Jaiz Bank: Clear tactics by Customs to deny Nigerians access to ongoing e-Auction?
The continued access to the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) e-auction portal only from the not well known and poor branch networked Jaiz Bank for one week running has been viewed by many Nigerians as a deliberate strategy by the leadership…
One week after, Customs e-auction portal frustrating, configured to fail—Bidders
Technology is the best strategy to grow modern business and every sector of the economy and society is keying in to technological innovations. However, when technology is hurriedly adopted without the prerequisite foundation and build up, it end up in…
Systems hiccups force Nigerians to call for cancelation of e-auction by Customs
At the end of day four, Thursday, July 6 in the ongoing e-auctioning of seizures by the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Nigerians struggling to partake in the process have called for immediate cancelation of the e-process, saying the system is…
Upon prevailing matter in court, Customs begins e-auctioning of seizures, cars
Contrary to earlier speculations that the authorities of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) will avoid what can be seen as contempt of court by stepping down the resumption of the July 1 e-auctioning of seizures, it went ahead as planned….
Failed scanners at ports leave Customs with option of 100% exams, cargo delays—Sifax
After several claims and counter claims by the leadership of Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) that it is on top of the challenge of fixing failed scanners at the ports more than two months ago, nothing has happened. This according to…
Customs understudying challenges raised from Executive Order to facilitate trade
The Comptroller-General the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Hameed Ali has not only agreed that the recently issued presidential Executive Order came with challenges, but assured that the Service will resolve them one after the other. Speaking during a visit of…
FG arraigns importers of 661 pump action rifles, continues investigations on 440
Just as the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Tincan Island Command is still working with Police to unravel the importers of the 440 Pump Action rifles impounded earlier last month at the port, the Federal Government on Wednesday arraigned five men…
Customs FOU Ikeja routs smugglers, intercepts contraband with DPV of N334m
Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) Controller, Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A, Ikeja Lagos, Comptroller Uba Garba Mohammed on Wednesday revealed how his command routed the activities of smugglers in the zone and made massive seizures within the short period of…
Nigerian Customs to resume e-auction from July 1, warns against fraudsters
After months of postponements, the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has announced that its electronic auction of seizures will begin from July 1, 2017. But before now and since the mention of changing from physical bargaining auction model to e-auction, online…
CG plans meeting with Customs from neighbouring countries to boost trade facilitation
Rising from the just concluded African Customs Summit hosted by the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, the Comptroller General of Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Hameed Ali has given indication that he will convene a strategy meeting with all six…
