal trade. The Comptroller General of Customs Col. Hameed Ali during the unveiling of the boats in Port Harcourt on Thursday,…
The Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a suspect with 576 ATM cards at Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA). The commission, in a statement by its spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, on Tuesday, said the fresh arrest came barely two hours after securing the conviction of three suspects arrested with 1,144 ATM cards at the…
Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun has said that Nigeria and other members of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCTA), stand to gain immensely from the agreement in the area of employment, wealth generation, food security and poverty alleviation. Abiodun stated this at the 36th Annual General Meeting of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria…
The newly promoted Officers serving in Portharcourt II Onne Command of Nigeria Customs Service have been charged to embrace Customs related technology and acquire more knowledge to perform better in the face of modernisation. This was stated by Customs Area Controller Area ll Command Onne Port, Comptroller Auwal Mohammed on Wednesday at the decoration ceremony…
The Department of Petroleum Resources has faulted the claim by the Nigeria Customs Service that it was partly responsible for the continued smuggling of Premium Motor Spirit popularly called petrol, which has been subsidised by the Federal Government. The Head, Downstream Department, DPR, Bashir Sodiq, said filling stations along the land borders now get less…
The Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘A’ Ikeja, Lagos, of the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, says it got about N1.2 Billion from seizures and interventions between January to June, 2016. This, it said, followed the aggressive anti-smuggling activities embarked upon by the Unit in its attempt to re-define its mandate for a paradigm shift. It further…
The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, says its men are now required to declare their assets as part of measures to promote transparency. A statement signed on Friday by the Public Relations Officer of the service, Wale Adeniyi, on behalf of the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hammed Ibrahim Ali, disclosed that all “Officers are to comply…