The Kano/Jigawa command of the Nigeria Customs Service(NCS), has seized 2,179 kilograms of pangolin scales in a joint enforcement operation with the Wildlife Justice Commission (WJC). A statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, SC Saidu Nuruddeen, said one suspect had been arrested in Mubi,Adamawa,in connection with the matter. Nuruddeen said the command was supported…
…Targets N2.2 Trillion by End of Year The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Apapa Area Command has reached a significant milestone, collecting N2.014 trillion as of 19 November 2024. The Customs Area Controller (CAC), Comptroller Babatunde Olomu, announced the achievement during a routine parade at the command headquarters in Apapa on Wednesday, 20 November 2024. Olomu…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has reached a major financial milestone, reporting NGN 5.7 trillion in revenue collections as of Tuesday, November 12, 2024. Comptroller-General of Customs Adewale Adeniyi disclosed this achievement during the 2024 Comptroller-General of Customs Conference in Abuja on Wednesday. The conference, themed “Nigeria Customs Service: Engaging Traditional and New Partners with…
As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program, the Federal Operations Unit, FOU, Zone C of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has championed a medical outreach and water supply project in Irete, Owerri state. The Unit Head, Comptroller Michael Ugbagu, also reported the interception of various contrabands with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of…
By Yusuf Issa An-Nuphawi The National Coordinator, Nigeria AfCFTA Coordination Office, Olusegun Awolowo, has reiterated the pivotal role of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement as the Designated Competent Authority (DCA) for Nigeria, charged with the responsibility of issuing AfCFTA certificate of Origin. Awolowo…
The Nigeria Customs Service said it was directed by the Minister of Economy and Coordinating Minister of Finance, Mr Wale Edun, to suspend the 25 per cent penalty on improperly imported vehicles. The service National Public Relations Officer of the service, Abdullahi Maiwada, announced this in a statement on Friday The Federal Government had recently…
The Kano/Jigawa Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has paraded various contraband items seized within its areas of jurisdiction as part of intensified efforts by the command towards combating and eradicating smuggling within the zone and safeguarding public health. The Area Comptroller, Dauda Ibrahim Chana During a handover ceremony of the various seized…
