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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 since August 21, 2019. These are Seme (Lagos), Illela (Sokoto), Maigatari (Jigawa) and Mfun (Cross River.
As a face-saving measure, the FEC said it “approved the reopening of four land borders following the submission of a report by the committee to examine the implication of the closure, among others.”
Pharmaceutical cargoes topped list of seaport seizures in 2020 ― Customs Pharmaceutical cargoes topped list of seaport seizures in 2020 ― Customs
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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, there was a total seizure of 318 cargoes with a duty paid value of N21,196,806,637.00 between January to December of 2020.
According to Comptroller Abba-Kura, “the entire revenue generated from the Lagos ports in 2020 stands at N518,046,832,016.84, which signifies an increase of 22.3percent when compared to the N423.6bn generated in 2019.
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Kano/Jigawa Customs boss lands 353 seizures
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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 operatives of the command under his watch impounded contraband items worth over N23.7million within the first two weeks of December 2020, putting the total Duty Paid Value of the 353 seizures at over N900million.
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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 recorded in 2019, representing 84 per cent increase.
Umar said the command recorded 353 seizures with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N924 million within the period under review, and listed the items to include rice, used clothes, oil and pasta among others.