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Stories by Eromosele Abiodun The Nigeria Customs Service (NSC), Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone ‘A’ Ikeja, Lagos has alleged that hoodlums suspected to be smugglers attacked and wounded three of its officers. The command in a statement said the officers, who were on anti-smuggling patrol on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, were attacked and wounded at dawn. The Public Relations Officer, Zone A, Theophilus Duniya, in the statement said three customs officer and a military officer attached ...

Customs lament attacks in Ogun, say abducted officer still missing Customs lament attacks in Ogun, say abducted officer still missing Share The Ogun 1 Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has lamented about incessant attacks on its personnel, stating that an abducted officer is still missing despite a repeated search. The Command disclosed this in a statement signed by its Spokesman, Oloyede Hameed Bukoye, late on Wednesday. According to the statement, the Customs Area Controller (CAC)...

Share Hoodlums suspected to be smugglers on Tuesday in Lagos attacked and wounded three officers of the Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NSC) and a military officer in Lagos. The officers who were on anti-smuggling patrol on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway were attacked and wounded at dawn. According to a press statement made available to newsmen by the Public Relations Officer (PRO), Zone A of the unit, Theophilus Duniya, three Customs officers and a military...

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command, Lagos, has seized lion bones and pangolin scales worth N952 million.

T he Apapa Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has revealed that it intercepted an export container concealed with 162 sacks of pangolin scales worth almost one billion naira. Showcasing the seizures, yesterday at Apapa port, the Area Controller of the Command, Comptroller Mohammed Abba-Kura, said the seizure was made based on credible intelligence. He said one person was arrested for his alleged involvement in the illegal export of the scales of an endangered animal species. Abba-Kura...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 14 January 2021 To traders and businessmen on the Illela/Kwanni border route in Nigeria and Niger Republic respectively, the directive to reopen the land border is a soothing balm after 16 months. However, the three weeks it took the Nigeria Customs Service to open it felt like eternity, ADENIYI OLUGBEMI writes In another policy somersault, the Federal Executive Council, at its meeting on December 16, 2020, announced the reopening of four land borders closed ...

Pharmaceutical cargoes topped list of seaport seizures in 2020 ― Customs Pharmaceutical cargoes topped list of seaport seizures in 2020 ― Customs Share The Apapa Customs Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Tuesday said 133 containers of imported but unregistered pharmaceutical cargoes topped the list of its seizures in 2020. Addressing a media briefing on Tuesday in Lagos, the Customs Area Controller of Apapa Customs Command, Comptroller Mohammed Abba-Kura said that in all, the...

Vanguard News Kano/Jigawa Customs boss lands 353 seizures On By Eguono Odjegba DESPITE the scourge of COVID-19 pandemic which impacted adversely on the national economy, the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Kano/Jigawa Area Command surpassed its 2020 revenue target of N20billion closing the period with N21.02 billion The Customs Area Controller, CAC, Comptroller Sulaiman Umar, who disclosed this, indicated that the figure surpassed the 2019 actual revenue by 84 percent. In addition, Umar said ope...

By Rabiu Sani-Ali Kano, Dec. 21, 2020 The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Kano/Jigawa Area Command, says it has generated more than N21 billion revenue this year. The Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Suleiman Lapa-Umar, said this at a news conference on Thursday in Kano. Umar said the service generated N21.018 billion revenue between January to date, adding that the amount surpassed its projected revenue target of N20 billion. He said that the amount was higher than the N13.978 billion recor...