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The official said the container was handed over to the Command on November 15 by the Republic of Benin Authorities under transit to Nigeria.

Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Command, intercepts tramadol capsules concealed with packaged jumbo size adult diapers in a container.

A customs officer has been shot dead by a soldier at Seme border in Lagos State. A witness told Daily Trust that the incident happened on Wednesday night. The witness, who did not want to be quoted, said the incident took many by surprise. “It’s possible that the soldier was under the influence of alcohol […]

By Raji Rasak Badagry (Lagos State), March 31, 2021 The Nigeria Customs Service, Seme Border Area Command, on Wednesday said it had intercepted contraband with duty paid value of N409,851,533 since the reopening of the border The Customs Area Controller (CAC) of the Command, Comptroller Bello Jibo, disclosed this at a news conference at ECOWAS Joint Border Post, Seme-Krake. He said that the banned substances, smuggled into Nigeria through the border, include 232 wraps of cannabis sativa, 98 us...

Nigeria Immigration ServiceThe Nigeria Immigration Service has deployed the Migration Information Data Analysis System (MIDAS) to various commands of the service to ease operational activities. Comptroller of Immigration, Mr Bernard Zipamor, of the Seme Command, said this on Friday and has commended Mr Muhammed Babandede, Comptroller General of the Service for the feat. x Zipamor gave the commendation during a courtesy visit by executive members of the Nig...

He said 15 persons were also arrested for their alleged involvement in the different seizures. According to the breakdown, the seized items include 7,667 bags of foreign parboiled rice ( 50kg each), three bags of sugar (50kg each), 1, 080, 875 litres of premium motor spirit, 127 units of smuggled vehicles, 1,514 cartons of frozen poultry products, 646  hard drugs packets, 166 parcels of cannabis Sativa and 31, 868 general merchandise goods. The Seme Customs boss further disclosed that since th...

…’Closure claimed lives, killed businesses’ …Concerns over AfCTA By Godfrey Bivbere More than two weeks after the Federal Government’s directives for the reopening of Seme, Ilela, Maigatari and Mfum land borders, men of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, at Seme border, are yet to receive official communication for the commencement of trade, findings by Sunday Vanguard revealed. Consequently, official trade hasn’t commenced at Nigeria’s foremast land border with Benin Republic. The...