Malpractices force Customs to reconduct senior officers’ promotion exam
A top official of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), serving at the Customs Command and Staff College Gwagwalada Abuja, on Monday confided in Business Hilights that the repeat of the cancelled promotion examination for officers moving from the rank of…
Arms: Customs won’t tolerate shippers’ ignorance of cargo contents again—Ali
The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali, (Rtd), has informed all foreign shipping companies that henceforth, it will no longer tolerate the excuse of no knowledge of container contents, saying “The issue of being ignorant…
FOU Zone ‘C’ Owerri records 41 seizures valued at N543.18m in two months
Details revealed by the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘C’ of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Owerri have shown that the command recorded 41 seizures of contraband worth of N543.18 million in the last two months. The Area Controller in the…
How Tincan Port Customs boss, Yusuf, drove revenue to N183b in 8 months
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Tincan Island Port Command has announced the raking in of N183 billion between January and August the year. In a statement issued by the Command’s PRO, Mr. Uche Ejesieme, on Wednesday, the Customs Area Controller,…
Customs sack officers involved in 661 pump action rifles escape from ports
An indication has emerged showing that the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has dismissed some of its officers who were involved in the importation and clearing of arms into the country earlier this year. This was confirmed by the Public Relations…
Customs blocks criminal access to military camouflages, seizes container load in Lagos
Eagle-eyed monitoring and evaluation officials of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Kirikiri Lighter Terminal (KLT) command have impounded a 40-feet container laden with 732 roles of plain army uniform and 666 camouflages to officials of the Department of State Security…
Losses looms as Customs e-auction generates only N49m, 254 winners in 1 month
Barley one month after the flag off of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) e-Auction of seizures, the Service has said it generated N49 million on e-auction platform and recorded 254 winners in four weeks across the country. The scheme started…
Rising agents’ compliance now reducing time for goods clearance—PTML Customs
Considering the saying that ‘Do the right thing and go on time’ seems to have started playing out at the Ports Terminal Multiservices Limited (PTML) terminals, Tincan as the Area Controller of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Mrs. Modupeola Aremu, has…
Customs FOU Ikeja hits N2.5bn revenue in released half year results
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone ‘A’ Ikeja, Lagos has released its half year result which shut up earnings to N2.5bn between January to June 2017. Detailed report contained in a statement issued on Sunday by…
Customs FOU Zone C, Owerri beats smugglers, impounds goods worth N1.7bn
The Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Zone ‘C’ Owerri has raised the bar in fighting smuggling with renewed commitment. This was made manifest as it recorded in the month of June, seizures worth N372,233,523 and recovered underpayments…
