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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 intercepted at various locations between February 1st and April 30th 2021. He added that men of the command a...

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 Apapa Area Command,” he said. Yusuf said as regards anti-smuggling, the command intercepted tramado...

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 inside a van when they ran into the gunmen who whisked them to a forest. While urging the university...

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 anyone would import bottled water with a Duty Paid Value of N28,656,879 into Nigeria. He said five co...

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 disclosed that the command, in March, generated N8.27 million and confiscated 167 contraband goods involvin...