Customs
19 Mar
The National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents (NCMDLCA) has kicked against the imposition of payment of electronic call-up charges on importers after paying for vehicle entry permit (VEP) and tenure packing fees (TPF) to terminal operators, describing charges as double taxation.
21 Feb
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘B’ Kaduna has intercepted trucks of expired and prohibited imported items worth N1.9 billion in Jigawa and Zamfara States from January 1 to February 16, 2024.
12 Feb
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has briefed the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) on its measures to recover unremitted funds, increase revenue generation and block revenue leakages.
27 Jan
The Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, has seized 46.39 kilogrammes of cocaine, five kilogrammes of colorado indica, five pistols and 445 rounds of live ammunition and several empty pistol magazines.
12 Dec
Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, yesterday, ruled out an increment in taxes. At an interactive session with the Abubakar Kabir Bichi-led House of Representatives Committee on Finance in Abuja,
6 Dec
As part of anti-smuggling drive in Yuletide, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone A has seized nine trailer loads of 50 kilogramme foreign bags of rice; 1,926 cartons of frozen poultry products and 18,100 litres of premium motor spirit (PMS).
29 Nov
Officers of the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone B of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) in Kaduna State confiscated 61 smuggled Sports Utility Vehicles with fake government plate numbers. According to the FOU Comptroller, Dalha Wada, on Tuesday, the smuggled vehicles were confiscated from smugglers at different locations in the North-Central and North-West zones. Wada…
29 Nov
The Nigeria Customs Service, Niger/Kogi Command, yesterday, said it has recorded seizures and detention of 11 exotic vehicles. The Customs Area Controller, Niger/Kogi Command, Busayo Oluwalagbemiga, disclosed this during a press briefing at the command headquarters in Minna.
21 Nov
The Customs Area Controller, Adamawa/Taraba area Command, Comptroller Salisu Abdullahi, has said the command had recorded 19 seizures of assorted items such as 15,449 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) with a cumulative Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N13,749,110.35. Abdullahi stated this during a press briefing held on 17 November 2023 at The headquarters of…
13 Nov
The Nigeria Customs Service in Oyo/Osun Command intercepted Cannabis Sativa (Marijuana), a Dane gun, and other items worth over N51.1 million.
8 Nov
The Kwara Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) generated the sum of N5,992,300,562.73 between June and October, an official said on Tuesday in Ilorin. The Customs Area Controller, Kwara Command, Comptroller Kehinde Ilesanmi, disclosed this during a news conference. He said the amount generated within the period under review surpassed what was generated in the…
20 Oct
.FG takes over 12,000 hectares of land for Abuja second runway The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, has rejected the request by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) that its revoked plot of land be reversed. Wike told the Acting Comptroller-General of the NCS, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, who paid him a courtesy call…