e-Commerce in Nigeria growing without regulatory framework very dangerous—Agencies
A number of federal regulatory agencies on goods and services have teamed up to seek for immediate regulation of the trending electronic commerce (e-Commerce) sub-sector to check fakery and inconclusive deliveries after payments. The consensus was reached in Lagos by…
Customs FOU Ikeja roars again in anti-smuggling feat, impounds exotic cars, others
…As CG orders evacuation of some seized items to IDP camps The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone A, Ikeja has deepened its anti-smuggling operations between April 10th to May 15 2018, and intercepted various contrabands and…
Customs impounds 20 smuggled vehicles, demands duty payment documents in Kano
Acting on a tip off, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Kano/Jigawa Area Command said it had seized 20 Toyota Hilux vehicles in Kano with a total duty paid value of N100m. The Area Comptroller, Mr. Yusuf Abba-Kasim, said this at…
New Tincan Island Port Customs boss, Musa deepening ease of doing business
Reforms introduced by the recently unveiled Controller of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), TinCan Island Command, Abdullahi Baba Musa, have started yielding results in a number of fronts. Addressing the media during an interactive session earlier in the week, Musa revealed…
Customs smokes out Chinese trafficker in Elephant tusks, pangolin shells in Lagos
More proceeds of intensified surveillance against illicit trade and smuggling in banned substances have been recorded by the leadership of the Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). The latest feat came as the Command…
Intensified operational modalities pay off as Customs FOU Ikeja stifles smuggling
The head of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Ikeja Zone ‘A’, Comptroller Mohammed Uba has opened up on the gains of the reformed anti-smuggling team of the Command. Addressing the press on Tuesday after a tour of…
Customs FOU Ikeja rakes in N5.9bn in 2017, says smugglers dealt serious blow
The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘A’ Ikeja of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has said that its anti-smuggling operations intercepted various contraband with a duty paid value (DPV) of 4,004,258,331.52 between January to December 2017. In a…
Nigerian Customs hits N1trn to beat N770bn 2017 target amidst recession
For the first time in the more than 50 years of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) existence, the Service has recorded its highest revenue collection ever of over N1 trillion as against N770 billion target set for 2017. Public Relations…
Bureaucracy, excess agencies at ports minus for new import-export guidelines
Just as the Federal Government is to commence the implementation of the 2017 Revised Import and Export Guidelines effective January 1, 2018, as part of its policy of enhancing the ease of doing business in the country, stakeholders argue that…
Why Customs may not integrate SON, others into NICIS 11 platform
Inter-agency rivalry, trust issue and privacy mentality may force the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) not to integrate any other government agency to its automated system of cargo clearance known as the Nigeria Customs Integrated System (NICIS) 11. Customs is currently…
