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By Eromosele Abiodun The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Area ll Command, Onne Port, Rivers State, has uncovered 1,387 cartons of prohibited Tramadol tablets concealed with 1000 cartons of ceramic tiles. Customs Area Controller (CAC) of the Command, Auwal Mohammed, who displayed the seized items to newsmen in Onne, said it was found in 1x40ft container no: MRKU0764717, that was picked as a result of intelligent gathering from international security network, and transferred to the Government Ware...

Views: 186 The officers of the Nigeria Customs Service have arrested a money laundering suspect, Abubakar Sale, recovering 54 ATM cards from him. The Area Controller of the Nigeria Customs Service in Kano, S.P Umar on Wednesday handed over the suspect to the Head of Kano Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mualledi Farouq Dogondaji, for further investigation and possible prosecution. According to a statement by the EFCC, the Customs officers at the Mallam Aminu Kano Ai...

Mohammed said officials of the command picked the container as a result of intelligent gathering from the international security network and the seizures were transferred to the Government Warehouse for 100% physical examination. He said:  “Hundred percent examination is one of the key aspects of the clearance procedure in Nigeria. Therefore, all importers should know that making false electronic declarations does not mean they will have an easy way out with their consignment.” 20 vehicles...

Translate Two dead, 10 injured as smugglers attack Customs officers in Ogun On By James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta No fewer than two persons were confirmed dead, while ten others sustained gunshot injuries as hoodlums suspected to be smugglers allegedly attacked officials of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun 1 command at Oja-Odan in Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun state on Thursday. A statement issued by the command spokesman, DSC Bukoye Oloyede, said, based on c...

Daily Post Nigeria Published A case of dog biting dog on Thursday presented itself in Taraba state, as a retired Senior Inspector of Police, Loya Genderu dragged a colleague, Sergeant Eneas Ado before the Judicial panel of inquiry on police brutality. Genderu who walked into the panel’s hall with a broken leg pleaded with the Christopher Awubra led panel to award him a compensation of N50 million following the inhuman treatments meted on him by his colleague, which he claimed led to his defor...

Daily Post Nigeria Published The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Oyo/ Osun Command on Thursday seized three thousand, three hundred and eleven (3,311) bags of foreign parboiled rice from smugglers. Customs Area Controller (CAC) in charge of Oyo and Osun states, Mr. Adamu Abdulkadir made this disclosure while addressing journalists in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Abdulkadir while speaking at the press conference held at the command’s Headquarters, noted that the contraband items were intercept...

By Chiazo Ogbolu Lagos, May 6, 2021 The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Apapa Area Command on Thursday said it generated N65, 463, 398, 355.85 in April. The Area Controller of the command, Comptroller Ibrahim Yusuf, at a media briefing, noted that the record showed an increase of N25, 585, 561, 139.92 compared to the collection of the same month in the year 2020. “This indicates a 64 percentage increase in collection, and an unprecedented record that has never been achieved in the history of A...

Daily Post Nigeria Published Gunmen suspected to be hoodlums have kidnapped an unspecified number of students of the Abia State University, Uturu (ABSU), and other travellers along Okigwe, Imo State. DAILY POST gathered that the incident happened on Wednesday evening when the students ran into a yet to be identified gang of hoodlums operating along the Okigwe-Uturu Road. Abia State Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu who confirmed the incident on Thursday, said the victims were ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Kariola Mustapha Published 30 April 2021 The Area Controller of Kirikiri Lighter Terminal Command in Lagos, Mr Hammi Swomen, on Thursday, said it had seized some items including bottled waters. Swomen disclosed this to journalists at the Kirikiri Command, saying relevant stakeholders had been invited to take a sample of the suspicious imported bottled water for a test. Other items displayed were vegetable oil, used car tyres and vehicles. The controller wondered why a...

The Area Controller, Peter Kolo who spoke with newsmen in Abeokuta, on Tuesday, said some of rice were concealed by smugglers in the branded trucks owned by Coca Cola. While warning against using branded vehicles of multinational companies to smuggle contraband goods, the Area Controller expressed worry the hoodlums have not backed down on their “nefarious activities” despite closure of borders in the state. The rice was transported in trailers used for transporting drinks Kolo also disclos...